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    Very aggressive Rhode Island Red Hen towards the other hens

    "Mary Jane" has been laying eggs for a few weeks now and has gone after the title of "top chick". When the other hens are in the nesting boxes she goes to peck at their faces, necks, and crows. Even if the other hen has not yet layed her egg she does everything she can to move the other hen...
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    My dogs are herding the chicks like nuts!

    We do have a Stay command that she follows well. It is then the whining and yelping she admits for the next 30 minutes that makes this difficult as well I have to remove her from the room. Thank you for the suggestion. I never thought her herding or mothering instinct would be this strong...
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    My dogs are herding the chicks like nuts!

    So my sheltie/Eskimo mix who is 8 years old along with my chic/bull terrier are non stop with herding the chicks. It is obsessive with the sheltie mix. The sheltie mix who is usually relaxed pulled alpha on the bull terrier mix and now she is not allowed in the room via the sheltie mix with the...
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    Need Organic Soy-free starter recipe stat!

    Thanks you so much! I found this recipe late last night as well. Looking forward to meeting our new chicks!
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    Texas

    Out in Boerne, TX and our feed store in Fredricksburg is out of the starter feed we need! We get 6 RR on Thursday and need an organic soy free starter feed. Can anyone help or tell me where else sells it - I have called everywhere!
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    The Feed store is out of our starter! Chicks come Thursday -OMG!

    Just 6 chicks but honestly I know of no one out here who does Soy-free. The closest I can find is Ohio and shipping will be 40+ just to ship! Will look at Buggie food. Thanks!
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    The Feed store is out of our starter! Chicks come Thursday -OMG!

    I have to have a soy-free feed which I can't find in the area at all - hours plus drive. Was willing to drop the organic piece for the week but we can have no soy...
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    Need Organic Soy-free starter recipe stat!

    Was going to head to our local feed store that has the organic soy free feed and they ran out of the weekend! We have chicks coming in two days and need a recipe to create a feed until the store gets it in early next week. We are getting 6 RR chicks. We are freaking out in the house as this is...
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    The Feed store is out of our starter! Chicks come Thursday -OMG!

    I am in a pickle! The feed store about an hour away - is out of our Organic -soy free feed!!! We were to head there tomorrow to pick it up and they sold out over the weekend. Does anyone have great starter recipes?? I saw the sections but man there are a ton to choose from. I can head to Whole...
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    Texas

    Hi Everyone we just moved to Boerne and love it! We are excited to start building our coop and investigating where to purchase and what breeds to get. I scratch cook and easily go through a dozen in a week - could easily push it up to two dozen. I have 4 kids and must have friendly chickens...
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    New to chickens in Boerne, TX

    Hi Everyone! Our family of 6 would like to raise some chickens. I have a son that requires a soy free diet and finding chicken eggs without that in the diet has been hard to come by. Since we homeschool and new to the area we thought raising our own would be the best option as we are home...
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