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    Just got chicks, now I'm worried about the dog.

    We just got a 7 week old lab pup about a month and a half ago, and when I mentioned it while I was in the now defunct chat room , I was told to watch out. After all a lab is a bird dog. Knock on wood she seems to be adapting well so far. When I ask if she wants to go feed the chickens with me...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    Thank all of you for the Welcome. For the short time I've been I'm amazed at the knowlege, and help ya'll give. Kudos to the people making this possible....
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    How to stop serious chicken pecking

    Before I realized this site existed and only had a few chickens, I had a time where all of them were pecking at one hen. It finally got to the point that she had virtually no feathers. Nothing seemed to help. Last resort worked by luck. I put "bag balm" on most of her body. It has healing...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    You can count me in if you would.....from Dixie County....relative rookie....2 AARPs, 2 rir, 2 brahmas...
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    how do you use your banty eggs?

    I hard boil them and put them in some pickled beet juice for a few days. Makes a nice two bite snack.
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    Crushed red peper

    Its crushed red pepper and he gets it from the spice shelf at Dollar General...
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    Crushed red peper

    Thanks for the replies. I belive I'll give it a try, if only to try and control worms. This morning after the post, I saw him feed them with pepper and some of them actually picked out the bits of pepper. He stated that their digestive system negates the heat in peppers....thanks again:thumbsup
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    Crushed red peper

    Repeating that I am the consumate newbie, I have been told by a neighbor that to maintain a good level of egg production he adds crushed red pepper to the feed every day. When some others had no egg production at all he always maintained a respectable flow of eggs. Is he pulling my feathers or...
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    Newbie

    Wife and I got started with some hens about 1 year ago. Currently have 6 hens....2 are members of AARP and don't lay, 2 RIR's, 2 Brahmas. We are the personification of the word NEWBIES. Have been reading the site since an article in Parade Magazine a while back. Excellent site for a newie...
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