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    calling any one from missouri

    I fineally got done with quarantine with the new guys
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    calling any one from missouri

    Welp, looks like some of my girls decided it's time to molt. Guess sometime next year I get to look forward to larger eggs. went from 14-16 eggs a day down to 4 now, and it looks like a massacre with all the feathers in the coop. I love how funny they look now too. I went ahead and thew a few...
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    calling any one from missouri

    An hour north of kansas city.
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    calling any one from missouri

    speaking of wind, on my way to work this morning I saw we got really lucky and had a near miss on the front of the house! I guess I can't wait much longer to cull this Maple.
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    calling any one from missouri

    I got bored last weekend and decided to do a change up in the coop. Went with stall-dry below the roosts, I can't believe how much cleaner it keeps the pine shavings. It's a bit more work, mainly because I clean up under the roosts every day, but that still only takes maybe 5-10 minuets and I'm...
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    calling any one from missouri

    I haven't been able to keep many eggs in my refrigerator. We raised our price from $3.50/dozen to $4.50/dozen, and still can't keep up with an average of 14 eggs a day. But next year I'm planning on expanding and going after real Jersey Giants. Mainly because they look awesome. LOL
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    calling any one from missouri

    They're just some production reds I picked up from the local feed store, Heartland Hatchery supplies them.
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    calling any one from missouri

    At 25 weeks I finally had all 16 hens lay yesterday. Kind of exciting since last month they actually paid for all of their expenses and feed themselves.
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    calling any one from missouri

    I was stung on the side of my left hand the end of June, and i still have a very sensitive hard ball where he stung me, this past weekend it looked like it was to the surface enough to pic it, and to my mistake it was not ready and now it's healing all over again. but I've been dealing with this...
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    calling any one from missouri

    To elaborate, they still don't have any sound science on where it's coming from. They suspect wild game birds, but if that was the case why are a huge number of factories getting hit hard, and a handful of back yard flocks. And all you have to do is cook your eggs completely and no worries. This...
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    calling any one from missouri

    That's insane! Good ole' uncle same kicking in his fun.
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    calling any one from missouri

    Man, I need to complain about these **** hens in here more often! Egg was in the nest 2 hours ago, LOL!
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    Not laying in nesting box

    I got my first first egg on the 5th from one of my hens, and this morning she put it in the nesting box for the first time. lucky me, I had 2 others bustling around in the nesting boxes when I checked also. All I did was throw some golf balls in there. I also noticed about 4 days ago, the straw...
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    calling any one from missouri

    The thing is they are all coming around different times, and in different spots, about every 3 days the egg is in the same spot again. I just cant see a chicken laying in 3 diff spots in 3 days. Also I had an egg Wednesday laid between 2-3pm, and there was one at 7am on Thursday. Yesterday I had...
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    calling any one from missouri

    So i've been workng my chicken math since we fineally had enough eggs collected for breakfast yesterday(6). I studied the eggs and 3 had a much more distinct appearance, as far as freckles/color. Only one was fertalized. Thismorning i had my first layers egg its was bigger than any others, and...
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