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    1st egg from our hens!

    Congratulations! My, but that's a big first egg! All of our first eggs were peewee size to begin with and gradually got bigger. Get ready for more!
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    Is there sales tax on chicken feed in California?

    I actually looked it up in the California Department of Taxes and Fees Administration and found out chickens are classified as food animals, i.e. food for human consumption. As such, they are not subject to tax and neither is the feed for them. I took my info down to my Walmart. They said they...
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    Is there sales tax on chicken feed in California?

    My local Walmart charges tax if you order it online, but not if you buy it in the store. (I get Kruse's Super Fowl and Flock because it's 20% protein vs normal 16%). I'm going to visit the Walmart to ask why they charge tax for online orders.
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    Broody or Bust: Can You Handle a Sitting Hen?

    I just released a broody Easter Egger today after 4 days of incarceration. It seems to have worked. I haven't seen her on the nest at all today. Keeping my fingers crossed because the only jail I have is filled again! :D BTW, I got 9 correct (but I had to make my best guess on a couple of them).
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    How to Break a Broody Hen

    Since I took her out of the nest, egg production has increased slightly. This makes me think that instead of leaving to go eat, she may have been eating some eggs while sitting on the nest for so long. Possible? The nest she was sitting on was the one that usually has the most eggs.
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    How to Break a Broody Hen

    I came here for this specific subject. I have a hen that's probably two years old, but hasn't been broody until a few weeks ago. Every time I go to collect eggs, she's in the same nesting box by herself. All of her flockmates (except for the ones who are really laying eggs) are out eating &...
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    California - Northern

    Welcome, Duckysquacker! My wife and I are are in the COP (Chico-Oroville-Paradise) area. I hope you find this site as informative in all areas of chicks and chickens as I have! Never hesitate to explore the site to find answers or ask questions for answers you can't find. There are a lot of...
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    How do you treat pasty butt in chicks?!?!

    The hatchery I order chicks from suggests 1/4 cup (2 oz.) of raw ACV to every quart (32 oz.) of water.
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    Official BYC Poll: How often do you change your chickens' water in hot weather?

    I have two kiddie pools, a large one for the ducks and a small one for the chickens. The ducks will only use the small one and the chickens will not go in either. But the chickens use both for drinking, even though I have two waterers. I placed a chicken in the smaller pool and she got right...
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    Official BYC Poll: How often do you change your chickens' water in hot weather?

    It depends on several factors: weather/temperature, water level, and water quality. Now that summer is here and it has been over 100°F for three weeks now, I had been changing it every day, regardless. Now that I have made them a water misting system, I change it every other day, mostly...
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    Topic of the Week - Feeding mealworms, bugs etc.

    I do not buy or look for any "live" food for my flock. They do that for themselves, as they free range 24/7 on about a quarter acre (they always go back to the coops in the runs, which I can lock, if necessary, at night). I do feed them BSF larva once or twice a week, which they really look...
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    Official BYC Poll: How often do you change your chickens' water in hot weather?

    I have two 3-gallon waterers for my flock of 34 hens and 5 ducks. I usually either refill and/or rinse out and fill when they get low, which is about every 2-3 days.
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    Drastic Reduction In Egg Production

    I had a similar problem a few months ago. I was getting 25-30 eggs a day. Then suddenly, it dropped to 5-10 a day. I heard the rumors about TSC feed, but I have had no problems with feeding my flock for many years Dumor All Flock (because we also have ducks), sold at TSC. It has 17% protein...
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    What causes wrinkly eggshells? There's always only one egg a day that looks like this.

    Thanks for the link. This egg most closely resembles the Corrugated Shell (#13). Of the possible causes, I think the most likely would be either hereditary or a defective shell gland. I'm assuming it is coming from just one individual. There are no flock-wide symptoms of any disease and they...
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    What causes wrinkly eggshells? There's always only one egg a day that looks like this.

    All 34 of them get the same feed. I'm assuming only one of them is laying the wrinkly egg.
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