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    Food Scraps?

    Hi and welcome! I've learned a lot from the folks on here. My chicks have a feeder with 18% protein layer pellets that has some in it all the time. They can eat from it anytime. I give them everything in the way of scraps. I seem to remember that when my grandma had chickens when I was a...
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    Rooster hurt by dog...

    Thank you for your advice and encouragement. I'll take a look at him tonight.
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    Rooster hurt by dog...

    Good morning all, Yesterday my dog pushed his way into the chicken yard. Pushed the gate open and off he went. When I first saw what was happening, he was streaking across the chicken yard right on the tail feathers of the rooster. Got him down to a corner of the yard and I thought it was...
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    My rooster is on very thin ice...suggestions requested please

    Thank you all for your replies. Reinforced what I suspected. These being my first chickens, I wanted to give him a chance, but I really don't want to always have to carry a baseball bat or hotshot and be looking backwards all the time. And, as I said, I cannot take a chance on him knocking my...
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    My rooster is on very thin ice...suggestions requested please

    I have 18 beautiful Black Australorp 9 month-old chickens, 17 hens and 1 gorgeous roo. The rooster has become aggressive in the past month or so; it seems that his aggression corresponds to the time I started letting them free range in the larger chicken/goat yard. Before that, I kept them in...
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    Where did all my eggs go?

    Hi all, I have 17 pullets/hens that were hatched Feb. 1. So they're,...36 weeks old. They started laying at around 20 weeks, and within 3-4 weeks I was getting 12-14 eggs a day, every day. I was SO pleased and impressed! For the past 6 weeks or so I'm getting 4-7 or 8 a day. It has...
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    There be eggs!!

    Thanks all of you for your tips! I tried the boiling in salt water one and it works great! Thanks to all of you. My girls, 17 of them, are now giving us 14-15 eggs a day! I am so proud of them
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    There be eggs!!

    Hey everyone, My babies are laying! At least, about half of them are., out of 17 girls. One roo. I got my first egg 2 weeks ago Saturday, when they were between 20 and 21 weeks old. I was so surprised! And today I got 11 pretty brown eggs! It's really fun, like looking for treasure...
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    18-week old rooster behavior--normal?

    Thanks!
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    18-week old rooster behavior--normal?

    I feel sure this is normal behavior, but I just have to ask. I have 18 Black Australorps, 17 pullets and the 1 rooster. Hatched out on Feb. 1. He began crowing this past weekend, and it's getting stronger each day. I was so excited to hear him crow! He's started chasing the girls around...
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    Another question on feeding...

    Thanks y'all, for your answers. I didn't think it would make them lay faster, but for some reason I thought there was something about the protein content that needed to be changed at some point. Might be getting this mixed up with dogs. :) Thanks again. Think I'll finish this bag of layer...
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    Another question on feeding...

    Hey all, My chicks are 12 weeks old today. I've been feeding them start-grow-lay crumbles and am wondering when to switch them to the next level of food. I bought a bag of feed the other day that is a layer feed and is 18% protein. Is it too early to start this? They are so big it seems...
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    covered runs?

    Georgiagail, that's a beautiful set-up! What is the cover on the run?
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    Building roosts for my chicks--questions

    Good morning all! Need to build a roost set-up for the chicks. I can hammer nails and that's about it. Was thinking of having the local lumberyard cut the lumber for me, I just need to tell them what I need. I don't have any official plans, but have been picturing it in my mind. Seems like...
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    ***OKIES in the BYC III ***

    Morning everybody! What a beautiful day it looks to be! Hope all is well with all of you. Question: my baby australorps are 4 weeks old. They're in the garage, and are not being a problem at all; I can just see that they will soon outgrow their current abode. Was wondering if I need to...
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