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    need help with feeding

    You can feed laying chickens starter/grower feed but you can't feed chickens that aren't laying a layer feed. The added calcium can kill them. You should add a feeder with a calcium supplement if you don't use a layer feed for your chickens that are laying.
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    What to do with my poo

    One tip with the pitchfork scooper that you can't see in the pictures is that I put the hardware cloth through the tines on the far end (bottom). The first time I didn't and the hardware cloth kept sliding up toward the handle.
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    What to do with my poo

    Here are pictures of my pooper scooper. It works great for a sand floor. I was given this picthfork, but if I was going to buy one, I'd buy one that was wider and had a longer handle.
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    What to do with my poo

    It's definitely worth a try to sell it. I have a sand floor so the manure is coated with sand, but that's not a bad thing in a garden. I don't mind using it my self and would like to, but I just don't want it to stink because my neighbor's house is too close to my garden.
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    What to do with my poo

    sn0wwhite, I will try and take a picture in the next day or two. rehric00, Did you put an add on Craigslist to sell chicken manure? I'd like details like is it aged, composted, dryed, how are you packaging it? How many chickens do you have?
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    What to do with my poo

    "We put ours in a compost bin to be used in the vegetable garden later." Doesn't it stink when it gets wet in the compost bin? Compost doesn't break down well if it's dry.
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    What to do with my poo

    I'm wondering how to beneficially use my chicken manure without a smell. In my old coop I used the deep litter method and when I cleaned it out, my compost pile stunk and I can't do that to my neighbors again. My new coop has a sand floor. Every day or two I use my pitchfork with hardware cloth...
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    Pullers sleeping in nesting boxes?

    If they are new chicks, you might need to put them on the roosts when it gets dark for a few days. After a couple of nights most of them should catch on.
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    Nipple Waterer Help

    I finally fixed the problem. I mixed my two flocks and my new chickens took to the waterer within seconds. My old flock I spent a few hours trying to get them to drink by sticking their beaks into them, using peanut butter, and just tapping the nipples. Then new chickens saw the nipples and just...
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    To fix or start over.....that is the question?

    If you're looking for a quick solution, I would put a chain link fence down for a floor and secure it to the walls so the critter can't get in. It's a lot cheaper and quicker than concrete and then you wouldn't need to start over.
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    Egg in chest?

    Thanks for everyone's help. It was just a full crop. I wondered where the crop was...now I know.
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    Egg in chest?

    Thanks, I've never felt this before so I was nervous. I let the chickens free range in the yard about twice a week and I found this right after she was in the yard, so I'm guessing it's because she ate a bunch of grass and other stuff.
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    Egg in chest?

    I don't know where a crop is located on a chicken or what hacy sac is. How will I know if she goes without food overnight? What should I do if she is impacted?
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    Egg in chest?

    I have a bantam frizzle chicken that has what feels to be an egg up in her chest near her neck. I have never felt this before so I'm guessing it's not normal. There's a chance it's a tumor too, but it feels like an egg. Is there something I should do for her? She laid an egg yesterday. I took a...
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    Nipple Waterer Help

    Right now I don't have a lid on the bucket so that isn't the issue. I'm going to be combining my two flocks very soon. Right now the nipple waterer is in with the older chickens but I'm hoping the younger chickens catch onto the nipple waterer and teach the older chickens. If that doesn't work...
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