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    Cackle hatchery's Hatchery Surprise- Anybody got this before?

    They arrived at the PO this AM and they let us have them at 7. Spouse said he could hear them chirping in the back room while standing at the counter. 54 total and not a duck beak among them. Several sizes from tiny to almost twice the size of the average one. Took pics with the red heat lamp...
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    Cackle hatchery's Hatchery Surprise- Anybody got this before?

    Well I was wrong about it arriving today as the box was in Kansas City at 1 AM this morning with no further update so far. Hoping it makes it to Texas so it can be on the early morning truck when it arrives in town in the morning. Have everything ready but no fluffballs.
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    Cackle hatchery's Hatchery Surprise- Anybody got this before?

    My first surprise box shipped today so living in north central Texas assume we will have it tomorrow. Always wanted to get one but had to wait for the coop to be rebuilt after the coyotes ate thru the side of it and wiped out the bulk of my flock. Hoping they don't get too hot on the trip down...
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    "Moving to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches."

    Glad your tree did so well for you. They do go in cycles. Our trees in Texas were shade trees this year and not good ones at that. Maybe next year.
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    Price of feedin your area

    Start and Grow Sunfresh 50# 13.99 Home Grown Eggbuilder pellets 12.99(12.59 on 8/8) Layena pellets were 2.00 more per bag last time I checked dont get me started on horse feed and hay costs
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    homemade skunk odor eliminator - IT WORKS! IT WORKS!

    Direct hit is definitely worse! At least you can drive away from a roadkill. I was sound asleep this AM when I heard DH yelling at the dogs to come back. Started to drift back to sleep when the aroma of skunk started coming through the open window. DH was cussing at the dogs and I knew why. So...
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    what's this weird shell matter lump?

    Don't know what the lump was that you found other than shell without an egg but as for the other weird eggs: #1 probably an early egg from a newly laying chicken or indicates a need for more calcium. Ground oyster shells work well as a supplement #2 new egg from a pullet #3 rippled or dimpled...
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    Gross or an acceptable use?

    The little eggs that first showed up, I'm talking 1/3 to 1/2 normal size, almost always had no yolk so we called them our "low cal" eggs and gave them to a friend who pronounced them delicious. Very quickly though the pullets started laying full size eggs. We have always eaten their eggs or...
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    homemade skunk odor eliminator - IT WORKS! IT WORKS!

    I copied down the homemade skunk odor eliminator recipe a while back knowing that sooner or later it would be needed with our 2 dogs and at 0515 this AM it was desperately needed. I am impressed as it does works immediately like the recipe said it would. DH and I couldn't smell anything for sure...
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    Jerry Reed died

    Our local radio station 10-12 years ago played "Amos Moses" because someone found it and thought it was a funny song.They got a huge amount of requests for it to be played again and again. To "share the wealth" the morning DJs decided to see if they could get the song back on the charts by...
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    Can a single banty live with regular sized chickens?

    My sole surviving banty is very happy with all the big chickens. She does think she should be the broody hen for everyone though and I have found as many as 8 eggs peeking out from under her wings. I don't think she understands how little she is. The two roosters leave her alone but I also...
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    So,19,000 members, How many Chickens do we all have? 26,143 & counting

    okay 19,787 + rooroo 7 + corvairchick 4 + carwinew (me) 46 = 19,844
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    Help - Grandpa ate moldy bread

    Accidentally ate a moldy piece of apricot nut bread. My fault as I grabbed it out of the bread box in the dark and didn't have enough sense to turn on the kitchen light- well I didn't want to share either. Ate half before it dawned on me that the taste was off so then I turned on the light and...
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    Vegetable gardens vs. chickens

    Fence your garden if you don't want to share. We used orange construction fence from Home Depot w/tee posts and tie ties. Keeps the dogs out too and it wasn't that expensive. Should be able to salvage it for next year also.
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    unknown perp attacking chicken feed container

    Finally saw the culprit or DH and the dogs did. It was a raccoon, young, which is probably why it went for the feed and not the sweet grain or the chickens but it did finally try to get in the coop. Didn't make it. DH whacked it a few times with a stick to scare it off. Said he never heard a...
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