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I have a friend coming over tomorrow that butchers for a living to do the turkey I'm giving my mom for thanksgiving and Im hoping watching him will help me learn to be faster and more efficient. Also going to do a couple Muscovy trying the wax dip method because he hasn't done it before and hates plucking Muscovy. Hoping it goes well. Cant wait to eat it!!
 
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Someone is confused. This is my second light tan/pinkish pullet egg. The olive egg is out of my pretty pullet that I hatched from my CL hen. There should be three OEs that hatched from olive eggs. And one CCL pullet and 1 Sapphire. Who is laying this egg?!? It doesn’t make sense.

Could it be one of my older hens after her molt?
 
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We have been working on a new hoop coop since Spring, so sad, but true. A blend of the above pictures are what I’m basing the new Hoop Coop on. Some of the things I’m keeping in mind are:

Height! Needs to be tall enough that I’m not hitting my head on the dang thing every morning. Also needs to be short enough for me to put a tarp over.

Roosts: we collect a lot of 2x4s from people’s trash, so I’ve had to be very careful to sand out any rough spots to avoid bumble foot. I’ve also made the roosts only 1 foot high so that they don’t have far to get to the ground.

Predators: I’m working on covering the cattle panels in hardware cloth.

 
So far the new Hoop Coop looks like this:

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Not much progress since Spring time, but a far cry from what my poor babies are living in now...I’m naming the below coop “Raccoon Motel”. We havent been hit yet...but it’s only a matter of time before the coons find the holes between the tarp and the hardware cloth.


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I’m not proud, but this is indeed the eye sore in my yard currently.

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Today I butchered 2 turkeys (one is 30lbs! Worried its to big to roast) 2 Muscovy ducks (wax was amazing), and kill 8 meat birds. Only get to eat 6. Somehow two had broken wings that were infected. Apparently the little hop down in meatlocker is too high? Lesson learned I guess. Im worried about how many have it. Going thru them tomorrow.
 
Blarneyeggs said:
So far the new Hoop Coop looks like this:

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Not much progress since Spring time, but a far cry from what my poor babies are living in now...I’m naming the below coop “Raccoon Motel”. We havent been hit yet...but it’s only a matter of time before the coons find the holes between the tarp and the hardware cloth.


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I’m not proud, but this is indeed the eye sore in my yard currently.

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I considered to build one like these, but don't think they are sturdy enough. My current plan is having a plastic shed with lots of windows added. Unfortunately, I just decide to quit my job and move back to PA on January, so I will not build a coop in our current NY home. Hopefully, we can find our new house in PA by summer time, so my son can get his chickens. I will get the same types of chickens from Dennis again, especially those Pennsylvania blacks.
 
Thanks for the nice welcome! I actually still lurking here all the time. I always planed to get a new flock after we bought our new York home, but I'm on travel 90% of the time. My company plans to add international travel to my next year's plan, because our manufacturer line is moving to Ireland. I don't like the idea, so I found a new job at State College. Here I am home again! I love PA much better than NY anyway. This is the home! Now I just need to sell our NY house, which has very nice lake view at Finger lake area. So we shouldn't have trouble to sell.
 

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