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    Aerial protection idea

    I bought bird netting from Amazon, it is 50' wide x 100' long and it works great. I have hawks and owls that live in my pine trees and so far it's worked well.
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    Official BYC Poll: Which type of feeder do you use: gravity, treadle, or automatic?

    I use one of these in their coop which they have access to at all times. I also have two hanging feeders that I will use sometimes but this holds 50 pounds of feed and that lasts them two to three weeks.
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    “So lucky, you get free eggs”

    That's awesome! I was just at Tractor Supply, they have a metal rooster that's as tall as I am and I am 6' tall! I was very tempted to buy him! LOL!
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    “So lucky, you get free eggs”

    Okay, I must confess, I did name my rooster...he is Rooster Cogburn! :P
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    “So lucky, you get free eggs”

    I don't name my laying hens because like others have stated on here, I will eventually have them butchered. I'm not interested in having my chickens be pets, they are farm animals and meant for consumption in some manner. I realize this may offend some but it is how I look at it. I don't care if...
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    “So lucky, you get free eggs”

    I charge $5.00 per dozen and my customers are very happy with that price. I don't raise or lower my prices based on someone wanting cheaper eggs, if they don't like the price they can go somewhere else. I feed organic, plus they get lots of extras & scraps, and they have a huge covered run that...
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    “So lucky, you get free eggs”

    Can you please explain what all you have going on in this picture? LOL
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    “So lucky, you get free eggs”

    Howdy Neighbor! I have 13 hens and a rooster. :)
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    “So lucky, you get free eggs”

    I have 13 hens and a rooster. I buy organic feed from an organic coop I belong to. Around here what I pay is much less than what I would pay from the farm store believe it or not.
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    “So lucky, you get free eggs”

    I agree. If my egg customers realized the true cost of the eggs they would not be able to afford them. I try to support my chickens by selling the extras, I know I'm not going to make a profit. I do it for the same reasons, quality and self-sufficiency. I even encourage my customers to get...
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    “So lucky, you get free eggs”

    Even so, I spend far more than $8 on a bag of food, I spend 32.00 per bag of 50 pounds of layer mash and that lasts my chickens about 2 weeks. They have a huge run and they get scraps and other goodies but there's no way even if they were able to be free range I could spend so little. You are...
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    “So lucky, you get free eggs”

    That's hilarious! :D
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    “So lucky, you get free eggs”

    I'm curious, how many of you actually name your chickens? I don't name mine, they are farm animals and meant for consumption either for their eggs or for meat so naming them would not be wise.
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    “So lucky, you get free eggs”

    How do you spend $125 total expenses and get 1K eggs?
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    Comment by 'RennaeHanson' in article 'Should you wash eggs? The pros and cons'

    I don't wash mine when I bring them in but I do clean off the feathers, if they have dried on stuff on them I'll wash them before I use them otherwise I don't. I do not mark my eggs, I put them in egg cartons with the oldest ones to the left, those get used or sold first. I don't usually have...
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