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    I gave my chickens today...........................................

    apart from their usual feed, over the last few weeks as teh temperature is dropping and my girls moulting i have been giving them an oatmeal mixture made with milk and yoghurt and black sunflower seeds. today i had some left over bread, so i heated some milk in micro and added the bread...
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    rats

    well i am in town, but we have garden allotments just over the fence from us, so chances are they are there but also our bin emptying service has been cut back to once every 2 weeks, so am wondering if there is more food around for the rats to help themselves to have made the run as secure...
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    rats

    thanks that was helpful
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    rats

    we have had 2 or 3 rats running around in our garden for a couple of weeks. we have put down rat traps, but no use., so over last couple of days have been putting down rat poison today, i notice that the rats have been in the chicken run. obviously, we have to make run more secure, but...
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    my chooks not laying

    ty. i wasnt sure if i should be worried or not, but i think its prolly ok? the one that is molting looks so scrawney again hope that is normal
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    my chooks not laying

    i have 6 chooks. a couple of weeks ago, i took them to the usual place for boarding for 8 days. while i was away 1 of my chooks died. the farmer added another to the flock without incident i collected them last tuesday, and since then have had no eggs at all. this is strange, because...
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    sleeping?

    i am in scotland. in the middle of winter it gets dark around 4pm and doesnt get light until around 8am. do the chickens go to bed at 4pm and sleep all the way through till it gets light?
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    Having a gripe! Dropped my eggs

    ok silkiechicken, that one actually did make me laugh out loud!
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    Having a gripe! Dropped my eggs

    wow thanks for all your stories! yeah, cant get my head around loosing 48 at one go, that would make me want to cry!!!! @frogdoc - i wondered how long till that one would get into the frame - lmao! :)
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    Having a gripe! Dropped my eggs

    thinking about funny egg smashing stories! i had an egg in my pocket, forgot about it and ................. sat down!!!!
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    Having a gripe! Dropped my eggs

    i keep my eggs in a pretty little egg basket i bought in France. Last night my sleeve caught in the metal tail feathers and it crashed to the floor. there were 6 eggs in the basket, and 4 of them smashed on the floor. *bugger* i thought, and started to clean up the mess, then i find another...
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    things your chickens do that make you laugh

    i love watching mine play rugby with a tomatoe
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    for the first time today i got 5 eggs from 6 chooks pretty chuffed about that as my usual is 3 or 4 a day
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    Treats for hens

    my chooks are garbage gobblers. i havent found anything yet that they dont treat as a feast! last sunday, i was completely amazed as they demolished the remains of a cooked breakfast that i made for my son and his wife and hubby, it consisted of haggis, fried eggs, sausages, bacon, mushrooms...
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    can i bread a brother and sister

    forgive my ignorance here .......... but ............ when i hear pitbull, i think dogs, and when u say illegal to own them, i think dogs again is there a breed of chicken which is pitbull?
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