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    Handling chickens

    I see a lot of you post pictures of you or loved ones holding a chicken. My flock is around 24 weeks old. They come a running when they see me outside, and they have a lot of (I think?) endearing vocalizations, but there's not a one that I can get to allow me to touch them, let alone pick them...
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    Now that hens are laying - use up flock raiser feed or toss it?

    I started getting eggs from twenty one week old hens this week. I have about 30 lbs of the flock raiser feed left. Can I use it up before switching to the layer feed? Should I mix the old with the new and use it up, or just toss it? Also, is there any risk in eating the eggs from the flock...
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    Letting the chickens out of the run?

    My flock is nearly four months old and doing really well (21 birds). I have 2 1/2 acres and would like to let them run around the yard during the day. I was thinking of letting them out of the run shortly before dark, just to see if they'll return to the run/coop when it got really dark. My yard...
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    Chickens in MN

    Hello all - long time lurker, first time poster. I've lived in my current home for ten years. I have 2 1/2 acres, and I'm the small lot in my area. I live in an undeveloped part of one of the biggest suburbs in the Twin City area. For several years my Mom, a farm girl, insisted I should raise a...
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