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    coop bedding- what do you prefer??

    Our Bloomington Indiana Tractor Supply only carries the red clay DE. I don't like it. So I bite the shipping bullet and get 50lbs of Food grade (the safe kind) from Wolf Creek.
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    coop bedding- what do you prefer??

    I don't know, I saw lots of happy healthy chickens living on the beaches of various Hawaiian Islands....
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    Molting - How long does this take?

    My seven girls (4 RR, a BR and 2 buff plymouths) had a huge mold starting in December last year, into February when it was snow and cold as ice! The really cut back on eggs (and look ridiculous). Now, here it is October, and I think they are molting again. Do they do it every year? They have...
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    Year old hen found dead

    I found one of my 8 hens dead yesterday evening, in the chicken yard. When I left for work around 10:30 am, she was in a nest--presumably laying an egg. There were no marks on her, and she had been gone for hours, as she was very stiff. I had not noticed any odd behaviors--she seemed normal the...
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    RIP Chicken Little

    This isn't really a reply, but a new post. I discovered my white plymouth, dead in our chicken yard. We have a coop on top of a secure pen (that we open during the day--into a fenced "chicken run". Their yard is about 1/3 of our 1/2 acre backyard, and there are (were)8 hens. I remove the poop...
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    Attach hen

    Ok, well you are a brave person. I carry a stick of sorts, and started wearing a long rain coat to cover my legs....but you are a teacher to 4th graders--fearless!! Thanks.
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    Attach hen

    AttacK hen. Sorry about that typo. Nancy
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    Attach hen

    Hello, I have a RIR (1 of 4 RIR, plus 4 Plymouths), who attacks my husband and me. I have been pecked a number of times, and bitten twice! My husband, once (he didn't believe me until she bit him). She runs up agressively to do it. I have no idea why. She's terrorizing me. She is biting the...
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    Organic food in California

    What's the name brand of the organic feed? Thanks, Nancy in Indiana We have 8 girls.
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    Layer crumbles

    I'm in Bloomington, Indiana. With 4 plymouths that will be a year old in April or May, and 4 RIRs that are about 6 months old. All are laying.
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    Layer crumbles

    When we first got our chickens the kind of layer crumbles that was recommended to us was from a local Rural King. The amount of protien (16%). Recently I had to buy some from Orchelin (very close to our house). It's manufactured by the same company, but some % of ingredients are a little...
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    If my chickens are going to be pastured, do they need a run?

    So, currently, we allow our girls to free range in our back yard. It is winter, and we have had no problems with predators. Will predator issues be more upfront when the air gets warmer?? Let me know! Thanks, Nancy
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    Eating in the evening.

    I am new to keeping chickens...this is what we do...I make sure they have food and water in the morning (water is heated)...and then I give them a treat plate mid-morning before I go to work...it includes salad greens, meal scraps, oatmeal, bananas, old bread spread with peanut butter, etc. They...
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    inside - outside chickens?

    I am new to raising chickens, just started the end of Sept 08, but we figured out that they do quite well roaming our 1/2 acre yard without our supervisison--at least so far. We recently added 4 RIR to our 4 Plymouths, and they all like free ranging in the backyard. They have a coop to go to at...
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    Is it ok to use cedar chips for coop litter?

    I have been using cedar chips (small animal litter) for our coop since the girls arrived, but I randomly see postings on other sites that it can be toxic for the chickens. I haven't noticed any problems with the girls, they have done well with their laying. Are there issues I should be aware...
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