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| Preparedness & Self-Reliance Forum Survivalism, Livestock, Preparedness, Self Reliant Homesteading, Individual Liberty |
04-25-2011, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by lucille
Might have known you'd start a chicken ranch.... 
Do you have a little chicken coop yet? |
Im gonna start a bunny ranch too 
I dont have the coop yet... going tomarrow to get some materials. I was told I had about 3 weeks before they needed to be outside.
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04-25-2011, 07:05 PM
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What's your wildlife like? What I mean is, are you gonna let 'em roam or do you want an enclosed run?
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04-25-2011, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by laterob
Be careful, Kevin.....it starts with 8 and ends up like this
The ones that aren't pullets are called 'straight run'. I'll have my wife check your chickens out later....she'll know what they are as she's caught the bug. We started with 7 chickens, which now lay almost every day, so we sell eggs for $3.00/dozen. Then she bought a brooder, so she started raising and selling chickens. Then, she bought an incubator....sigh. We're up to around 30 chickens...it's hard to tell....it goes up and down every day. I've started feeding the roosters to my boas  .
Check out www.backyardchickens.com . They have a forum and lots of other crazy chicken people.
Welcome to the world of chickening! |
Thanks Rob for the info.
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04-25-2011, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by laterob
What's your wildlife like? What I mean is, are you gonna let 'em roam or do you want an enclosed run?
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Im building full enclosures. Between my work hours, the hawks, coons, possums, and coyotes... I can't just let them have free run.
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04-25-2011, 07:13 PM
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Then you can might want a 'tractor', not a 'coop'. A tractor is smallish and can be moved around the yard, but has an attached run below or next to the roosting/ laying part.
This is an A-frame I build that'll hold about 8 full-size hens. Let me know if you want the plans.
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04-25-2011, 07:23 PM
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Does the top open up any?
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04-25-2011, 07:40 PM
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Yup, that's why the handles are there. Both sides come off, and all four ends come off (nest boxes on top and run access on bottom). There are more pictures here. Don't flame me about that poor beardie - I stole it from a teacher's classroom and tried to save it. Kevin, chickens will naturally go up or in at night, but you gotta close the door behind them to REALLY keep the predators away...
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04-25-2011, 08:13 PM
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And I have a tendency to work at nights.... so that's why Im going for a full enclosure. To make my life simplier.
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04-25-2011, 08:27 PM
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If you want to look at some of the different breeds McMurray has a nice catalog they send out.
http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/stan...ed_chicks.html
I've order all my original chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese from them.
They breakdown all the meat birds, layers and duel purpose.
As for the "white ones" probably the standard leghorns. They are very good layers but I prefer the brown, blue/green egg layers
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04-25-2011, 08:35 PM
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#20
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