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    Funny chicken pictures!

    The blue-headed chicken with white feathers is a splash Orpington. They're supposed to get quite big (8-10 lbs), but I'm new at this and she isn't full grown yet, so I don't know exactly what she'll look like. They are pretty okay for cool weather, but we're in a hot climate here so haven't...
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    Chicken bathing

    Okay. I have bathed them all and it's way easier than washing cats;) They don't like the water very much, but they love the hair dryer. All of them purred with bliss when I was drying their feathers. Anastasia loves her butt dried. Olga likes her tummy fluffed up. Tatiana likes to stretch her...
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    Urban Homesteaders

    The house I live in is in kind of a basin from the front yard. The street is on the same level as the second floor, and there are steps down to the front door. There is a gate and fence blocking entry from the street to all spots but the little walkway by the mailbox. Behind the house is a weird...
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    Urban Homesteaders

    The winter here is dry too. Wow. It really is similar. So orange trees just grow everywhere? That would be cool to see on a hiking trail. I used some organic packaged compost from Home Depot. I think I used kelloggs brand garden soil too. I used several bags of composted steer manure and when I...
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    Urban Homesteaders

    Mine are about twelve weeks old. The yard I had in tucson was hard sand. I added lots of compost to that yard, one bag at a time, which I loaded into my tiny car at Home Depot. Lol. It became very fertile and I was able to grow stuff nicely there in the desert. Here it's clay and rocks...
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    Urban Homesteaders

    I live outside brisbane australia. Just moved here from tucson Arizona. I had a big garden in my urban backyard there and am starting a smaller one at the rental here. I am only here for three years so we have to rent. I just got three teenager chickens, an Orpington, a barred rock and a...
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    Funny chicken pictures!

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    Making soap?

    I know this is weird, but has anyone ever leached their own lye to make soap? I have made the kind with packaged sodium hydroxide, and I know that home leached lye makes a softer soap more like potassium hydroxide. I'd love to hear how it's done.
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    Feeding chickens spicy stuff

    So maybe my girls will eat the hot peppers up, seeds and all. Maybe they'll be spicy themselves and lay spicy eggs, lol:)
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    Feeding chickens spicy stuff

    Okay. I sometimes get too many chiles for stuff I'm cooking and just wondered whether my girls would like some as a treat. Now to see whether they'll eat them:) I just found out they love pork. Lol.
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    Feeding chickens spicy stuff

    Does anyone here ever feed their chickens spicy food? Or what about chiles or just bell peppers? Just wondering if they like spicy stuff and whether it's safe for them.
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    Homesteaders

    I have to agree with chicken-lady13. I lived most of my life in Arizona. I'm originally from Minnesota, and I just moved for a short time to queensland australia. I went from summer at 115 degrees and dry as a bone to another summer (it's currently summer here) that's maybe 90 on certain days...
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    Making friends with pullets

    That's all good for me to know. Thanks!
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    Making friends with pullets

    I am new with chickens and I started with three eight week olds. One is a splash Orpington, one is a buff Wyandotte and the other is a barred Plymouth Rock. They are all pretty skittish around me. The first couple of days the Orpington was pretty friendly, but for some reason she's the most...
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    Eye problem with splash Orpington

    I don't know whether I'm putting this thread in the right section, but I just got three eight week old chickens and right away one of them got her eye pecked or got something in it. For almost a week she has had the corner of her nictitating membrane showing. It's not red or puffy. She seems...
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