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After mostly finishing construction on our 8x8 chicken coop and 4x8 goose coop over the past year, the last thing left to do was make it smart. I had previously installed an Ador Turkey door on the goose coop and an Omlet Chicken door on the chicken coop. These have
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In the midst of rebuilding a couple other 4 wheelers, Brittany and I picked up a used "ready to ride" 2011 Sportsman 850 XP EPS. We got a decent deal on it and it had a few thousand in extras - small lift, 30" tires, upgraded axles,
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Over the past couple of weeks, we've significantly improved both of our bird coops. The first order of business was automatic doors - for the past few years, I've been a big fan of the Omlet automatic chicken door. We first bought it in SC and
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Our existing bird setup left something to be desired. I hacked together a 4x8 unfinished coop in the fall the first week we moved. This got us through the winter, but it was sitting in a low spot and often surrounded by water. While I was land clearing later in
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Maple syrup was high on our list of things to try in our first year back in Maine. We decided to start small scale and cheap with plastic taps run into 5 gallon buckets. I ordered these taps online and picked up clear tubing from Home Depot. I read that