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    At what temp do eggs freeze?

    I think that they freeze at about 20°
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    How long is the longest time you have/had a rooster flock?

    Most of the last 40 years. Somewhere around 25 years ago, a painter took care of an aggressive rooster, and we were blissfully aggression-free until about 4 years ago, until once again an attack bird was eliminated. no attacks since.
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    3 month evaluation

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    3 month evaluation

    First time I saw a hen eat a mouse (alive and whole) I don't know who was more surprised, me or the mouse. I am sure that the mouse was more upset at least for a minute.
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    Dogs that kill weasels but not chickens?

    YOu need to think like a chicken, and you will find that the same girls are always the ones to steal a nest. My last one who did, though, never learned how to successfully choose a spot where the eggs would stay warm, so she would lay on top of a sheet of plastic stretched over the lumber bay...
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    Dogs that kill weasels but not chickens?

    Also had a bad problem with weasels 2 years ago. They killed over half of my pullets (42 of 80) One day I was in the pen and they were all fine, and 15 minutes later there were 3 of them dead. I stopped up every hole with 1/4" hardware cloth and stopped the problem. I do not know why they do not...
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    "Small order fee"

    This makes me so grateful for Farmway (a non-chain farm store. They also carry outdoor gear, clothes, furniture and kitchen and house stuff. I am guessing that all the other stuff pays for the feed, because they practically give that away, and I get my chicks for less than $3 each). I also...
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    This owl wont stop attacking my chickens and ducks!

    Metal wire across the top will certainly keep flying predators out. I had to weasel-proof my pullet pen after I lost HALF of my pullets one year! That was a job and a half, and I still have to find the holes that the rats chew, which would let them in. Hardware cloth and flashing.
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    Come One, Come All to the Greatest Unofficial Bird Show for the Nest Two Weeks (No Prizes)

    But having seen your post about deleting non-photo posts... Oh well.
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    Come One, Come All to the Greatest Unofficial Bird Show for the Nest Two Weeks (No Prizes)

    I did. I was telling about my pretty grey girl, who is entered in the contest, and, having made a comment about her pale comb in my original post with her photo, telling that the girls who have begun to lay are also showing more color in their headgear! I do think that she is quite lovely and...
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    Come One, Come All to the Greatest Unofficial Bird Show for the Nest Two Weeks (No Prizes)

    My girl is pretty quiet and steady, but quite determined. I do think that putting her back with the others helped her get better. She was lonely and was walking well within a few days of getting back to the barn.
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    Come One, Come All to the Greatest Unofficial Bird Show for the Nest Two Weeks (No Prizes)

    I think that I may have learned something new. The combs on the babies are brightening up! They are also beginning to lay, about a month earlier than I expected. It may be the TSC birds (which also gave me 4 cockerels...stew is in the future from the one we killed a few days ago)
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    Come One, Come All to the Greatest Unofficial Bird Show for the Nest Two Weeks (No Prizes)

    This is my baby girl. I love grey animals and she is very definitely that. When she was a few weeks old, she developed that problem with her leg tendon, where her leg would bend the wrong way, and I brought her into the kitchen for a couple of weeks. The only way I could think to deal with it...
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    Come One, Come All to the Greatest Unofficial Bird Show for the Nest Two Weeks (No Prizes)

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    2 chicks down & I’m worried about the rest! Help!

    It is why people are giving up their teflon pans. If you burn one, the result can be what they call Teflon Flu. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_fume_fever#:~:text=Polymer%20fume%20fever%20or%20fluoropolymer,C%20(842%20%C2%B0F).
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