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    white potato vine - poisonous ?

    Thanks Flower Child 59 ! now where to put that plant so the chickens can't get at it .......
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    white potato vine - poisonous ?

    bought a white potato vine plant - per internet it is a member of the nightshade family - is it poisonous to chickens ? I had planned to put in near the coop, but you know they will pick off the leaves if they can -
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    Birds eating Chicken feed

    I had a similar problem with wild birds going into the coop and eating me out of house and home ! I took an piece of screen from an old storm door and staple gunned it across the door opening of the coop, leaving a space of about 1 1/2 - 2 foot open at the bottom. The chickens walk right under...
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    modern game- what to feed ?

    have three modern game hens. currently eating a mix of lay crumbles,BOSS and scratch. They could stand to gain a little - suggestions ? my "regular" birds eat lay pellets, scratch, BOSS and various treats (fresh fruit, greens, yogurt, bread). MG not interested in the treats.
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    Crumbles vs Pellets. Do they eat one faster then the other?

    we feed pellets - one time TS was out of pellets and I had to get crumbles - they billed it out all over the ground and wasted a lot more.
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    Gang of Five

    My broody sumatra cross (Dora) went to a friend's house to mother some chicks for her in June. We just got her back and the gang of five (the ones who did not go) are endlessly picking on her. They chase her up to the roosting area and won't let her out. She was the queen before she left...
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    modern game costume ?

    Need ideas for a costume for my daughters Modern Game for the county fair costume class. Google gives me chicken costumes for people. Has anyone ever done this before? Have made horse costumes for Halloween, but never for a small chicken. Thanks for your help !
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    CA Anyone???

    Quote: It's Tehachapi, off the 58 between Mojave and Bakersfield - love that clean mountain air !
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    Head feathers on Silkie are dirty

    I had a similar problem with my Houdan after eating yogurt- stuck her head feathers in it, and everything she got into after that (shavings, dirt, other feathers) ended up stuck to the top of her head. Gave her a shampoo in the kitchen sink with baby shampoo, and let her spend the night drying...
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    **SHARE YOUR MOST UNIQUE CHICKEN NAME**

    We have Dora the Explorer (sumatran cross); Spot (houdan), Giselle (after the disney character), Oprah Henfry and MaryLou Henner (NH), and Thelma and Louise (RIR). Those no longer with us - The local coyote got Ellen DeHeneres, who liked to go in the front yard where our dog couldn't see...
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    JUST WHEN I HAD GIVEN UP....

    We have four New Hampshires that were given to us in late June. We were told they were hatched in April (but it could have been May). Every day since the beginning of September I had been faithfully checking for eggs, but no luck. Bribery, threats, and discussions of conditions at KFC and...
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    How do you feed a chicken yogurt?

    A word of caution- I too am new to chickens, and read on here how much they would love yogurt. I had some strawberry yogurt that the kids decided they "didn't like" (i.e. wanted it at the grocery store, but changed their minds later) and gave it to the hens. They loved it ! The problem -...
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    Hanging treat?

    I hung some Romaine lettuce on a string in the coop at back level. The girls were so afraid of it, they would make a big circle around it to get in and out the door, and rush past as if it would grab them. Silly chickens ! Once I took it down and put it on the ground, they were all over it. I...
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    I have political chickens.

    Hard for chickens to say "McCain" due to their lack of lips....
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    Think I might go get some chickens today..

    Quote: And that's how I went from zero to four to eight to nine ! And the McMurray's catalog is better than the Sears Toy Catalog I go when I was little - just to dream of all the ones I could get - only the ECC in my gated community stops me at 10 hens total - but I still have room for one...
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