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Thanks! Mine are mostly chicken related lol. I have 5 pens I want to build for breeding. And I dont know what to call them,they are sort of like day pens where I can put extra rooster or chicks growing out during the day,so that they can enjoy the grass. Need to work on runs. My old barn will always need work lol. The garden I want to have. Transporting boxes. A photo box. Maybe a better brooder. I am sure there are more thing I cant remember. Bleach and roundup work great to kill grass.
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I have a bunch of those too! I want to add windows to the doors of my coop to add light and add one or two breeder pens so I have the option of pure Bielefelders and Isbars. I am curious about how you guys handle breeding. I'm hoping to have a couple of trios to start. Do you guys keep the roosters in with the hens full time? I would ideally like to rotate the roos in for just a few hours a day so the hens don't get over-bred. Also, is it possible to have a mixed flock with a couple of roosters together, move one roo out for breeding a couple of hours a day and then move him back in with the mixed flock? My hope is that if he is just out for a few hours the pecking order shouldn't be shaken up. I'm just trying to figure out how many pens/runs I need to plan for.
 
ChickCrazed said:
I have a bunch of those too! I want to add windows to the doors of my coop to add light and add one or two breeder pens so I have the option of pure Bielefelders and Isbars. I am curious about how you guys handle breeding. I'm hoping to have a couple of trios to start. Do you guys keep the roosters in with the hens full time? I would ideally like to rotate the roos in for just a few hours a day so the hens don't get over-bred. Also, is it possible to have a mixed flock with a couple of roosters together, move one roo out for breeding a couple of hours a day and then move him back in with the mixed flock? My hope is that if he is just out for a few hours the pecking order shouldn't be shaken up. I'm just trying to figure out how many pens/runs I need to plan for.
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Some people rotate roosters, i don't. I have enough hens that I do not have to worry about them being over breed. I have 2 ameraucana rooster together in one pen. I have 2 mutt roosters in a pen together. I have a cochin bantam and plymouth rock rooster in apen. I have two frizzle rooster that are togeter with no hens at all. They are brothers and best friends, they are happy together, as long as they dont fight I will let them stay together. I have two bantam ameraucana roosters together. All of these pens have hens in them. Everyone gets along fine.
 
ChickCrazed said:
I hope you feel better also! I have all sorts of projects too! I am going to be building bee hives, adding 40 feet of flower beds to the back, building deck boxes to line my deck, building treadle feeders to help with the wild bird issues, hauling dirt and planting grass where my plumbing was trenched out to the barn, chicken coop buildout and expanding my garden with a new bed. I wanted to build another raised bed but I'm not sure I have the time with everything else. Anyone have any tips on how to kill the grass where I want my new bed? I don't want to put down chemicals. I do realize I probably should have done it last year, but there was too much going on.
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Sounds like a great list for June. What projects do you have in mind for July?!
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If I was wanting to kill some grass and had the time I would cover it with black plastic and let the summer sun kill it off. I've never actually done this, but know it is a method -- not sure how long it takes, though. You could also till the bed up -- that's how we've started garden plots. You may need to do a few multiple tillings and then after planting put thick layers of newspapers completely surrounding the plants. Then put a thick layer of mulch down. This has worked well for me in the past. If you want to do a raised bed you could till, put down thick newspapers, add enough inches of soil to fill your raised bed then plant. Lasagna gardening (haven't tried this one yet) has you cover the area with cardboard (don't think you need to till) and layer soil, compost, etc, but I think it needs to be done well in advance, perhaps the previous fall or summer? I might not have this method quite right, but you get the idea. For those beds I all of a sudden realize I need to put in I just tell my DH it's time to pull out the tiller & then do the newspaper/mulch thing when I'm done.

RoosterRod said:
Hello everyone, my name is Rod and l live south of New Castle, and we have 6 Brown Leghorns, 12 Plymouth Barred Rocks and 30 Buff Orpingtons.
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Welcome -- glad you found the Indiana thread!
 

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