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    Chicken Coop lighting

    Hi, I have a chicken coop on an allotment. I want to put a PIR light up on the outside where the path is so I can see where I'm going when I visit at night. I've bought a 24V-230V inverter for use with a 24 V batterry. The plan was to put the battery and inverter in a chicken proof ventilated...
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    Diseased Chicken for Dinner? It's coming.

    https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-08-11/diseased-chicken-for-dinner-the-usda-is-considering-it A proposed new rule would allow poultry plants to process diseased chickens. That’s the last thing Americans need. When President Trump invoked the act three months ago, as a means to...
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    Replacing a chicken run with a shed

    Good day all About 10 years ago I built a 5m x 10m chicken run which had an internal height of about 2m Not sure if I needed planning but no one complained and I think there is a 7 year rule somewhere.. Now I want to take it down and replace it with a shed of the same dimensions Do I need to...
  4. Mottie

    Chicken breasts.

    ...together and then bung them in a bag when they are frozen to be taken out when needed. Just opened a pack, only 4 breasts in it and they just about fitted on a baking tray. You used to get six or seven breasts in a pack that size. How big must these chickens be to get breasts the size they are?
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    First they'll give us the chicken...

    Government ready to open British markets to chlorinated chicken for US trade deal "The government is set to open British markets to food produced to lower US welfare standards as part of its planned trade deal with Donald Trump. Downing Street on Thursday refused to stand by an earlier pledge...
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    Chicken coop/run

    Hi all I have built a chicken coop and run/enclosure in my garden. I'm trying to work out what will best to put on the ground within the enclosure. I don't want to leave it all as grass/mud as they will just make a mess. The size is about 30m ² . It can be prone to flooding a little...
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    Chicken coop

    I'm looking to alter my chicken coop so that it has a wooden strip (approx 10 cm, wide any thickness) around the perimeter of the base. This will allow me to fill the coop with sand and the sand won't escape through the sides. I'm thinking of buying plywood for this. Does anyone sell plywood...
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    Raising a patio...and chickens!

    Hi, I need to raise my patio (I have to hose it down often due to my new free range chickens) but the water slopes towards the house and the drain is higher than the slabs. What should I use to lay the slabs on after I have removed them to re-use. It needs to be raised about 2". Many thanks...
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    Rockwool and chicken wire insulation - how is it laid?

    ...my loft converted and the architect has specified this type of insulation to go under the floor. I want to know how it's laid. Is the chicken wire cut to fit between the joists, stapled to form a 'basket' and then 1 thickness of Rockwool laid on top? I have seen in the past the chicken...
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    SBr, dampness and Chickens

    ...mix with a glug of SBr. All going well but I have trees all around especially birch dropping seed and leaves and add to that the next doors chickens were running around all over me nice wet pointing. :lol: Yes, a new fence is due to go up next. So I am covering up with a plastic tarp...
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    Downpipe Balloons and Chicken Mesh - Not a Solution

    In my experience, using a wire balloon or chicken wire over an out is OK for stopping debris getting into the downpipe but quickly clogs and causes the gutters to backup and overflow anyway. For serious leaf, moss and pine needle problems, far better to put a proper gutter guard over the...
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    Thai-ways beat chicken flu

    Degrease note scouring pad !! Prepare Ah so ... One Teriyaki Chicken !! Get it down yah !! :D :D :D :D :D
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    Neighbours slaughtering chickens / turkeys in garden

    ...no trouble. they have friends over and have bbq's at just about every opertunity which i dont mind, but they always bring in about 4 chickens and 4 turkeys all live, they bring them in a large make shift cage and slaughter them in their back garden by chopping the heads off and letting...
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    Asthmatic chicken behind my freezer

    there`s not really a chicken but it does sound like it. The m/c involved is a Zanussi ZNB 3240 frost free fridge freezer and around a month old. The wheezing from the back is frequent but not constant, not loud but clearly audible. I though I`d ask here before all the pallaver of calling Currys...
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    Plastering - "Chicken Wire" Cracking in new finish

    ...old wall has had a new plastering finishing coat of about 2-3mm applied over an old wall. The new coat has widespread random patches of 'chicken wire' cracking. The pattern resembles hexagonal chicken wire, like small hairline hexagons. The cracks are mostly full depth of the new skim...
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    Building a chicken coop into existing outbuilding

    Hi! I'm looking to convert part of our existing outbuilding into a chicken coop. I was initially thinking of simply adding a partition wall but I think that would be a waste of space. Instead I want to build in a chicken coop into the building, essentially a large box raised off the floor with...
  17. richie4236

    Basic chicken-proof fence

    Hi, I need to put up a basic fence to keep our six chickens off the lawn and out of the flowerbeds, and contain them in one corner of the garden. Total length of the fence require is about 6-10 metres and I was planing to use the green arched plastic covered wire you can get in garden...
  18. DetlefSchmitz

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    Chicken wire, fire protection and all that jazz.

    Hi all Just in the middle of a loft conversion. Architect has stipulated chicken wire supporting rock wool for fire protection, no drama. But the videos I have seen runs it over the joists and creating a cradle 100mm deep. My question is can I just run it underneath punching in and...
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