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    Chicks hatching in Kindergarten classroom!

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    Chicks hatching in Kindergarten classroom!

    Hello all, I am working in a kindergarten classroom and we have about a dozen eggs in the incubator and it is hatching time. Three chicks have come out of the shell so far, two took only about an hour or two, but one took 28 hrs to come out, and I had to break the last bit of shell off in...
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    Chicken Wire and wild birds

    Here's the structure to be covered. I posted it over at easygarden forum as well.....
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    Chicken Wire and wild birds

    I am building what is basically a chicken run, but this one is to keep vegetables in and everybody else out! My chickens, dog, rabbits, etc. But will regular, standard size chicken wire keep out wild birds like house finches and house sparrows?
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    running out of food

    They love cooked rice and spaghetti, I think they think its worms.....
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    Feeding Amaranth to Chickens

    There's also sesame and since Beavis seems to be letting us get away with some alternative grain ideas Go for it! Lets make it an alternative grains discussion, you know I'll be planting some:D
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    Feeding Amaranth to Chickens

    So I just bought some Amaranth seeds, think this would be a good grain to grow to supplement the diet of our chickens, they could even peck at them as they free-range at times. Then I found this article on Amaranth: Excerpt: We phoned Dr. Cheeke to get his perspective on the seriousness of...
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    Rooster crowing middle of the night

    No there is no light on in the coop at night. I read somewhere that you may be able to fool the rooster by leaving a light on in the coop until later in the evening. This somehow alters the roosters internal clock and makes them less likely to crow until morning.
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    Rooster crowing middle of the night

    He is less than a year old. The coop has screened "windows" in it. I wonder if I made plywood shutters to close at night if that might settle him down a bit?
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    Rooster crowing middle of the night

    Hello, Are there any strategies anyone can suggest to help stop my rooster from crowing off and on in the night? 2AM, 3AM, 4AM, there doesnt seem to be any pattern to his crowing....
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    The chickens deserve a vegetable garden too!

    Here is part of the main garden area........
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    The chickens deserve a vegetable garden too!

    Yep greens for sure in the Fall/Winter, but for now I need warm weather crops... here are some pics of the are. Pay no attention to that Beagle:D Main coop, chicken run... Larger pen, chickens not allowed, Beagles temporarily allowed, this will change... Thinking of planting approx. where...
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    The chickens deserve a vegetable garden too!

    Greetings all, I currently have my young chickens in a coop that connects to a chicken run that also connects to a much larger grazing pen. Currently, they are too small to be out in the larger grazing pen. I would like to get some vegetables established in the grazing pen before the chickens...
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