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    How Many PET Chickens Are In Your Flock?

    I know exactly how many I have, but if I tell you, you'd think less of me... :(
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    Scary?? Chicken eating leaves of tomato plant

    Mine seem to like snacking on tomato plant leaves, or anything they can get their beaks on, and seem to take a keener liking to anything I specifically try and keep them away from. All summer long they sneak around and snack on any tomato leaf that dares stick out too far. So far they've all...
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    Just needing more reassurance. Pullet with HUGE comb/wattles

    Definitely a Barred Rock, or Barred Rock Cross. There's 2 fail-safe ways to tell a rooster from a hen, and that is Crowing, or an Egg. Some hens are 'late-bloomers', and eventually mature. Your 'big lady' doesn't quite have the long saddle feathers that most roosters have, and although some...
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    New to backyard chickens, egg laying help

    Here are some of my Orpingtons (along with silkies, silver laced wyandottes, and some RIR's). I'd say your birds are an Cinnamon Queen , or some other kind of production red. Production birds do start laying much earlier than other birds. That soft pinkish egg is usually a first egg. (soft...
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    Is my hardware cloth defective?

    You can always cut out your pie-shaped-piece and use zip ties to hold it together, then staple to your wood. Don't ask me how I know that! haha :D The chickens don't care, but I sure do!
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    Nearing 100 degrees F

    I moved from Oregon to Kansas many years ago. It's even hotter here with a LOT more humidity (so sweating does us no good). And seeing that I'm from Oregon, I also don't have AC and people here think I'm nuts. But, I'm not even going as far as you are in helping mine stay cool. Yes, they...
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    Raising and breeding live mealworms

    I have grown mealworms many years ago, back when I owned a pet shoppe. I had a pretty good sized colony in just a small tupperware container with holes drilled in it. The container was a little smaller than a sheet of paper and about 4 inches tall. It was not clear (see-through), but did let...
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    Hello, Hi, Howdy!!

    Here are a few more pics of my favorite project...
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    Hello, Hi, Howdy!!

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    Hello, Hi, Howdy!!

    Thought I would say hi and answer the 'getting to know you' questions. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? ---No, I'm not new to chickens, I've had chickens off and on for most of my life in several different states and climates. (2) How many chickens do you...
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