January in the Garden
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Building another automated coop door
Building an Automated Chicken Coop Door [In December, we added some more turkeys to the flock, so now 5 turkeys. They were kept in the hoop coop for a while, primarily to keep the rest of the flock out of the higher protein feed the turkeys were getting. Once released into the flock, they did…
Chicken Coop Overview
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Scout vs Ritz
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New Chickens for a New Year
New Chickens for the New Year December 12th 2018 our first batch of new chicks hatched. Hoover Hatchery shipped them out December 15th. It was an order of 20 hatchery choice egg layers. These chicks are the first of several orders intended to rebuild our flock following the devastating mink attacks. No. It is not…
2018 Coming to a Close
End Of The Year – Assessment So What do you think? Not a particularly great way to end the year. 2018 was a decent year all in all. There were plenty of eggs to be collected and shared. Lots of entertainment, and perhaps most important for us on our little patch in the woods, is…
Another Mink Attack
More Mink Attacks, and a Dog Attack November 2018 was a treacherous month in the chicken coop. The mink came back for multiple attacks, particularly during the several days over the Thanksgiving week when we were out of town travelling. In the additional attacks, the mink managed to kill 55 of the 57 chickens in…
Mink Attack
Wow! What a Killer! It was the night before Halloween. We noticed some commotion going on in the chicken coop on the coop ip cameras. When the particular camera was selected it was clear we had a problem. I headed down to the coop as quickly as I could get my boots on and get…
They are not all roosters
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September 2018 Egg Production
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