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    Comment by 'allanb' in article 'Chicken Treat Chart: The Best Treats for Backyard Chickens'

    I thought nightshades (potatoes, tomatoes) weren't good for chickens.
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    Pumpkin??

    I place a whole pumpkin in my run. The chickens will peck through the outside and eat the inside.
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    Fed chickens a snake

    Chickens are omnivores. Snakes will eat eggs. I'd make sure the snake is dead either way.
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    Rooster Gone Sour

    We had an aggressive rooster. He would stalk and attack my wife and me. Getting rid of him wasn't a pleasant decision, but a necessary one.
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    Discussion: Where do you put your brooder, and why?

    We kept our first set of chicks in the garage. The second time we kept them in the garage, in a tote. Once they were too big for the tote we moved them outside, under a covered patio, in a raised brooder we built. We decided to move them out due to amount of dust they create that gets on...
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    I have mites.... Help!!!

    I use pine shavings in my coop, and I've been sprinkling DE on/in the shavings for 3 years with no issues with my chickens and I've never had a mite issue.
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    Homemade Feeders/Waterer

    I don't have a pic, but, I used a 55 gallon, food grade barrel. I drilled q hole near the bottom and installed a bulk head, attached a valve and ran pvc into my run and attached water nipples. Works great.
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    How big of a coop do I need for 12 chickens?

    Here's a pic of a coop i built not too long ago. It's 6x8 with a 20x8 run. I put linoleum in the coop which makes it easier to clean. When it's time to clean out the coop, all I have to do is rake everything out into a wheelbarrow.
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    Nest Boxes in the Run???/Milk crates???

    Curious why nesting boxes should not be in the run? I have 2 nesting boxes built on the end of my coop, but I have gone from 5 to 11 chickens and I don't really have room inside my coop for more nesting, so I was thinking of putting some in the run. It is covered, if that matters.
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    How 'extra' do I have to be?

    I keep a pair of shoes outside for working that I leave outside so I don't track anyranyt in. My wife has disposable booties to put on her shoes if she's just stepping outside and she also keeps a pair of work shoes for outside. We pet, pickup our chickens all the time. We just wash our hands...
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    Having trouble walking, kind of dizzy - what's the matter? (VIDEO)

    I know this is an old thread but I have a Barred Rock with similar symptoms. Was there any resolution?
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    My First Coop

    My coop pictures didn't upload. So, I thought I'd try a picture of eggs.
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    My First Coop

    This is from a little earlier.
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    My First Coop

    Well, summer looks to finally be over. Here's a picture from last week after I mounted my weather station. KARBENTO34 on a wunderground.com if interested.
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    Using aquarium heaters

    So, how warm does the water need to be in the winter?
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