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    Can chickens eat cockroaches

    Funny that you mention shrimp; I would feed our previous flock shrimp shells - minus the sharp, tail-end - and they LOVED them!
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    Outdoor Chick Behavior

    Yeah, like cherrynberry said, they're sunbathing. Just like a dog will do; stretch out and soak up a few rays. Mine have been doing the same....until they manage to pile all on top of one another and everyone gets aggravated and leaves - they have no concept of personal space - LOL!!
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    New to Chicken Momma Life!

    That's how I've transitioned mine outside before too. Letting them spend more and more time out during the day(s), and then eventually leaving them out 24/7.
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    do any of you guys know any good alternatives for heat lamp?

    Because I'm cheap, and didn't want to run a 250watt heat lamp during our 'peak hours' from our electric company, this year I decided to try a heat plate. Again, because I'm cheap, I didn't go with one of the big-name, $100 jobs. I decide to try out one at my local Tractor Supply...
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    Do Black Copper Marrans take longer to grow?

    We have two Wyandottes and two Marans. They're all two weeks old. The Wyandottes are already noticeably bigger than the Marans - they're actually bigger than everyone else. :)
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    New to Chicken Momma Life!

    To me, they look like they're able to go outside now (depending on nighttime temps). By next weekend, you now have 6wk-olds and a 5wk-old. They should be plenty good by next weekend. IMO.
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    Can I Just Keep One Chicken to Raise?

    I'm running into this same situation, so here's what I'm going to do: Our main order of (8) pullets are coming in this Thursday. Our Roo, an Ayam Cemani, is delayed and won't arrive until May 17th. Rather than raise him alone, we're also going to get 3 or so more pullets to raise along with...
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    What is the strangest thing your chickens ate? Mine just ate crawfish Monica and aligator tail

    Mine love any/all pasta! That's not a terribly strange thing for them to eat though. The strangest thing I've seen them eat was a frog; I saw one of mine unearth a small frog - down the hatch it went. I was grossed-out...and amazed - mostly amazed. LOL!
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    Ok to feed uncooked shrimp shells?

    I don't know what to say about the uncooked shells, but I can attest that mine go NUTS for the shells that I have peeled off of boiled shrimp!!! Not being familiar with shrimp anatomy, I can't say that I know what the rostrum is, but I do avoid giving them the tail, as it's pretty sharp. My...
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    Olive Egger laying small, cream coloured eggs??!!

    Interesting info about the pea comb/straight comb thing sonew - Thanks! (Learn something new here all the time!) Wade
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    Taking a Poll: how many weeks until your EE/OEs started laying?

    This year I've hatched a couple of EE and 4 OE (I'm assuming this means Olive-Eggers). All of them waited until about the 23-24 week mark to lay. Of course the anticipation of the green and olive eggs made the wait seem that much longer!
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    Chickens ate a dead chicken....are the eggs safe?

    Had that happen on more than one occasion over the years growing up at my parents' house. Never thought twice about it, and never noticed any ill effects regarding eating the eggs.
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    Have you ever watched a chicken lay an egg?*video*

    Wow. The egg survives a bit of a drop! It's a wonder more aren't cracked when laid. I have straw or shavings in my boxes, but they always seem to scratch down to the bare wood when arranging the materials the way they like....... Neat vid!!
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    How many chickens do we all have? 60,083 and counting.

    67,084 I have 20 = 67, 104
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    graphic slaughtering question

    Nice page there Erica!
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