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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
[Re: bill oxner]
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02/08/20 08:13 PM
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Are the eggs fertile? Ever incubate them?
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
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02/12/20 06:36 AM
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Some info for you East TX boys.
Today I had a worker with the Texas Animal Health Commission help himself onto my property and order a hold on my 6 chickens until they test and get results back for Laryngotracheitis(ILT). We had a recent Massive producer come in less than a mile from my place...nother story.
Article: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.kltv.com/2020/02/02/state-agency-finds-avian-virus-east-texas-poultry/%3foutputType=amp
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
[Re: Wburke2010]
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02/12/20 02:01 PM
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
[Re: Wburke2010]
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02/12/20 02:19 PM
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
[Re: Wburke2010]
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03/23/20 12:33 AM
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Anybody in the Northern part of Dallas county willing to sell eggs? Tired of those cheap Aldi eggs the wife brings home.
Thanks!!
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
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03/23/20 12:35 AM
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Anybody in the Northern part of Dallas county willing to sell eggs? Tired of those cheap Aldi eggs the wife brings home.
Thanks!! i know youd rather get from here but if all fails check craigslist. Ive seen multiple post selling.
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
[Re: Wburke2010]
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03/26/20 01:54 AM
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At what age can I move youg birds outside? Or maybe what temperature would be a better question. I have 2 ea. Barred rock and red sex-link. Bought at 4/5 weeks old and they are now 8/9 weeks old. Last Couple days I've put them out in a pen till dark. Then back into the house. When could they stay out for good?
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
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03/26/20 02:10 AM
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I had one dog that was a real challenge about killing chickens. Had another that killed about 15 of my rabbits. But eventually I can get them to stop. My Anatolian shepherds never killed any of our animals. I used to have Old English Game Bantams. My four hounds paid them no mind so I was not worried to leave them out of the kennels. Then one day when we were not home. One of the walkers apparently figured out how to open the latch on the coup door and could not help himself. We returned to a blood bath. There were feathers and parts I swear in every square foot of our backyard. Blood was everywhere and all over that one hound. The poor chickens had clipped wings and could not get away. It did not look like the other hounds joined in. That hound must have really enjoyed himself running them all down and destroying them. He looked so proud of himself.
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
[Re: Wburke2010]
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03/26/20 02:36 AM
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Any tips on dog proofing a coop ? Ive been looking to get some chickens or rabbits for years but recently brought a new dog home. The dog was given to me because he was killing the previous owners chickens. The dog is German Shepard.
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
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03/26/20 03:33 AM
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At what age can I move youg birds outside? Or maybe what temperature would be a better question. I have 2 ea. Barred rock and red sex-link. Bought at 4/5 weeks old and they are now 8/9 weeks old. Last Couple days I've put them out in a pen till dark. Then back into the house. When could they stay out for good? I don't ever leave the chickens out all night to many critters to kill em. I don't mine free roam until around 2 pm or so. Seems the darn hawks are around earlier at least past experiences with them killing my other chickens.
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
[Re: Wburke2010]
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03/26/20 06:32 PM
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When I said leave the young birds out I was referring to leaving them inside the coop all night and getting them out of my garage. I don't think I want them to free range at night. I bought 2 older chickens that are out in the coop now maybe 17 to 18 weeks old.
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
[Re: Wburke2010]
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03/26/20 06:40 PM
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I just picked up 6 banis and 4 leghorns... hoping they can stay in the same troth until they are big enough because the leghorns are 2-3x the size lol
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
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03/26/20 06:40 PM
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Any tips on dog proofing a coop ? Ive been looking to get some chickens or rabbits for years but recently brought a new dog home. The dog was given to me because he was killing the previous owners chickens. The dog is German Shepard. Get rid of the dog... or a hot wire
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
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03/26/20 09:27 PM
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When I said leave the young birds out I was referring to leaving them inside the coop all night and getting them out of my garage. I don't think I want them to free range at night. I bought 2 older chickens that are out in the coop now maybe 17 to 18 weeks old. Is your coop varmint proof? Should be okay unless colder weather comes in.
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
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03/26/20 11:43 PM
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Coop is closed in top and is just a 10x10 dog kennel. We are in middle of the city. We have 2 ducks in back yard for 6 years with no problems. On critters I've seen in 22 years is opossums. I dont know if a opossum is a problem or not to chickens. What temperature is good for a 9 week old chicken?
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
[Re: Wburke2010]
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03/27/20 12:13 AM
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Moe, a possum will eat eggs and also kill chickens. You should be good with them being 9 weeks old. Put them in the coop after the older birds go to roost. That way when they wake up in the morning they will just think the new ones have been there all of the time.
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
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03/27/20 12:41 AM
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Any tips on dog proofing a coop ? Ive been looking to get some chickens or rabbits for years but recently brought a new dog home. The dog was given to me because he was killing the previous owners chickens. The dog is German Shepard. Get rid of the dog... or a hot wire Thats the answer I knew I was going to hear but didnt want to.
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
[Re: Wburke2010]
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03/27/20 02:08 PM
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anything is a problem with chickens you will find... I had to dig half a foot down around the edge of my coop and set the chicken wire then cover it up. Im workin on covering my rigged up pen that I attached to the coop so I can have them a place to get outside but not fly out of while we are gone.. my last ones id let roam during the day though and they did fine. but we left for a week and the person taking care of the place would come to feed the goats and shut the coop when they would leave instead of wait for all of them to make it in... most got picked off that week lol
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
[Re: Wburke2010]
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04/15/20 01:45 PM
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I can't get a hen to sit. What is a good automatic incubator/brooder that I can get?
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
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04/17/20 01:00 AM
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
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05/12/20 11:10 PM
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Anybody in the Northern part of Dallas county willing to sell eggs? Tired of those cheap Aldi eggs the wife brings home.
Thanks!! I sell mine at $8/dozen They re fed fresh greens fruits hogs tuna bass insects Weekly My price is high. But my feed bill is high
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
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05/12/20 11:12 PM
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I can't get a hen to sit. What is a good automatic incubator/brooder that I can get? A Brinsea cabinet incubator $1500 I have a used RollX incubator (Used one time ) Can hatch 89 chicken eggs 200 quails $500 if within yiur price range
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
[Re: Wburke2010]
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05/12/20 11:28 PM
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Glad you brought this back up. Been watching a lot of western movies since there is no sports on TV. Always see those well mounted cowboys and even the rich rancher in their beautiful buggies pulled by a brace of horses. Watch The Vigerianm and you see that I'm making this up. They always have unfenced chickens in the yard. How do they keep the chickens in the yard?
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
[Re: Wburke2010]
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05/13/20 06:10 PM
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Ever heard of yardbirds, Bill?
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Re: THF CHICKEN Thread
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05/13/20 09:32 PM
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I can't get a hen to sit. What is a good automatic incubator/brooder that I can get? Made one in grade school for a science project. Plywood box and a light bulb. Farmer gave us a dozen eggs, with the stipulation if any hatched he got the chicken. We had one hatch and lived.
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