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    Sleeping outside in freezing weather

    I have 3 that sleep in the tree. They lay in the coop but won’t sleep in there
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    The Great Debate: Free-Range vs. Coop-Raised Chickens

    My chicks have half a yard. I keep them fenced because I’d like grass in my back yard, 4 hens have not one blade of grass in their side
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    Roost design

    My roost is waist height (3 ft) they dont need a ladder, they just jump up there. It’s u shape and I put tin roasting pans underneath ; with some shaving…once a week I dump like a litter box . No mess, no fuss, just wear gloves.
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    Food Scraps?

    I feed my girls everything! Cannot feed them chicken... That's sooooo yuk to me. But each to their own. They absolutely love pasta! So much fun watching them run with spaghetti. They get meatloaf, steak, veggies, salad, fish... They didn't like edamme. Sunflower sees. I shake the can...
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    My First Egg Is "Hard Boiled"!?!?

    I live in Texas where temps reached triple digits for days. Out of all the eggs gathered daily, I have found 5 hard boiled eggs this week! No one has ever heard of this and no one is boiling them... Someone tell me this can happen... This is for real... Btw....they are not rotten and I made...
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    Post Pics Of Orps/ Orpingtons HERE

    Orpingtons great layers. Mine started laying at 5 months... Have a question to anyone with the answer to this question........ Collect eggs every evening as my girls don't lay till the afternoon. I live in Texas where temps last week were 3 digits.... Have had 4 eggs so far that have been hard...
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    Chickens ain't stupid. Check out my girls in the rain storm !

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    molting??????

    I absolutely love your story. Guess we learn as we go along. I have one molting who,looks ready for the stew pot (only kidding) and the others... Not molting. Go figure
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    Hi from Tennessee!!

    Good morning from Texaa. This a great western.. I started last July raising chicks and love my girls. You will find tons of info on this website. My girls started laying at about 5 months.
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    adding gunnies to a year old flock

    My husband retired from the Marine Corps as a Sgt Maj and NYRED... You made him laugh. Thank you. We too are looking to get guineas for bug population in Texas and just wonder if they will come back to chicken coop at night if we let them free range. I understand will have to keep them...
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    Do you use freeze dried or live mealworms? Chicken scratch?

    Since I can't stand bugs, it would be hard for me to raise but I did find a place that sells 5 lbs for 74.99 and free shipping. (mealwormsbythepound.com) for anyone like me. Yuck.. Now will have to have my good honey put them in containers when they get here. My girls come running when they...
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    Texas

    35 southeast of Dallas here. Kaufman county. Moved to Texas 2010 and loving it. People are great.
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    Significant Drop in egg Production??

    Not much of a winter here either. Was so worried my girls would get cold but it hasn't dropped below freezing once and now winter is almost over.
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    how many eggs?

    I thank you all. Never knew raising hens could be this much fun
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    how many eggs?

    Evening folks... have 5 chickens that are laying eggs. Love it.. it is unseasonably warm here in Texas. 74 today! I got 3 eggs yesterday an 4 today which means one or more of my girls are laying an egg every day. Is this normal? What is the NORM? any advice will be appreciated
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