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Nothing worse than a Willie Nelson western movie with non period-correct chicken breeds in the barnyard.
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Looky here all these fancy chicken coops you caint hide money
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fresh eggs people are as bad as people that quit smoking or got skinny when they get to blowing and going about orange yolks and yaddayadda. Amen. Fresh, home grown eggs are no doubt better for you than store bought. They are supposed to have higher Omega 3. But when I look at all the work and expense required to keep chickens, I just eat a can of sardines or 2 a week along with my crappy factory farmed eggs from Walmark's to make up the difference. The orange yolks certainly look better but I can't tell any difference in the taste. Right now I can get 5 dozen for 10 Bucks which IMO is a steal. That is less than a 50lb bag of chicken food and the Walmark's hens lay year round. Don't have to fight the dogs, cats, coons, snakes and hawks. No feeding, no watering, no shiitshoveling. The price of that big box of eggs has been about as volatile as Bitcoin since covid, reaching a high of about $20 to a low of about $5. Every time a new round of bird flu hits the price shoots up, then drops as I assume new pullets come online. Someone once said that people go fishing for other reasons than just fish. I think that is true of small time chicken keepers and eggs.
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fresh eggs people are as bad as people that quit smoking or got skinny when they get to blowing and going about orange yolks and yaddayadda. Amen. Fresh, home grown eggs are no doubt better for you than store bought. They are supposed to have higher Omega 3. But when I look at all the work and expense required to keep chickens, I just eat a can of sardines or 2 a week along with my crappy factory farmed eggs from Walmark's to make up the difference. The orange yolks certainly look better but I can't tell any difference in the taste. Right now I can get 5 dozen for 10 Bucks which IMO is a steal. That is less than a 50lb bag of chicken food and the Walmark's hens lay year round. Don't have to fight the dogs, cats, coons, snakes and hawks. No feeding, no watering, no shiitshoveling. The price of that big box of eggs has been about as volatile as Bitcoin since covid, reaching a high of about $20 to a low of about $5. Every time a new round of bird flu hits the price shoots up, then drops as I assume new pullets come online. Someone once said that people go fishing for other reasons than just fish. I think that is true of small time chicken keepers and eggs. The superior eggs are just a fringe benefit to the hobby.
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Under construction as we speak! The long slopped roof faces south, and will have a solar powered attic fan to help reduce temperatures in the summer. Will have 2 solar powered chicken entrance doors on the north side. The house is in the center of our 100’ x 100’ garden south fence. There will be a fence from the back center of the house, to the garden north fence….bisecting the garden into 2 - 50’ x 100’ garden spots. The chickens will have a 50’ x 100’ run, we’ll garden the other side…..switching sides every year. The house has concrete floor (predator proof) has 2x6, insulated walls, 2 - dual pane windows, the inside walls will be lined with FRP panels (easy to keep clean). The nesting boxes will have outside access. memtb
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You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
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fresh eggs people are as bad as people that quit smoking or got skinny when they get to blowing and going about orange yolks and yaddayadda. Amen. Fresh, home grown eggs are no doubt better for you than store bought. They are supposed to have higher Omega 3. But when I look at all the work and expense required to keep chickens, I just eat a can of sardines or 2 a week along with my crappy factory farmed eggs from Walmark's to make up the difference. The orange yolks certainly look better but I can't tell any difference in the taste. Right now I can get 5 dozen for 10 Bucks which IMO is a steal. That is less than a 50lb bag of chicken food and the Walmark's hens lay year round. Don't have to fight the dogs, cats, coons, snakes and hawks. No feeding, no watering, no shiitshoveling. The price of that big box of eggs has been about as volatile as Bitcoin since covid, reaching a high of about $20 to a low of about $5. Every time a new round of bird flu hits the price shoots up, then drops as I assume new pullets come online. Someone once said that people go fishing for other reasons than just fish. I think that is true of small time chicken keepers and eggs. The superior eggs are just a fringe benefit to the hobby. Exactly. Far fewer mice and bugs.
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Under construction as we speak! The long slopped roof faces south, and will have a solar powered attic fan to help reduce temperatures in the summer. Will have 2 solar powered chicken entrance doors on the north side. The house is in the center of our 100’ x 100’ garden south fence. There will be a fence from the back center of the house, to the garden north fence….bisecting the garden into 2 - 50’ x 100’ garden spots. The chickens will have a 50’ x 100’ run, we’ll garden the other side…..switching sides every year. The house has concrete floor (predator proof) has 2x6, insulated walls, 2 - dual pane windows, the inside walls will be lined with FRP panels (easy to keep clean). The nesting boxes will have outside access. memtb Fancy👍👍
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I built this one a few years ago, replaced the 2x4 wire with hardware cloth 1x1" as the coons would reach in and grab the chickens. Have since built another, basic A-frame with 8x8 base and found it to be a much more efficient design.
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Thanks! The slab was poured years ago, windows were yard sale cheap, door was free……with today’s material costs, the other materials were ridiculous! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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fresh eggs people are as bad as people that quit smoking or got skinny when they get to blowing and going about orange yolks and yaddayadda. Amen. Fresh, home grown eggs are no doubt better for you than store bought. They are supposed to have higher Omega 3. But when I look at all the work and expense required to keep chickens, I just eat a can of sardines or 2 a week along with my crappy factory farmed eggs from Walmark's to make up the difference. The orange yolks certainly look better but I can't tell any difference in the taste. Right now I can get 5 dozen for 10 Bucks which IMO is a steal. That is less than a 50lb bag of chicken food and the Walmark's hens lay year round. Don't have to fight the dogs, cats, coons, snakes and hawks. No feeding, no watering, no shiitshoveling. The price of that big box of eggs has been about as volatile as Bitcoin since covid, reaching a high of about $20 to a low of about $5. Every time a new round of bird flu hits the price shoots up, then drops as I assume new pullets come online. Someone once said that people go fishing for other reasons than just fish. I think that is true of small time chicken keepers and eggs. The superior eggs are just a fringe benefit to the hobby. Exactly. Far fewer mice and bugs. I can tell the difference when they are fried over-easy, otherwise not really.
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"Kids who grow up hunting, fishing & trapping, do not mug little old Ladies"
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NO good pics easily found of the Gulag here. Many unexplained deaths and abductions, alien probing, 😳 We don't have any aliens around here, leastways no illegal ones. all our farms and ranchers only hire ones with Genuine Papers.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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Looky here all these fancy chicken coops you caint hide money Bingo although, I will admit to having a Mennonite built henhouse. The yard I cobbled together myself with mostly scrounged lumber from around the 7Acre RANCH! Did have to get store bought poultry netting and hardware cloth though.
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The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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Pretty basic like this a lot Might be a model for my next build Friend built a similar one, pretty nice for walking in to clean and gathering the cackleberries. And before you get started.....................yes................I happen to have ...............A.................friend.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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Looky here all these fancy chicken coops you caint hide money Bingo although, I will admit to having a Mennonite built henhouse. The yard I cobbled together myself with mostly scrounged lumber from around the 7Acre RANCH! Did have to get store bought poultry netting and hardware cloth though. Gawd What a dis service you just did to the Mennonite community. 😂😂 God gonna send a lightning bolt down on that azz.
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Looky here all these fancy chicken coops you caint hide money Bingo although, I will admit to having a Mennonite built henhouse. The yard I cobbled together myself with mostly scrounged lumber from around the 7Acre RANCH! Did have to get store bought poultry netting and hardware cloth though. Gawd What a dis service you just did to the Mennonite community. 😂😂 God gonna send a lightning bolt down on that azz. Have a nice shed they built too. Them's some productive, keep busy, type folks around here. Even out Tax guy is a member. He owns a surplus/auction goods store too, got my Toro snowblower from him.
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The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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Under construction as we speak! The long slopped roof faces south, and will have a solar powered attic fan to help reduce temperatures in the summer. Will have 2 solar powered chicken entrance doors on the north side. The house is in the center of our 100’ x 100’ garden south fence. There will be a fence from the back center of the house, to the garden north fence….bisecting the garden into 2 - 50’ x 100’ garden spots. The chickens will have a 50’ x 100’ run, we’ll garden the other side…..switching sides every year. The house has concrete floor (predator proof) has 2x6, insulated walls, 2 - dual pane windows, the inside walls will be lined with FRP panels (easy to keep clean). The nesting boxes will have outside access. memtb This is a great idea, give you something to do since you don't hunt.
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Chicken yard. Juniper posts about 2.5' in the ground, bottom boards are full dimension 2x8 rough corral boards, rest of the framing was mostly scrap stuff. Lower section of fence has 1/2" hardware cloth buried a foot or so in the ground and the trench was filled with rocks too. Rest is 1" poultry wire to keep the hawks and such out. Henhouse inside the chicken yard. Gate to yard gets closes, chicken house hatch stays open so they can come and go as they please. If necessary they can spend a few days inside the yard relatively comfortably if we're not there to free range them. Feed and water station And there's an addition to the Gulag for when one of the hens almost got killed by the rooster I used to have. She had her own house and yard for awhile until he died. He was just finishing what the other hens started. Already got a fresh one this morning out of the laying box. This one is from the hen the rooster almost killed We jus' po folk, no money fo no fancy setup.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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