Raising Chickens!
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RyanTheRhino
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just put a hydraulic actuator on a timer so the door will open at a set time
silasraven
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to the OP DER what up bitch!!!!!
Winter Woman
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yup. Simple. I've seen people scratch their heads over less.
UncleBuck
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i got this chicken for my birthday last year. named her shitbird. we think she might be retarded.
we got her from a breeder who didn't want her because she has bad genetics, visible in the form of an extra claw/toe.
unlike our other birds, shitbird does not run away when you are near, she sits in place and waits for you to pick her up. she loves perching on your lap if you sit to take a rest.
stupid bird.
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Hepheastus420
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I'm gonna go get a rooster now.
Carne Seca
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Do I really have to answer that?
Winter Woman
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I was going there tooDo I really have to answer that?
Carne Seca
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Great minds (and libidos) think alike.
RyanTheRhino
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That guys design was overly complicated for no reason. I meant Linear actuator since it only need electricity
robert 14617
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lets make sure he didn't really mean to say cockdocking
doublejj
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I have switched from pine shavings for bedding, to Alfalfa hay, so I can compost it. The pine is too acidic. The chickens love picking thru it for green snacks while they are inside & the alfalfa will add a lot of goodies to the compost. Next year I'll have my own chicken fertilzer.
peace
doublejj
Carne Seca
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Alfalfa hay is kind of expensive for that isn't it? We used straw. I had to put it all in a wheel barrow. Truck it over to the compost heap and then in the spring we would take it and spread it out over our garden. An acre garden. Gah! Mormon life is not much different than Amish life... except we have electricity... and modern clothing... and no facial hair... oh and multiple wives.
doublejj
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UncleBuck
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built this chicken coop a couple years back for about $125 or so. never got around to painting it.
remember, if you build a chicken coop, give the chickens a place to go that's not on the ground. they like to sleep up high.
it opens from the back and the floor is removeable. all i have to do to clean it is dump it out over the fire pit, hose it down, and put in some fresh straw/hay. takes 5 minutes tops. there's a few nesting boxes in there and they share them for the most part. our oldest chicken, who stopped laying recently, sits on top of the boxes and looks out the window until all the chickens are in.
it's fun watching chickens go through their routines.
edit: there is plywood stacked around the back because pooky is brooding down there, and we want to block her off from the wind until the babies hatch and come inside.
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If you want your (new), rooster to stick around you need a hen too.
Carne Seca
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You are quite the chicken aficionado.
built this chicken coop a couple years back for about $125 or so. never got around to painting it.
remember, if you build a chicken coop, give the chickens a place to go that's not on the ground. they like to sleep up high.
it opens from the back and the floor is removeable. all i have to do to clean it is dump it out over the fire pit, hose it down, and put in some fresh straw/hay. takes 5 minutes tops. there's a few nesting boxes in there and they share them for the most part. our oldest chicken, who stopped laying recently, sits on top of the boxes and looks out the window until all the chickens are in.
it's fun watching chickens go through their routines.
edit: there is plywood stacked around the back because pooky is brooding down there, and we want to block her off from the wind until the babies hatch and come inside.
UncleBuck
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our flock, minus the brooder.
they're currently standing in what used to be the radish/lettuce garden. but i fenced off the res of the garden which they very much resented, so i let them have the little patch where radishes and lettuce usually go.
chickens need an area of dirt because that's how they take baths. they dig holes in the dirt and then flop around in them. the best part is when they get up and shake off all the dirt, it never gets old.
the lettuce has been replanted in containers out of the reach of chickens and ducks. i had 10 good heads going and almost ready that disappeared overnight.
