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    Chickens won't stop squawking loudly for no apparent reason

    We had chickens where the whole flock started being loud at the same time. It wasn't a predator. It wasn't an egg song. We couldn't figure it out. Eventually, somebody with younger ears informed us that our girls were kvetching and another flock in the neighborhood would answer back. Gripe...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    If you were to buy seeds for sprouting for human consumption it is a lot more expensive because they make sure that it isn't contaminated with things like e coli before they sell it to you, knowing that it is being served raw. However, if you left a chicken to do whatever a chicken wants to do...
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    If chickens eat rye grass seed...

    I disagree. A large minority of these seeds do sprout. That's how plants are spread. Birds eat and fly off. They deficate in a different area and spread those weeds/wild flowers to a different location.
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    How quickly should a chicken be able to refill an empty crop?

    How is she doing now? It may be that she isn't handling the transition from warm to cold well. Some do better when they just keep in one relative temperature.
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    Must chickens have a coop?

    I live in suburbia. I was surprised what predators we have that I never knew about before getting chickens: rats, mice, owls, hawks, eagles, raccoons, dogs, cats, and a whole bunch more I haven't noticed yet.
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    The science behind what chickens eat.

    You might be interested in this discussion of plants that chickens will eat outside of the grain family. http://www.permies.com/t/997/chickens/perennial-chicken-feed
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    Grass ideas??

    It sounds like we're on the same page. My gals are living in an area that used to have a swimming pool. The run is basically just sand that was used to level the ground. This spring I plan on planting the things I normally grow in fodder and covering with the frames that you showed us. I was...
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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    I'm not sure how to answer this. Have I ever used oregano to treat an active infection in my flock? No, we've never had an infection in the flock. (I started with only 5 hens who are less than a year old.) Have I ever used oregano to treat an active infection in my household? Absolutely...
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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    Antibiotics tend to have 1 or 2 active ingredients. Herbs can have hundreds. In order to become resistant to the bacteria, the bacteria would have to overcome all of the complex active ingredients.
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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    You may ferment any feed, including starter feed, grower feed, layer feed, scratch, or any whole grain. (BOSS is black oil sunflower seed.) My 4 pound mature layers eat .2 lbs or less of feed per hen per day. (This is the weight before adding water to ferment.) A simplified approach for...
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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    There is a huge difference between kitchen scraps and animal by-products. Kitchen scraps were good enough to be in my kitchen in the first place.
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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    One good way to find out what eggs are going for in your area is to look on Craig's list, particularly in the summer and fall when there are a lot of ads from backyard farmers. If you do not find any ads on Craig's list, you might be the only one who is selling the real deal in your area, so...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    Quote: Thanks, pigeonguy! 1 x 30= 30 sq inches 2 x 15 = 30 sq inches 3 x 10= 30 sq inches 2 x 30= 60 sq inches. 1 x 30 x 1/2 = 15 cu inches The math was right. The labels were wrong.
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    I believe this is just animal protein. Bugs fill this, as do worms and perhaps some meat in your freezer that has been there for a few years. Or you can get feeder goldfish or some kind of minnow (I'm planning on fathead minnows) cans of mackerel on sale... etc. Actually it is an amino...
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    Deterring a Hawk- Covering A Large Garden

    Resurrecting an old thread to ask the old-timers if the same deterrents work for bald eagles and for hawks. Seems like we have both of them this year. We were never able to go eagle watching from our yard before we got chickens. Also, where do I find 50# filament? Everything around here is...
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