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    Serious Moulting

    I'm sorry, I can't give you an answer, seeing I never got any solution to this either. But she made it trough the winter just fine. I hope yours will too. Good luck!
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    Michael Jackson eggs

    I always wash them, just with cold water, but then again, lot of the eggs have spots and/or mud on them. The once that aren't dirty, I just rinse and I let the dry on a tea towel.
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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    LOL that's a good one!
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    Michael Jackson eggs

    Thank you Kelsie I just let them soak in water for a bit (when muddy al little longer). A lot of times the eggs already have some light streaks specially when it rains and the eggs get some mud on them. So 99% of the time I really have to wash them till their one color. I never had this problem...
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    Michael Jackson eggs

    Hi everyone, I looked to see if someone posted something like this already, but I couldn't find anything. Probable because I don't know how to call this. Therefor I call it my Michael Jackson eggs. We got new red laying hens in June when they were 16 weeks old. They starting laying quite quick...
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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    "Oh, this egg is brown, I don't like brown eggs, I only eat white." I tried to explain that the inside is just the same and that the outside is brown, because my chickens are brown. Never in a million years I would think that chickens get discriminated too. LOL
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    Serious Moulting

    Hi everyone, I have a question about moulting. Mine started moulting in October. I was pretty upset about that, because we're living in Manitoba, so harsh winters. But they were doing fine, even in temps of -22F. Now it's Februari and they are still moulting. Is this normal? And one of the...
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    Raising feeder insects

    I have to laugh, their so cute. I see they love the worms. I talked about it with my husband and we're going to see where to order them from. I'm sure we can't order them from the States. But I'm sure I will find someone here in CA.
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    Raising feeder insects

    Thanks so much Kassaundra! I will look in to it. It doesn't sounds that difficult.
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    Raising feeder insects

    Maybe a stupit question, but how do you keep mealworms? Do you keep them in an aquarium of sorts? I have really no idea. We collected grasshoppers this summer (lots around), they loved them too. Are there insects you better not give to chickens?
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    Winter watering - rubber bowls, good or bad?

    We live in Manitoba and last year was our first winter with our chickens. I can only tell you what we did and they made it trough the winter in tip top condition. We put a thick layer of stew on the floor so they couldn’t freeze their toes off. We have a large plastic chicken waterer with red...
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    Dutch chick from Manitoba, Canada

    Hi Everyone, I’m a Dutch (The Netherlands) immigrant (city slicker), who moved with my husband to Manitoba, Canada in 2006. We bought a (hobby) farm in 2009. Last year we build a chicken coop with an inside coop with 5 nesting boxes and an outside, so they can wobble around. We got 10...
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