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[darkmatter]

Hi everyone, been raising chickens/guineas for about 15 years now. Just found this site.

 

[Up-the-Creek]

Hey there! Welcome to BYC! If you really want to get to know everyone you should be posting in New Member Intro's,...you will get a big HELLO! from everyone there!

 

[lux_interior]

 

[hen-thusiast]

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Your chickens/guineas have a pretty nice set up there. Mine would be jealous with all the bug hunting space.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

Welcome to BYC, I'm sure with your experience you will have a lot to contribute here! Nice setup you have.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Mine like the weed jungles, also. It's a good excuse to skip that area when mowing the grass.

 

[darkmatter]

The chicken run in the pictures (above) I just finished this year. Its 365 feet in circumference and 6 1/2 feet tall. I buried 6 inches of plastic coated fence wire that the chicken wire is attached to. I got tired of the neighborhood dogs killing off my flock. The fence is made by welding rebar to the top of T-posts with a eyelet on the top. I ran number 9 wire corner to corner thru the eyelets then suspended the chicken wire with rings to the #9 wire and fasten with J clips to the buried fence wire and each run of the chicken wire.

I've had good luck hatching guinea eggs on the incubator with adding chicken eggs one week into the incubation to have the whole batch hatch at once and raised together. The guineas do fly out and patrol the property of bugs and ticks.

 

[sondra]

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from Missouri