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Raising Chickens!

KingBlunted

KingBlunted

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Winter Woman said:
No one wants to get up in the morning to let them out so here is a fix for that. I think a few of you here are capable of making this.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Chicken-Coop-Controller/
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My chickens use their tree house coop as a take off ramp like an airplane. They fly over the fence to leave and fly back over the fence and land on the top of the ramp to re enter. I don't even have to open or close their pen but I do to try and prevent injuries to my chickens.
 
Corso312

Corso312

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KingBlunted said:
I have 6 Barred rocks / Plymouth rocks in a converted tree house 12 feet off the ground that was on my property. Built the split level ramp out of scrap wood from removing my old windows n cupboards. With a little ingenuity you can stretch the dollar big time!

Just got 13 eggs out of the coop an hour ago. Free range all day, and tge mail lady brings tgem cracked corn. They run to her car when they see her.

Best part about chickens is your trash will Never smell again. Chickens will eat every scrap including veggie peels. Saves on their food costs and varies their diet. I slaughtered all of my meat birds this past summer. A dozen XX Cornish. Still have 3 in my freezer. Disgusting big white birds with the biggest Shits of any bird I've ever seen. I'll never get those XX CORNISH again! They were nasty!!

A lot of people around me have Rhode island reds. New Hampshire reds. And black sex links. No better way to reduce nuisance bugs on your property! Just make sure u fence in your garden!
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Why not allowed by garden? They eat plants? I have bad grasshopper problem n was hoping they could patrol garden.
 
Jimmyjonestoo

Jimmyjonestoo

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Corso312 said:
Why not allowed by garden? They eat plants? I have bad grasshopper problem n was hoping they could patrol garden.
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They will fuck up the plants trying to get bugs and such as well as just plain trample them with enough traffic and birds. Any fruit/veggies that do grow will be a delicious snack.
 
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Dirty Harry

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I have had Muscovy ducks for years, and moved to chickens. I like to keep two or three Muscovy ducks with the chickens. Not only are the duck eggs LARGE and delicious, those ducks are almost silent (including males), have claws, and can/will fight small predators. They are like a feathered cat! They get along with chickens and people. The few ducks I have are over five years old, seldom lay now, but are just nice to have.
 
KingBlunted

KingBlunted

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Corso312 said:
Why not allowed by garden? They eat plants? I have bad grasshopper problem n was hoping they could patrol garden.
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Chickens will prevent the plants from ever producing fruit or flower. They will literally eat every leaf off of a growing plant. Buddy of mine replanted his garden 3 times last yr because he refused to put a fence around his 3 ft raised gardens. Chickens would hop/fly into the raised beds and go to town eating plant leaves. He lost all his tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, peas, beans, but the chickens wouldn't touch his asparagus. Not risking it. I'm setting up a fence.
 
budlover13

budlover13

King Tut
Well, I am down to 5 chickens now. Hoping that the hen pecking stops now and that none of my pecked ladies steps in to become the next pecker.
 
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