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    Bleaching eggs?

    Sounds like that makes more eggs for you to enjoy and appreciate!!
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    Now I'm Not Sure: Buy Chicks Or Pullets

    We started with four 8-week old pullets. I would love to have some day-old chicks, but we have 2 large dogs and 3 cats indoors...can you say chicken nuggets?!?! Starting with pullets has worked well. They were already feathered out and went right into the coop - no brooder, no heat lamp (we...
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    Do you have any suggestions?

    Mine are waiting on the other side of the pop door for me to open it and out they come!! They hear me walking down the hill to their run and they are ready to go! Sometimes it's hard to get them back IN
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    Introducing dogs to chickens

    We don't let our dogs near the chickens....not willing to risk it. Sometimes the dogs will go down to the run and look at them...but we don't let them linger. And if the chickens are out in their tractor, the dogs are in the house. Some people are comfortable with letting them all run...
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    Slow to feather in after heavy moult...

    I've heard you should give them cat food - higher in protein. Scrambled eggs too...I use ACV in their water all the time - they are not old enough to molt yet. I read it helps to keep internal parasite levels down...it's funny - if I don't give them the ACV in their water, they won't drink it!!
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    I'm SO bummed. :( PLEASE HELP!!!

    So sorry to hear about your roo...wish I could help, but a golf ball sized tumor can't be good...
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    Hen acting lethargic; "scrunched-up" look

    When a pullet is close to ready to begin laying eggs, they do the squat. They squat down about half-way, spread their wings a little and point their tail feathers down. They are basically "presenting themselves to the rooster". And they view YOU as the rooster They will continue to do it...
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    Hen acting lethargic; "scrunched-up" look

    Sounds almost like she is doing the "squat"...would be the right age. Does she only do that if you walk up next to her?
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    What Do All These Abrivations Mean?

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    coop floor - what do you absolutely *need*? different in winter?

    We are using DLM for our coop...every afternoon when I go to collect eggs, I bring a plastic bag (from grocery store) full of shavings and cover the "overnight" poop (which we all know is HUGE). My chickens don't stay in the coop all day - they have a 12 ft. X 20 ft. run. I did my first...
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    hens sleeping in the nesting boxes

    Physically place them on the roost bar when it gets dark. They will stay there - they can't see in the dark. It may take a little while, but they should get the point sooner or later. Mine used to sleep in a pile in the corner...took about a week and they all were roosting like they are...
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    Hughes Net

    We had it too...when we first moved out to the country all we had was dial up...not even DSL. So we got HughesNet. Wicked expensive and I spent more time sitting and waiting than I did surfing. And when the weather was bad, forget it...sometimes couldn't get on for days. And the modem kept...
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    new member

    !! Tons of great info here...I peruse on a regular basis
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    after they are done laying

    It's a personal choice. We just started with our 4 ladies this past spring, so we have a long way to go. But our intent is that once they stop laying, they will go into the stew pot. They are livestock for us - not pets. Good luck with whatever you decide!
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    Is it healthier to let them stop laying during the winter?

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