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    What to feed chickens to lay more eggs.

    Has anyone ever used game bird feed? Is it worth the extra $? Just curious...
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    Hello from PA

    My wife found our first egg today. :) The lady's are getting there.
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    What to feed chickens to lay more eggs.

    First egg, woohoo! LoL M wife found it this morning. The lady's are getting there :)
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    What to feed chickens to lay more eggs.

    Been reading on this thread, thank you all! New to chickens and trying to get educated. Was at my local feed mill, they told me a good choice is thier blend of grains, oats, corn and buckwheat. They said its approx 16% and it is ground fairly fine. Great ve some thus am and wow! My birds love...
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    Coops, chicken breeds and bedding?

    I put grit and oyster shells in the enclosure this morning. All but 1 took some of each. Feeling better about my birds now, thanks for the advice.
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    Coops, chicken breeds and bedding?

    With only 6 birds I'm hoping we don't get overrun with eggs but there are plenty of potential buyers in the area so we shouldn't get sick of them to soon :) Emma, thank you, I'm feeling great and the doc has released me to go back to work so hoping to get that roof done by end of the week :)
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    Hello from PA

    It was about 3 months ago my wife went to the local market and saw eggs for $5/dozen. We eat quite a few eggs so it was a bit of a shock. Friends who have chickens talked us into it (they didn't have to talk to long) :) I enjoyed building our coop and we are using the old hand built dog kennel...
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    Hello from PA

    Hello, been reading a lot here, awesome sight y'all. We live very near Punxytawney, PA. And I'm pleased I found y'all. Anyway,,hello.
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    Coops, chicken breeds and bedding?

    OK, thanks. It's been added to my list of things to get :)
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    To grit or not to grit

    Don't chickens get grit from nature? Sorry, I'm new here as well.
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    Coops, chicken breeds and bedding?

    Thank you Emma. Been reading a lot on here and y'all have an awesome site here. Yes, we are getting oyster shells tomorrow. Was wondering about grit? Or will they get it naturally? I'm unsure as I can't find anything yet about grit?? The coop was my own design and I'm pleased with how it turned...
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Here's mine, its total 4'x8' floor with 2'x2' nesting boxes on the ends. The center is 4' high with 1 roosting bar. The exit/entry door is 12"x12" and the ramp was built from scrap Lumber from another project. Total cost for this setup was aprox $200.
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    Coops, chicken breeds and bedding?

    Wow, this thread got messed up! LoL idk what happened.????
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    Coops, chicken breeds and bedding?

    The coop + enclosure
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    Coops, chicken breeds and bedding?

    The boxes are covered and I still need to get roofing on but this was my design :)
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