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    Eggs, most are fertilized NW side of Denton, Tx

    Howdy Electryc Monk, What do you have in your flock? I'm considering a hatch since Tractor Supply quality and Meyer/Cackle shipping costs are unsatisfactory.
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    Snake Season. Again. *sigh*

    Fireman Guy came running out of the coop. "Snaaaaaaaake! Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake!" Ugly glutton had 4 eggs in it.
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    Coop Sand Management -- How to clean it after months of chicken deposits

    "Enriched sand"! I will ask a hardcore gardening friend if he can use it. There is more sand than I can use as a soil amendment.
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    Coop Sand Management -- How to clean it after months of chicken deposits

    I use Play Sand from Lowes. No DE, as I consider it a waste of money based on my experience. What other grades of sand would be appropriate? There is a dirt yard in town that has the following: bank sand moartar sand while/brown concrete sand torpedo sand sharp sand play sand
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    Coop Sand Management -- How to clean it after months of chicken deposits

    My coops all have sandy floors instead of pine shavings. I love the easy cleanup in the little coops using a cat litter scoop. In the big coop, not so much. It sure looks great when new. I plan to make a sand screen to let me quickly shovel the sand into a filter screen to remove the big...
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    What kind of rooster is Junior?

    Junior joined my flock a couple months ago. He is young and a good-looking bird, but I have no clue what kind of chicken he might be since he joined from the great outdoors. Can you identify him from this pic?
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    Junior (getting photobombed)

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    Float Test to Check Egg Freshness

    I went out of town for a few weeks and left my flock in the hands of people I trust. Unfortunately, they did some chicken whispering and started getting 100% delivery from the girls. I came home to a mountain of eggs. Not too carefully organized. Plus my original backlog. Oh noes! Float Test...
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    Valentines Day: Psycho and her prince get a new castle

    Ah chickeny romance! Once upon a time, Psycho the feather-pecking pullet, was imprisoned in the newly constructed chicken run. There she lived in tragic isolation, waiting for her prince to arrive and sweep her off her feet.... Prince Junior and Fireman Gus dropped in and...
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    Can chickens eat coffee grounds?

    I recently heard about somebody using coffee chaff (from a roasting facility) for use as bedding and soil amendment. They have coffee grounds available too. So, can chickens eat coffee grounds? They can eat (apparently tannin-laced) acorns, so why not? Anybody try this? EDIT: And would...
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    Egg Overload -- Making the Bacony Quiche of Awesomeness

    We peaked at 18 dozen on the counter before we gave away 10 dozen. Since we were getting tired of hard boiled eggs, Doc devised the Bacony Quiche of Awesomeness. Oh the eggstasy! What are your egg-consuming recipes?
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    RIP to my Entire Flock.

    Very sorry about your loss. When you are repairing your coop you may want to consider plumber strap instead of staples to secure your hardware cloth. You can see it in the last couple pictures here.
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    Chicken Lytles Coops

    Here on Chicken Lytle's ranch, the chickens are provided with the utmost in luxury that scrounged materials and improvised construction can manage. We now have two chicken coops and a brooder cage. Oh the chickeny joy! The Big Coop The main chicken coop is 4x14. It was constructed from a piece...
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