Posts by Maggie C

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Quote: Originally Posted by TabbyChickens  Thanks for your help! I'll keep all that in mind. How do you raise earthworms? I have a raised bed that I built - now with chickens - it is completely enclosed or...

 Chickens will eat most anything but you should not feed them things that have spoiled. I don't know about other people's chickens but if I offered mine only fruit rinds they would stand there and laugh at me. I do give them fruit...

Quote: Originally Posted by HIS Paintbrush  say "God Bless You". It's just the appropriate thing to do.  

Quote: Originally Posted by wvtim  http://www.pepper-spray-store.com/products/muzzle-dog-spray.shtml     I'm not sure what you can use for the stink - the last time I did it to a dog that...

I grow wheat grass for my girls all the time. Let the seeds soak in water overnight and sow - not very deep and in just a few days you have grass that is 3 - 4 inches high. They love it.

I got in serious trouble with my mom once for turning the hose on a whole basket of eggs because a couple of them had poop on them. I was just a kid but I've never washed an egg since.

Quote: Originally Posted by PsychoChicken  I have 2 Barred Rocks and they are only loud when they see me. When I spy on them and they don't know I am there- they hardly make a peep. I also have 2 Black Australorps...

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If your BO is actually eating the feathers, it could be protein deficiency. I have no clue about the cracked eggs.. Are the cracked eggs a new phenomenon? Again, could be dietary.