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    Non Traditional Nesting Boxes

    Oh gosh...mine will lay eggs in anything. We have a wooden crate mounted on the wall with a board across the front to prevent shavings from falling out. We also have a weird old filing cabinet thing with a cubby at the bottom and also an open top (the rooster seems to like this one the best...
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    LOCAL FEED MILLS - - how to find - - JACKSONVILLE Florida

    I found mine by talking to a couple in Tractor Supply. It is advertised by word of mouth only and I never would have found it otherwise, because it is out in the middle of nowhere. We pay $6 for 50 pounds and he will also mix special blends to your own specifications. We both benefitted from...
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    Where to buy feed in Charlotte, NC?

    We live in Locust, about a half hour east of Charlotte and we buy ours from a local guy (Cabarrus County) who grinds and mixes his own blends. His feed is all natural, but not certified organic. The best part about his feed...it's $6.00 for 50 pounds We supplement the mash with oyster shell...
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    Could my BR be a roo?

    Quote: My BR had a yellow spot on its head. It was sex-linked to be a pullet by the seller, but many people told me that it is a roo based on the pics I had with another post. Now it has a larger comb (always had one). Looked a lot like the pic posted by lizrndiver at the same age. Should...
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    Hen suddenly started hiding eggs...will she go broody?

    Thank you! I really hope she decides to sit on her eggs. My daughter really would love to see the process from beginning to end. Crossing my fingers...
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    Hen suddenly started hiding eggs...will she go broody?

    I have a young BO hen/pullet (I think she is about 7 or 8 months old) that always comes back to the coop to lay her eggs when she free ranges. Her egg wasn't in the box about 5 days ago and I figured she was taking a day off. When she didn't lay the following days, I started searching and...
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    Road Rooster

    Yes...an update please and a recent picture. Are you sure it's a rooster? Don't battery hen's combs get really large in those cages?
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    cheap fencing ?

    Do you have a scrap metal recycling place nearby? The one near me puts aside items/stuff that are still good and you buy them by the pound. I just stop by and tell the guys what I am looking for and they usually go away for a few minutes and appear shortly with said item. The going rate...
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    Can I throw them out of the house?

    Quote: Excellent idea with the blanket. I might just go to Salvation Army and pick up a cheap one to use. Perhaps a cuddle buddy as well. Thanks for the tips! One of my chicks really liked the sweatshirt. I had it kind of fluffed up at the front and this girl liked to scrunch up under the...
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    Can I throw them out of the house?

    We got two chicks that were 7-8 weeks old and the temps here were in the mid 20's as well. I put them in a small dog/cat carrier at night (the kind with the plastic sides and metal door on the end) and covered it with a folded blanket to keep in the warmth (the door was kept uncovered for...
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    Egg song, but no egg??

    I have an older white leghorn doing the exact same thing. It has been going on for about a week and a half now. She will even push another hen (that is actually laying eggs ) out of the nest box to get in. And then...nothing... Every day I cross my fingers that this will be the day she...
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    White Leghorn Hen sitting in nest, singing egg song...but no egg...

    Quote: I wonder if that is the case with Beauty. She very well could be 3 years old, but I figured even if she is she would still be laying on occasion since she is a Leghorn. I believe the man we bought her from said this is her second year though...
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    White Leghorn Hen sitting in nest, singing egg song...but no egg...

    There are definitely no soft shelled eggs...I am usually outside and I check as soon as she is done and I haven't seen anything unusual around her vent like yolk or anything. How would I tell if she is an internal layer? Would she be acting strangely? She acts perfectly normal other than this...
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    White Leghorn Hen sitting in nest, singing egg song...but no egg...

    I have a white leghorn hen that is, I would guess, between 1 and 2 years old. We got her, full grown, about 8 or 9 weeks ago. The other two hens she came with made the adjustment to the move well and started laying again about two weeks ago. She goes and sits in the nest box at the same time...
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    Longtime lurker...finally registered, age and gender question

    Quote: I really wanted to get some expert opinions on this seller because I would like to buy from him again. He had some very beautiful breeds there. His set up was very nice and well organized and the pens were clean. The birds were all good looking, bright eyed and looked healthy and the...
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