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  1. Ted Brown

    1/2 x 1/2" Hardware Cloth joined with hog rings

    I built my run in 2020ish. I used 12-16" aprons all round joined to the HC wire walls only with hog rings; worked very well for 5 years. These joins are now failing. The rings themselves can detach from the HC and/or the welds on the HC are failing. Does not really matter. Just an alert to...
  2. Ted Brown

    Hen that displays male attributes?

    Last fall I separated all roosters & cockerels from the females; moved to 3 cages. 4-6 weeks ago I found a egg in a cage that contained 3 birds; obviously a female. Or is it? I have since moved the pullet to an isolation cage then into an integration brooder space inside the coop where my...
  3. Ted Brown

    Selecting Chantecler Roosters for breeding

    I have nine Chant males, mix of cockerels and 18-20 months. I will cull a number but open to keeping 3 for use in controlled breeding. One I was recently given to provide a different gene pool, so will keep. Of the others I have two that have 2-3" spurs. The rest hatched June 2024 and all are...
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    Males kept Segregated from the Females?

    I removed all cocks & cockerels to separate cages last fall. My main motivation was/is to control breeding but my hens often looked bedraggled from damaged feathers. So far I am pleased with the results: i have 27 pullets & hens, they look better and behaviours are much calmer; multiple roosters...
  5. Ted Brown

    Prince T Woods' 2nd book - "How to Raise Chicks"

    I discovered (via ChatGPT) that "Prince Tannat Woods" has a second book titled "How to Raise Chicks". (first book is "Modern Fresh Air Poultry Houses") Available on Amazon, have ordered.
  6. Ted Brown

    Frozen pine shavings?

    I bought a bagged bale of large flake pine shavings and it is frozen. Now out of bag but several days latter still a large frozen brick. Suggestions? Subsequently bought a bag of pine pellets but one needs to wet it down some to cause it to expand. -20C here, not anxious to add water into my...
  7. Ted Brown

    First night of 13-14 hour "day" light...

    [Struggled to physically install timed light in coop. Finished install yesterday but timer on was 12 hours off; pondering... My wrong setting of timer resolved. The timer has a 24 hour dial with a fixed pointer inside; pointer can be installed in either of two ways; I had it backwards so...
  8. Ted Brown

    Cordless heat source for winter water - Geothermal sink. Any more real life experiences? Works?

    @paintedChix linked this video, kudos! If it works it is brilliant!! I would appreciate any comments, links, etc. re actual use of this concept & design. Thanks in advance.
  9. Ted Brown

    Chickens & Snow

    After a delayed start to winter yesterday we got ~10" dumped on us; 6am today. I clear snow for myself and neighbours so went out early to feed/water to find most of my flock inside the coop, normally they would be in the run. I checked the run to find that snow had blown in and covered the...
  10. Ted Brown

    Had two now one...

    I got 2 of 12 hatch, now 4 weeks, lost one chick overnight. I have an enclosure in my coop; main flock of 25+ & 8 in their 5th month. I assume best to proceed with planned integration to coop & run? Anything to ease the single chicks existence?
  11. Ted Brown

    Pole Shed to House Cages for Bachelors, Breeding, Brooding, Isolation/Observation

    Some months ago I was given 3 large trusses - each 14' wide and 9' high. Given experiences with excess roosters causing havoc, multiple breeds and no way to separate for controlled breeding I have wanted a 2nd pole shed to house cages to accommodate these and other uses. It has taken too...
  12. Ted Brown

    Nest Blob?

    Someone will know what this is; found in the nest boxes today, dark bits are dirt. Thanks.
  13. Ted Brown

    Start 2nd annual White Chantecler hatch

    All Chantecler eggs. I already have a 30+ flock so the 25 eggs seems a lot. I count on 50% live hatch and 50/50 female to male ratio. My original birds are 3-5 years old. These are to replace older layers particularly for the coming winter. My target layer flock size is 24, producing a dozen...
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    Chicken math - Best utilization of cage space.

    I keep excess cockerels in cages. I have 3 cages on two levels - upper level has two 30" by 5' cages, bottom has one 30" by 10'. Each cage has 2 cockerels. Is it better to remove the divider on the upper level and house 3 on each level?
  15. Ted Brown

    Electrical fence - What non flying predators will it deter?

    I am extending my run & coop to include a pole shed to host cages including a bachelor grow out pen. I am thinking about providing access to an area that is only protected by electrical netting? Mostly concerned about foot based predators... How effective is electrical netting? Thank you.
  16. Ted Brown

    Isolation, Brood, Overflow CagePlex

    I have a large coop & covered run plus a 8' x 5' x 3' cage I use for overflow, currently holding bachelors. I hatch at least once a year to refresh laying hens and to expand/refocus what breeds I have in the flock. My plan is keep cockerels for at least six months then process for eating. I...
  17. Ted Brown

    Solved Best way to add "Part Two" to an Article?

    I created an article showing my coop build that is ~95% pictures. I am doing a major interior rebuild of nests coupled with a roost expansion. I will like to create a second article that is co-joined with my first. Is this possible (I saw mention of a "series")? Any help appreciated.
  18. Ted Brown

    Nests Iteration 4 to Front Roll Away style

    I expanded my 3+ year old flock in 2023, added 12 Chanteclers and 8 mixed coloured egg layers. I moved 5 males to an external cage but multiple males amongst other pressures arising from increased flock size required a change/expansion to my nest box arrangement. This is what I had (actually...
  19. Ted Brown

    Sevin Dust

    I visited Tractor Supply in Ogdensburg NY yesterday. Main reason was to buy PDZ, got 16 bags (not sold in Canada). My get list also contained a permethrin powder, I could only find Sevin dust. I have looked online, see use for chickens mites/lice is off label & quidelines for "safe usage". I...
  20. Ted Brown

    Safer's Critter Ridder?

    Any experience with this product? Is it effective? Thank you.
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