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07-03-2012, 12:25 PM #11
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Can your chicken do this ...LOL
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07-10-2012, 10:57 PM #12
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So our chicks are now 3 weeks old and we have only lost two, one I culled and the other got crushed by other chicks sleeping on him. I built a chicken tractor to move them around the yard while they are small. Since they are now three weeks old I take them out of the brooder for 3-4 hours each day. I used chicken wire, pvc pipe and PT 2X4X8 to make a 6X8 frame. With the wheels mounted, I can by hand move the tractor anyplace in the yard. The tractor now has hanging waterer and feeder and a tarp to block the sun.
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07-12-2012, 05:17 PM #13
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all you that live in small towns and cities check local ordinances some places will let you have a few chickens for eggs . As for all of you that have problems with wild animals,Do what my friend does he has a couple solar panels hooked up (not sure how)to an electric motor when the sun's out or it's light out the motor opens the door to the chicken house at night after the chicks come home to roost and the sun goes down the door closes so nothing can get them
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07-13-2012, 09:01 AM #14
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I will be putting an automatic door on our coop. I just filed my coop plans with the town because it is big enough that I need a building permit. In my part of town we are restricked to no more then 300 chickens. I will show pictures of our coop as I build it and I will show .my DIY auto door system also. I shot a coyote the other day as he was sneaking through our field
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