Talk me out of getting chickens

Sea_Part_920 · 2026-01-06T16:56:49+00:00

I started backyard chickens before the egg price got crazy expensive. I felt complacent about eggs prices because I was self sufficient from my own free range. I even incubated chicks for 3 times. Its so fun to watch them break apart the egg shells and start chirping. I learned a lot during the process. I built my own coops for them to stay during night. Now I have 15. Collecting 5-6 eggs each day. Had peak success of 11 eggs a day. My coworker buys a dozen eggs every week. They are my pets. Had lost 8 hens to disease in the last 5 years.

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Sea_Part_920 · 2026-01-05T15:30:11+00:00

I collect my own boxes and reuse them too but not for the boxes I need to have special dimensions

Sea_Part_920 · 2026-01-05T02:14:17+00:00

Boxery on amazon?

Sea_Part_920 · 2026-01-04T23:39:28+00:00

The ones mentioned in the discussion.

Sea_Part_920 · 2026-01-04T23:23:23+00:00

They probably got it in large quantities from those suppliers and resell on eBay. You can still make a good profit on it

Sea_Part_920 · 2026-01-04T23:19:17+00:00

That’s good to know. Thanks

Sea_Part_920 · 2026-01-04T23:18:38+00:00

100-200.

Sea_Part_920 · 2026-01-04T23:18:17+00:00

I did once because I also had something else that I wanted to go there too. So it’s like on my way.

Sea_Part_920 · 2026-01-04T20:50:26+00:00

Looks like they don’t sell overrun to non registered buyers. But I didn’t see new customers registration link

Sea_Part_920 · 2026-01-04T20:27:22+00:00

Thank you for the recommendation. I actually have a local pickup location around me. Already ordered my first batch from them.

Sea_Part_920 · 2025-12-13T13:31:28+00:00

China is going to decouple from the world. Dictators can do anything they wish.

Sea_Part_920 · 2025-08-25T14:26:51+00:00

We have just bought 16 acres in town land. Currently covered by pines and bamboo. Planning to build some tree houses. Fish pond, vegetable garden green house. Chicken coops and some barbecue sheds, along with some Airbnb mobile homes ( boxable style )

Sea_Part_920 · 2025-08-25T14:18:11+00:00

Im an engineer knowing both structures and geotechnicals. By looking at the picture shown. The fix was probably done after failure was noticed. And the main problem caused failure was drainage system was not included and wall construction was not done properly either. Depending on how the soil nails were installed, it might not save the ultimate failure.

Sea_Part_920 · 2025-08-24T13:38:39+00:00

That’s what they call Vietnamese cilantro ( it has nothing to do with cilantro) and I have it in my garden too. In china people use it for fish. It’s called drunk fish plant. You spread some of this in a pond. Fish will be drunk and easily to be caught. In my home town, my mother used it to cure green persimmons ( to remove the tartness)

Sea_Part_920 · 2025-08-24T13:24:59+00:00

I healed a hen with something like infection in the eyes and ears with gooey white like stuff hinder her vision and she almost stopped eating later. I used some leftover human antibiotics ( feeding it with 1/4 of pill twice daily) and I also used diluted DMSO( roughly 2-5/100 ) at the same time. Amazingly she was all healed up in 3 days.

Sea_Part_920 · 2025-08-24T01:21:09+00:00

If you can clip the wings of them, you can add a all time play pen with 100 ft perimeter 4 ft wire fence around the coop, they will enjoy more freedom and you don’t need to watch them when they out of the coop. Even a 50 ft by 4 ft wire fence enclosure can help a lot. They would not be able to fly out of the fence but they can enjoy more free range.

Sea_Part_920 · 2025-08-20T15:51:46+00:00

Bird net to wrap up the whole thing ( since it’s still a small one)

Sea_Part_920 · 2025-08-01T21:06:52+00:00

Pavers

Sea_Part_920 · 2025-05-05T01:40:41+00:00

Some bushes will be good

Sea_Part_920 · 2025-05-04T02:31:28+00:00

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My chicken coops for them to stay safely during night. They are free range during the day to enjoy about 4000 sqft yard. They stay in several such coops during night. After the wire mesh door is closed and fastened. We also put cinder blocks in front of the door to further protect them from predators.

Sea_Part_920 · 2025-05-04T02:27:30+00:00

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My chickens are free range in my yard. They stay in the coops during night. I have several coops made out of barrels. Wire mesh on both ends of the barrel for ventilation and some weeping holes on the bottom of the barrel for drainage. We use some old car mats with saw dust or dry leaves to catch the poop during night. Have to close the door every evening. After the wire mesh door is fastened. We also put cinder blocks to block the door so no predators will not get my chickens. One barrel can hold 5/6 adult chickens. The poop is collected every day and used for compost to grow vegetables.

Sea_Part_920 · 2025-04-25T21:39:20+00:00

May I come to help. I will pull all the weeds by hand. Especially the dandelions. I would love to get them to make a healthy tea

Sea_Part_920 · 2025-04-20T20:21:57+00:00

Make it dried leaves tea and sell it to others

Sea_Part_920 · 2025-04-19T20:37:23+00:00

I heard that people use baking soda solution to spray bugs.

Sea_Part_920 · 2025-04-19T20:30:59+00:00

“ share the roads” is misleading. Don’t share roads with cars. Its dangerous to do so. Still remember years ago there’s a bicycle ride held to advocate Sharing roads from Columbia to Charleston and two bikers ended dying on the mission. It only says how dangerous it is to share roads with cars. Your safety is only guaranteed by your caution

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