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    MITES!

    Good thought. Thanks for the idea.
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    MITES!

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    MITES!

    Hi folks, I am struggling as well with mites/lice, and have been all summer. I am going out AGAIN tonite to dust my flock of 9 with permethrin. I started with DE, then sevin, and have done permethrin now for about the 6th or 7th time (every week or 10 days). I also spray the coop area with...
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    Plymouth Rock Rooster

    My newest flock is about 9 weeks old and I am hearing some noises I am not comfortable with, perhaps a young guy in the mix who is testing out his voice. If that is indeed the case, I will need to find him a new home, and as soon as possible before neighbors complain. If you think you may be...
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    Chickens Fav Treats!!!!

    Mine love oatmeal. My wife works at a nursing home, and although they are not allowed to take food out of the place, she has been given a formal ok to bring home left over breakfast oatmeal. The food service people have ice cream buckets that they simply dump the old oatmeal, cream of wheat...
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    Leghorns

    Don't sweat it....give those gals some time, let them get used to and they will soon calm down some.
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    Don't skimp on the wire!

    You guys are great! In the big picture, it wasn't my wife or one of my kids, just some hens. BTW, it happened in the daytime-I gave them some oatmeal (that's another story) in the a.m. before work and they were dead when I got home. Bummer. Time to call Murray McMurray I guess!
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    Don't skimp on the wire!

    I haven't posted for a while, but tragedy hit my flock yesterday. I came home and found 6 of my 15 girls either dead or missing. Although I had heeded advice about burying the fencing 8-12" below the surface, (I used 2x4" galv. plastic coated mesh for this, over top of the 1" galv. mesh), I did...
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    What can't they eat???!?!?!?

    Mine ladies also eat pretty much anything. However, they LOVE watermelon rinds, kale and collard greens. I was selective in not feeding them decaying produce, but found they run to the compost heap (right near their pen) and chow down. Go figure.
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