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    The Old Folks Home

    I think I got lost, I’m not old yet🤗 but Happy St Paddy
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    What made you happy today?

    Finally found some chicks from Tractor Supply after a month of hunting from different sources, the earliest I can get them from others are July or August.
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    Help my neighbor said my chickens are being loud :(

    I agree with Hammer about noise time ordinance, my chickens doesn’t make noise in the dark unless something spook them. In Michigan and Ohio, it gets dark at 4:30 ish-5 pm this time of the year. The neighbors must have their windows open in the winter to hear clucking hens.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    29 Eggs Today and 2 crowing roosters 🐓
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    Comment by 'Spartan22' in article 'My first attempt Making Anything (coop)'

    Huh, it’s been 6 yrs, those weeks of sleepless nights watching YouTube. They were all in my old lap top (3 laptops ago). I googled how to make cape cod style shed; how to make a-frame roofing; framing windows and framing doors; how to do shingle roofing. I watched them over and over taken...
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    Burying hardware cloth to deter predators?

    “Apron” technique is easy peasy, then I weighted it down with bricks so it doesn’t heave up and for aesthetics look and so I can also step on them when checking on my chicken. I had them on now for 5 yrs, I grew mints around them for added mice repellent.
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    Are Welsummer's eggs supposed to be this color?

    I got 4 Welsumers, and their eggs are always speckled but darker than yours. It’s normally on the reddish side than dark brown side in comparison to my French Black Copper Marans eggs. I attach a photo, welsumer’s eggs @the bottom.
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    Hen or rooster copper maran

    At 7+ wks old, a rooster ready to be more copper than black.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    29 eggs today, but they’re not done yet sun is still up. 😍
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Karen, were you able to go to France last year and meet a friend?
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    CRAZY neighbors

    What in the world? You don’t just kill a chicken and tossed it over a fence. First cruelty, 2nd insensitive to other neighbors. They could have gave it away or butcher them humanely or disposed them properly. I have had unwanted roosters. I gave some away, I sold some really cheap and I had...
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    Comment by 'Spartan22' in article 'My first attempt Making Anything (coop)'

    Thanks, it was fully operational coop without the run within 6 wks since the fluffy butts we’re growing fast and my garage we’re becoming dusty. The run and roof was extended within 2 months after. So far it been almost 6 yrs to date by late June and I had built a second breeding coop 2 yrs...
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    Comment by 'Spartan22' in article 'My first attempt Making Anything (coop)'

    Thanks, it was fully operational coop without the run within 6 wks since the fluffy butts we’re growing fast and my garage we’re becoming dusty. The run and roof was extended within 2 months after. So far it been almost 6 yrs to date by late June and I had built a second breeding coop 2 yrs...
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    Roost

    I’ll try to answer your Qs one at a time. #1. Depends on the size of your coop and the type of chicken you have, I’ll start with 2-3 ft roost above ground- my chickens prefer higher 4-7 ft. #2 ideal space 12-14” per chicken on the roost. #3 I prefer to have poop boards having more than 20...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Could be trying to protect eggs from heat, some of my hens does it too during winter.
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