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    How to keep eggs from freezing in frigid temps?

    I had to reload my operating system and could bot access my old account or 'member' my old pass word. And my old cell phone is somewhere in a recycling facility... in Taiwan.
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    What time are hawks active?

    Hawks hunt from can to can't or in otherwise from Sun Rise to Sun Set. Owls on the other hand hunt from can't to can.
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    Do my egg laying hens still need oyster shell

    Unfortunately when many people claim that they free range they really mean that their hens have the run of their side yard for a few hours ever day. Free range means that there are no restrictions of any kind on the free movements of livestock. This makes it important IMHO for you to offer a...
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    The great yolk color debate

    Marigolds are a member of the Mum family of flowers and Mums and Marigolds are the source of the pesticide Pyrethrin. Natural Pyrethrin made by powdering Mums and Marigolds is an important product in Kenya and New Zeeland. Unfortunately there isn't any indication that feeding marigold extract...
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    Multiple Chick Issues - is it Me or the Hatchery?

    Chicks hatched this time of the year are IMHO not meant to live. This is even more true if the chicken keeper is a novice. Try again but shoot for March delivery in your part of Texas. To play the devils advocate ask your hatchery to send you a hard copy of their NPIP certificate. Wet feed...
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    Moulting Trauma

    A hen that has molted heavily will likely return to full laying condition quicker than a hen that has a drawn out molt. Canned dogfood is the only treat that I would give and that not over 2 times per week. You will know how well your hen has come through the molt if her new feathers are...
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    How does one "allow" the chickens to molt?

    Keep doing what you are doing. Chickens are not made out of fine china so they seldom break.
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    How to keep eggs from freezing in frigid temps?

    Collect you eggs several times per day or else heat the coop, pen, run, yard, hen house, or walk. All of these names are places that chickens are kept or housed. An alternative solution is to move to Florida or the Rio Grand Valley. Hawaii will also work. Well most of it anyway.
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    Do my egg laying hens still need oyster shell

    The old saw about laying mash or pellets harming a roosters' kidneys is I my opinion a lot of bunk that was first thought up in one of the "humane" organizations in an effort to overly complicate the keeping of backyard chickens. These originations hope is that you will throw up your hands in...
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    1 rooster, 15 hens - why so much crowing?

    If I had a harem of 15 lovely ladies I would do a lot of crowing myself. Crowing has a dual purpose in my book, one is to ward off other roosters and another is so that the hens can keep up with the flocks location.
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    What would do this?

    Add wildcat, bobcat, or lynx to your list of the usual suspects.
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    What's the best way to keep hens laying during cold months

    Improper feeding and watering will bring on a "FORCED" molt at any time of the year. It is not necessary to completely withdraw food or water from your flock to effect a forced molt. It can be done by a novice chicken keeper if he or she feeds a ration low in certain necessary minerals or...
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    What's the best way to keep hens laying during cold months

    Most of the commercial eggs produced today in the USA are produced in the Northern states mainly because of the cooler temps. While most meat chickens come from the warmer Southern states. Why is that? I agree with the view that your hens don't lay enough because their penial gland is getting...
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    Soft Shell eggs- I need help!

    Soft shelled eggs can be the result of [1] a new pullet just starting out, [2] insufficient calcium, or [3] the aftermath of serious chicken diseases. Newcastle Disease, and Infectious Bronchitis are likely the two worst actors here. Good luck but if your birds continue laying soft-shelled...
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