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Originally Posted By haveTwo: Yours leave that very thin shell from watermelons? That was pretty much the one thing (well one part of one thing) they never seemed to eat. Other than that we'd scrape plates into a take home box and they'd eat everything. They really are little dinosaurs. |
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Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Coop, and run I built. We have about 15 chickens now and 5 or so more on order for spring. |
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I live in the city and had such problems with predators I built a larger enclosure and don't let them free range anymore. I PROMISE you you'll have possums, racoons, hawks and owls. I've shot 4 possums in my chickens and have seen foxes, hawks and owls kill them in my yard. |
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The snow is melting and we are averaging 2 eggs per day. I think this spring we will get 2 more birds, not sure what breed. I would like an egg per day average. |
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Originally Posted By staringback05: Picked up 6 this year 2 red stars, 2 cinnamon, and 2 laced...we'll see how they do Nice! |
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Attached File So it begins. Going to stain it to match the house once the wood seasons. |
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Originally Posted By FZJ80: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/434728/IMG_7759_jpeg-3485244.JPG So it begins. Going to stain it to match the house once the wood seasons. Nice! |
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Very nice coop. We actually come out ahead, not by much but they do pay for thier feed, 7 dozen Thursday to last night. Should get another dozen tonight. Wife takes them to work $5 a pop so that's $35 bucks and 3 weeks of feed is about $50 plus scraps. Plus I like them |
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Bring it. Our side has a hundred billion bullets. Your side doesn't know which bathroom to piss in.
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| Question: I have been letting the chickens roam around the backyard during the day. I need to apply a pellet weed and feed to the lawn. With rain in the forecast, how long should I keep the chickens in their run and away from the grass? |
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Just looked at that, since that's a new question to me. If they have plenty of food available, of expect them to avoid anything truly poisonous. I'd keep them off until a good rain, or watering. Maybe toss the eggs for a few days if you want to be really cautious? The weed and feed my wife puts down disappears as soon as we water. |
| They will eat fertilizer beads/pellets. After rain if it dissolves it should be fine since they won't have anything left to eat. |
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| Chickens are easy once you are set up for them. We're getting ready to start our 3rd flock. Our last flock got whittled down from 12 to 6 from racoons, and chickens doing dumb stuff. We still get a couple eggs a day. Might get 10 or so this spring. Have to keep them separated until the pullets get big enough that the hens won't kill them, but other than that they are pretty low maintenance. |
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Originally Posted By bansil: They will eat fertilizer beads/pellets. After rain if it dissolves it should be fine since they won't have anything left to eat. That's what I was hoping but I didn't know if since there was a weed preventer it would stay in the grass and harm the chickens if they ate the grass. |
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Originally Posted By TOTHEMAX: That's what I was hoping but I didn't know if since there was a weed preventer it would stay in the grass and harm the chickens if they ate the grass. Originally Posted By TOTHEMAX: Originally Posted By bansil: They will eat fertilizer beads/pellets. After rain if it dissolves it should be fine since they won't have anything left to eat. That's what I was hoping but I didn't know if since there was a weed preventer it would stay in the grass and harm the chickens if they ate the grass. Maybe look up the chemical that's the weed preventer, and how it works? I'd imagine only the targeted weeds take it up? In that case, wait for the weeds to die and wither, there'd be less chance of them ingesting the killed weeds? (total guess, by the way) |
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Originally Posted By TexCorriente: Brooders: Does anyone have a sq.ft / chick rule of thumb? I have 50 Sasso male meat chicks on the way. I'd intended to make some nice plywood brooder boxes, but work and life got in the way. I'm looking at throwing together a brooder using a kids play pen and foam mats on the side and floor for insulation. Math shows it will be 1/2 sq.ft per chick. I plan to get them in to their pasture chicken tractor between 3 and 4 weeks, once they are funky feathered.https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276591/1000025241-3505464.jpg Also, thoughts on splitting the brooder down the middle and dividing the flock in half? My reason would be to make grabbing individual chicks for check-ups easier. Heat source: I'm going to try two Brinsea hover type radiant heaters, instead of heat lamps. Even though I always double secure my heat lamps, I'm paranoid about them. Not specific to chickens, but having the ability to separate is good with all kinds of animals. What about a temporary divider you can use if need be? Could make it so it moves, I've seen some people do that to push them all to one area for easier grabbing. Kind of a smaller verson of the push board used to get animals through chute systems. |
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Huh, I was thinking a bit of plywood, but looks like you're going big! Go to 10:40 for what I had in my head. ![]() ![]() 10 Years' Experience Raising Broiler Chickens on Pasture for Commercial Sale |
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Originally Posted By haveTwo: Huh, I was thinking a bit of plywood, but looks like you're going big! Go to 10:40 for what I had in my head. ![]() That's the plan. I don't think the Salatin style will hold up to our livestock and feral hogs, or wind I want to provide for all of my family and close friend's protein needs. Selling any surplus should defray some operating costs, but is not key. My cousin (ARF guy as well) and ranch hand are taking care of this tractor build. Next up will be a 100 bird eggmobile to expand my wife's layer flock. I'll be building it in a shop I just rented, off of a hay wagon. The 51 Sasso meat chicks arrived! Working on expanding the brooder now ![]() |
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Originally Posted By TexCorriente: My wife's fancy chickens have picked back up some production. The leghorns didn't drop production nearly as much through the winter, but the black copper maran especially really fell back One of the Americaunas I think throws these footballs : https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276591/1000025530-3515368.jpg That's a big egg! We have a jumbo a few weeks ago. Double yoke |
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Picked up 13 Black sex link chicks this morning. Attached File Some info on the breed. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By TexCorriente: Now ya done it! My meat birds need to move to their chicken tractor, but work has me traveling everywhere and I'm late getting it done https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276591/1000025654-3524567.jpg Big dog crate I got for hauling birds: It's 54x32x45 and heavy already I'm adding two more floors once I use it to move the young broilers. That will give me enough room to haul all 48 to the processor once grown. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276591/1000025671-3524568.jpg Tractor is awaiting tenants https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276591/1000025674-3524569.jpg Waterer: I'm putting together the tractor water system now. The system will have two 10' sections of PVC, each with 12+ horizontal nipples. The tank is an old Igloo coffin cooler (35 gallons i think) that's been in my way for years. I'm plumbing out of the existing drain to gravity feed the waterer pipes. The plan is to rotate frozen milk jugs of water to provide cold water to the birds through the hottest days. The tractor is also getting two misting fans Edit: chicks are in their new digs https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276591/1000025705-3525746.jpg Need some updated pictures. |
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Originally Posted By TexCorriente: Well... shit Look at these happy free-ranging meat birds https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276591/1000026802-3555832.jpg Wait a second... nobody let them out this morning Uh-oh. Look closely. Shiny side down is always bad. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276591/1000026803-3555833.jpg A micro-burst hit the ranch last night. A few hundred yards away trashcans and empty feed sacks didn't get blown around. This thing can't be budged with two guys lifting one end. No birds were hurt, but it crushed the four billygoats that were sheltering on the side of it. Killed two, and injured two others... probably will have to put them down. They were supposed to go to the sale last week If it had been sustained winds, the chickens would have been in the next county! Damn! |
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Originally Posted By TexCorriente: Well... shit Look at these happy free-ranging meat birds https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276591/1000026802-3555832.jpg Wait a second... nobody let them out this morning Uh-oh. Look closely. Shiny side down is always bad. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276591/1000026803-3555833.jpg A micro-burst hit the ranch last night. A few hundred yards away trashcans and empty feed sacks didn't get blown around. This thing can't be budged with two guys lifting one end. No birds were hurt, but it crushed the four billygoats that were sheltering on the side of it. Killed two, and injured two others... probably will have to put them down. They were supposed to go to the sale last week If it had been sustained winds, the chickens would have been in the next county! |
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Originally Posted By haveTwo: Just looked at that, since that's a new question to me. If they have plenty of food available, of expect them to avoid anything truly poisonous. I'd keep them off until a good rain, or watering. Maybe toss the eggs for a few days if you want to be really cautious? The weed and feed my wife puts down disappears as soon as we water. Been following this thread when I've been on, and really enjoy seeing everyone's chicken setups! I can't fully answer this question because everybody has to make their own decisions about exposure like this, but I can add some understanding. Points to note: **Any chemical you put on any plant, gets processed by that plant. So anything you spray on the grass, gets processed by the grass, as well as the broadleaf (or other) weeds you're trying to kill. Weed N Feed is usually 2, 4-D and maybe something stronger as a kicker, and sometimes even includes crabgrass preventative. So yes, it's in the grass. It also may be in the top layers of the soil (the crabgrass preventative hangs out there.) **If I am renovating a lawn, and I spray 2,4-D on the lawn (I'm generally spraying stronger stuff than that, but sticking with the most likely Weed N Feed chemical) I cannot then reseed that lawn for 3-4 weeks, because that's how long it takes for the grass to process and break down the herbicide. So you can pretty much guarantee that your chickens are ingesting the chemical if they are running on that grass. The REQUIREMENT: Almost all chemicals say, "stay off grass until dry." That sounds so quick. So nice and safe doesn't it? I will tell you that I ask my customers to keep their animals off the grass at minimum overnight, and better, until the chemical is watered in and everything is dry again. But those pets are probably not eating the grass. Your chickens will be. As for me, I will not run any food producing animal on grass I treat. The area where my chickens are is fenced and that's where they stay because our predator pressure is so high. BUT...I'm planning for movable chicken tractors that will get rolled around the yard, and the chickens will get fresh forage daily. At that point, the entire back yard for me, would be left untreated. (Mine's not treated anyway because I'm studying herbalism and I make medicine out of the weeds.) All that to say, the more I've studied chems, the less I want to use them on my own tiny "homestead." (Calling my 1.5 acres a homestead is a stretch, but I'm trying to shift back to my upbringing and take baby steps toward growing more of my own food, so my mind is on this.) It's very difficult to not use any. I'll never be 100 percent chem free (I use them in my gravel driveway, for example.) **I cannot say whether the chemical makes it into the eggs. Logic says to me that it would, but a lot of money has gone into studies that you may or may not choose to trust. You might find some if you're willing to look them up and read through the dull stuff. YMMV of course and this is a personal decision. I hope this post is in some way helpful. |
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Attached File Attached File Getting the coop stained. Planning on waiting a couple weeks and then going over everything again. Attached File |
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Attached File Attached File Almost done, finally, I think, maybe. Lined the inside with 3/4” pine, finished staining, getting random things sorted. @Krauss I liked how your coop looked. |
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Well, I have noticed a neighborhood cat hanging around lately. Some small rabbits live under our back shed, and this cat will climb over the fence and wait for the rabbits. I usually scare it off. The other week, I was drinking my coffee, and this cat was about 2' from my chickens, getting ready to pounce. I grabbed my pellet gun and took a shot, but missed. The cat didn't move. I adjusted for drop and shot, the cat jumped a foot or two in the air and ran off. I had just gotten that gun from my stepdad dad and it was not sighted in. I put a target out and shot some rounds, but it was inconsistent and inaccurate. He had another one that he gave me, and this puppy is very accurate but powerful. Fast forward to a few days ago, and the cat is back. It is sitting behind the fence with its head sticking out. I took a shot at the fence where his body would be, and the cat took off. The shot went through the fence (1/2" cedar) and blew out the other side. I figured the cat would not come back after that. This morning, he was back. Same spot, getting ready to pounce on the rabbits. I grabbed the gun and slid the door open, and he ran. I am pretty sure that if I hit him, it will not end well for him. I hate to kill someone's cat, but the little bastard has had a few warnings. And what's to say he won't get froggy and go after a chicken? |
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What is everyone doing for water in the winter? Looking at the heated waterer Premiere 1 offers. Attached File |
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We have this one and it works great. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078XNH249?tag=arfcom00-20 |
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| Still trying to find a small solar powered (by a remote panel) light to mount in the coop. I dont have a lot of room so it has to be small and compact. |
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Originally Posted By TOTHEMAX: Still trying to find a small solar powered (by a remote panel) light to mount in the coop. I dont have a lot of room so it has to be small and compact. We bought a few of the bulb size LED rechargeable lights, you can set them for up to 4 hours and I get 2-3 runs on each bulb before I have to charge. They are bright enough to work in the coop, and should help keep them laying this winter.Attached File |
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Cant wait for spring or when I get a non b.s. weekend Mine currently reside in my garage/workshop Cnt wait to evict them There entertainment though Go to the 35 second mark ![]() my back yard ![]() the chickens. the keepers of my property ![]() let the mini t reca out at 6am and went back to bed cause im sick. 8hrs later we're are they lol The rooster Colonel Sanders He served in the deep fryer wars of 2024 Church's versus KFC versus bojangles He was a Mexican Rottweiler in a past life Total dick to everyone but me And at it when I get home im like Were they at? Currently visiting thr neighbors house(s) like a bunch of hobbies looking for precious 😆 Occasionally I let them inside and they'll lay down in front of the TV and watch a show or 2 and get up and want outside |
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Originally Posted By kbi: Cant wait for spring or when I get a non b.s. weekend Mine currently reside in my garage/workshop Cnt wait to evict them There entertainment though Go to the 35 second mark The rooster Colonel Sanders He served in the deep fryer wars of 2024 Church's versus KFC versus bojangles He was a Mexican Rottweiler in a past life Total dick to everyone but me And at it when I get home im like Were they at? Currently visiting thr neighbors house(s) like a bunch of hobbies looking for precious 😆 Occasionally I let them inside and they'll lay down in front of the TV and watch a show or 2 and get up and want outside @kbi We can’t let ours out unsupervised or predators get them! |
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Originally Posted By C-4: @kbi We can’t let ours out unsupervised or predators get them! I've only lost one to a hawk few months ago The girls re good using cover tk hide And the racoon(s) and possums dont go into the garage ( been lucky) Ive been getting home round 2am - 4am from.any odd jobs i can find 1st thing I do is check rhe garage nd do a head count Got one neighbor with 2 breed of piece he lets wander Hes been told if there over at my house they're done Sheriff says just let them know so he can fine him for loose dogs Other neighbor lost his goats recently but no id on suspects Coyites avoid my place lole the plague But there is bobcat close by God mating season is coming up |
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