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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    I got one egg out of fifteen hens today. I'm happy with that though because they're 18 weeks, it's the second egg I've seen, and the green beaut is the first the pullet in question has laid.
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    Confirming Sex

    Both birds are 18 weeks old and from an assortment from Meyer Hatchery. Chicken 1. Looks like a Lavender Orpington Cockerel? If so, am I correct in thinking that he's not a particularly fine specimen? His feathering just doesn't seem that impressive and he's kinda lazy. Saw a couple cockerels...
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    Should I try and kill this bobcat?

    Waste not, want not.
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    Should I try and kill this bobcat?

    Patrol the area regularly to get your scent all over the ground. It won't stop every predator, but it can make them think twice. Consider getting a dog, though you'll have another animal to feed and you'll need to train it to leave your chickens alone. Finally, I'd shoot the bobcat and then...
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    Chickens have picked the area inside the run bare

    This video gives some information on getting plants to grow inside a chicken run. I'm also considering planting some vines and/or brambles just outside the run. If they're close enough that the chickens can reach through the welded wire fence, I can put up a piece of hardware cloth to hold...
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    Chews through chicken wire?

    Dogs can get through hardware cloth if they can get a tooth in. If you install hardware cloth and something seems to be damaging it, definitely reinforce with welded or woven wire.
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    One Breed ID and one Sex ID

    The comb and wattle went from resembling those of the other two pullets to larger and redder very quickly. I first noticed this one was developing less than a week ago.
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    One Breed ID and one Sex ID

    On Chicken A, I definitely see what you're saying. Cream Legbar. He tread on a pullet this afternoon. She wasn't too thrilled with it. Hopefully, he learns some manners. Good to know on Chicken B. I'll keep an eye on that one. Might have to call Meyer. This would be a precocious pullet for...
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    One Breed ID and one Sex ID

    All my chickens are 15 weeks old from Meyer Hatchery. Chicken A. Definitely a cockerel. But what breed? The barred pattern seems pretty common. I would say he's mid-sized among the birds I've got. And it doesn't show well in the picture, but his ears have a definite green hue to them. Chicken...
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    What breeds are these pullets?

    The first looks like a Splash Marans. Looks a lot like two I've got did when they were 8 weeks. Not sure on the second one.
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    Texas

    Yup, my garden and newly planted fruit trees would benefit from it.
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    Profile pictures rotated?

    I love technology. When it works. Blasted computers!
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    Chicken Tractor Question

    Thanks. They'd be on grass and moved at least daily. I didn't think about drainage, but we've got sandy soil on the surface there so it drains well. I don't plan to put Cornish Crosses in there. It's more excess cockerels of various breeds that aren't ready for processing yet. Future use will...
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    Chicken Tractor Question

    Since there doesn't seem to be a lot of info out there on this one, I'll try the Salatin model and post results.
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    Advice for inexpensive run please

    Woven wire and tposts are fairly cheap. I've got a 30x30 square around my coop. There's no top protection, but between the coop, some crape myrtles, and a large oak overhead, access by hawks is limited. Some kind of netting could be stretched over top. Wind would pass right through such a run...
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