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    Poop boards....

    our coop is to be for 4 but way to sm so they poop where they nest its right next to it, and there is a metal poop board we didnt know what it was, their nest pole is flat on the poop board so they go all over. Im used to free range at a acerage in a shed w roost bars high up and egg/nest low...
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    Best Litter?? Struggling after years

    where do you buy your hemp? thanks
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    Best Litter?? Struggling after years

    oh my gosh, thats a lot of chickens to coop up in that space, we have a 12x12 for 4 and they are to crowded for me, but sm coop says for 4 but really 2 again my opinion. So we have the poop prob often not bad but no choice for bigger coop. We use Hay Bales didnt like the shavings. i wish you the...
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    Comment by 'Okydoky' in article 'Cleaning and storing fresh eggs'

    Saturday we are fixin to freeze the eggs we have to save for Baking. Anyone done that yet? thx I have directions to do this.
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    Comment by 'Okydoky' in article 'Table Scraps and Leftovers for Chickens'

    I have been giving our Girls Avacodo Skins but i won't again. Love Back Yard Chickens, and get so many tips thank so all your Viewers. Blessings
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    Heated waterer?

    we are in N Colorado, use heated water, probly got it off Feed store, in South Dakota i had free range didnt heat water, just filled the rubber tub frzn w fresh on top ea morning. Dif situation.
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    I want to put a collar on my hen, what type should I use?

    i have never heard of this. why dont the Hens come home, my Moms did but they never traveled more than a mi ? good luck
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    Thin Eggs.

    thank you , yes i have thought about what you said, will try to add more calcium and not mix it. Its an off and on thing so probly combo of things? i am used to moms free range in country :) :) I am in sm town in Co and yes 90s-100 lately very hot for here early in yr. We run a fan for them and...
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    Thin Eggs.

    One our of 4 Hens at times lays very thin touch and cracks. We feed Cracked Corn, Oyster Shell mixed in maybe we need to do seperately? They r in a 12x12 dog kennel w their lil coop. They are meat/layers big ones but are a tad large. Their Coop is sm even tho it said 4 could live in it...
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    Egg storage

    i learned the lime process on here i believe. Also read you can vaseline them heavily and they will store? i am going to try soon as we get more eggs:)
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    What I Learned From My Awful Experience with Avian Flu

    wow im not sure what to say, sorry doesnt seem like enough. what a sad story to tell, i am so so sorry. when i found that the Avian Birds do heal/live and we can actually eat them, i was shocked. Shocked that Govt does this but why should i be shocked when that is their plan to destroy...
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    Eggless Hen

    thank you so much, we had them before, a dog killed them, but because they were the first we were just happy we got eggs. These we never heard of, but because we are trying to adjust etc, started ?ing eggs. I never ? it but when i was caring for mom, my 9 Hens laid probly 3-4 a day, i never ...
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    Mice

    our chickens love eating Mice, so did moms on her acerage
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    Eggless Hen

    Hi, our Hens were born in Feb i think, we have 4 they are Meat/Layer Hens. We know Red lays an egg, One w Black tip on tail, the other looks like them but no Black a White tip. My question is, ONE of them doesnt lay and we dont' know which one. Our other chickens all laid, as did my moms when i...
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    Wavy egg

    Im curious too, we got another one today, not often but have no idea why. Our Hens lay from 2-4 daily always odd.
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    Uses for 5 gal home depot buckets

    I think they have always had food grade buckets , bottles etc for the reasons you said, not sure tho. :)
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    WARNING to walk-in coop owners

    oh know i am so sorry, i hope you dont have to go thru to much to get it ifxed. i have a normal dog kennel and i cant get the pull up thing up and down to get out and i panic! i need to learn to take my ph in case i cant :)
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    THE WORLDS SMALLEST CHICKEN EGG?! 🤯

    We had one too! its so cute i gave it to my Art friend to use in her designs. They seem to lay alll sizes at diff times crazy.
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    My babies ate and killed a mouse?

    i learned they are carnivores, i saw a mouse which we didnt know existed in our yard, but we have hay bales for Hens so thats proby what attracted, but oh my gosh the chase was on for the 1 Hen who had the Mouse! Surprised at Chicks tho, yes they go crazy over fresh meat
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