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post #141 of 173
8/4/12 at 8:46pm
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Originally Posted by Chickerchalk View Post

you can hand feed your chickens

 

stuff like bread they love that.

How much bread is good for them to eat when they are still young (teenage maybe)??  Stale but no mold right??

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post #142 of 173
8/4/12 at 8:53pm

Try this idea.  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/688785/great-new-chicken-toy


Edited by azygous - 8/5/12 at 6:28am

One matronly, yet regal, Light Brahma hen, two Silver-laced Wyandotte hens, two Gold-laced Wyandotte hens, one Black Cochin hen, three Ameraucana hens, one Buff Brahma hen, four sassy Speckled Sussex hens, one Buff Brahma roo, and one nineteen-year old cat who's scared of all of them, especially the roo.

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One matronly, yet regal, Light Brahma hen, two Silver-laced Wyandotte hens, two Gold-laced Wyandotte hens, one Black Cochin hen, three Ameraucana hens, one Buff Brahma hen, four sassy Speckled Sussex hens, one Buff Brahma roo, and one nineteen-year old cat who's scared of all of them, especially the roo.

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post #143 of 173
8/6/12 at 4:58pm
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How do you compost the chicken manure with the compost the chickens dig through? 
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Chicky poo goes in the 2nd bin so its not going right to the garden but not getting eaten by chickens. It still has time to break down before going to planta!

Do you mix anything in with the chicken poo in the 2nd bin?

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post #144 of 173
8/6/12 at 5:21pm

today i gave my babies half a cantalope and grass clippings, chicken tv for me lol

my babies are Barred Rocks one roo and two hens, Two gold and one black and brown hen love them to death!

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my babies are Barred Rocks one roo and two hens, Two gold and one black and brown hen love them to death!

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post #145 of 173
8/6/12 at 10:59pm
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today i gave my babies half a cantalope and grass clippings, chicken tv for me lol

Yea my chickens LOVE cantelope/watermelon/mealworms, well my full growns ones do, my 15 wk old wyandottes are PICKY PICKY PICKY, they don't really like any fruits except grapes & they are scared of worms LOL

**3 RIR hens  **White Leghorn hen  **7 GLW(2 chicks) **9  (1 JG, 1 Silkie mix, 1 silkie, 4 mix Nankin/OE's, 1 Lorp, 1 JG/Prod red), ***4 Seramas

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**3 RIR hens  **White Leghorn hen  **7 GLW(2 chicks) **9  (1 JG, 1 Silkie mix, 1 silkie, 4 mix Nankin/OE's, 1 Lorp, 1 JG/Prod red), ***4 Seramas

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post #146 of 173
8/7/12 at 11:23am

OMG, scared of worms?  That's something never heard of before!  When I work in the garden I take a container with me and throw them to the hens and it's like a riot, they devour them!  Maybe give them a little cooked spaghetti as a treat and they will get used to the shape.  Worms are so good for them, and cuts down on feed cost.  Chickens are so funny, aren't they?  Who says they are dumb and have no personality?  Each one is different with different behaviors, we enjoy the heck out of them, and now watching them trying to mingle with the ducks, is very entertaining.  Who will win remains to be seen...

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post #147 of 173
8/8/12 at 2:54am
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OMG, scared of worms?  That's something never heard of before!  When I work in the garden I take a container with me and throw them to the hens and it's like a riot, they devour them!  Maybe give them a little cooked spaghetti as a treat and they will get used to the shape.  Worms are so good for them, and cuts down on feed cost.  Chickens are so funny, aren't they?  Who says they are dumb and have no personality?  Each one is different with different behaviors, we enjoy the heck out of them, and now watching them trying to mingle with the ducks, is very entertaining.  Who will win remains to be seen...

LOL, yea

**3 RIR hens  **White Leghorn hen  **7 GLW(2 chicks) **9  (1 JG, 1 Silkie mix, 1 silkie, 4 mix Nankin/OE's, 1 Lorp, 1 JG/Prod red), ***4 Seramas

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**3 RIR hens  **White Leghorn hen  **7 GLW(2 chicks) **9  (1 JG, 1 Silkie mix, 1 silkie, 4 mix Nankin/OE's, 1 Lorp, 1 JG/Prod red), ***4 Seramas

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post #148 of 173
8/8/12 at 3:03am

tomatos are poisounous to chickens, just thought you may want to know.

Should probably stop "accidentally" buying more chickens!!!

14 hens 6 pullets 2 ducks 6 chicks and 5 quails, still reckon I could fit some more in....somewhere!!!!

 

Come have some fun here ----> http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/776802/describe-that-chicken

 

        

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Should probably stop "accidentally" buying more chickens!!!

14 hens 6 pullets 2 ducks 6 chicks and 5 quails, still reckon I could fit some more in....somewhere!!!!

 

Come have some fun here ----> http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/776802/describe-that-chicken

 

        

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post #149 of 173
8/8/12 at 3:05am
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tomatos are poisounous to chickens, just thought you may want to know.

 

See I've heard that too many tomatoes can affect their egg laying b/c of the acidity, but wasn't sure if that was a rumor or not.  They can't be poisenous though b/c mine have had their share of tomatoes & they're fine as can be...they'd rather have watermelon and cantelope & pumpkin though.

**3 RIR hens  **White Leghorn hen  **7 GLW(2 chicks) **9  (1 JG, 1 Silkie mix, 1 silkie, 4 mix Nankin/OE's, 1 Lorp, 1 JG/Prod red), ***4 Seramas

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**3 RIR hens  **White Leghorn hen  **7 GLW(2 chicks) **9  (1 JG, 1 Silkie mix, 1 silkie, 4 mix Nankin/OE's, 1 Lorp, 1 JG/Prod red), ***4 Seramas

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post #150 of 173
8/8/12 at 3:09am

why do they like bamboo? what parts do i give to them?

Should probably stop "accidentally" buying more chickens!!!

14 hens 6 pullets 2 ducks 6 chicks and 5 quails, still reckon I could fit some more in....somewhere!!!!

 

Come have some fun here ----> http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/776802/describe-that-chicken

 

        

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Should probably stop "accidentally" buying more chickens!!!

14 hens 6 pullets 2 ducks 6 chicks and 5 quails, still reckon I could fit some more in....somewhere!!!!

 

Come have some fun here ----> http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/776802/describe-that-chicken

 

        

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