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    Crumble or pellets ?

    Thank you, thank you, thank you Shezadandy!
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    Crumble or pellets ?

    Oh, goodness! I didn't even think about spoilage! I started out thinking I'd have six chickens, but the first ones I ordered died in the mail and three of the five I got from Tractor Supply died, too. I'm glad I kept the chicken starter in the house all this time. I made a chicken feeder with...
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    Flockstar

    I wanted a super-simple way to keep track of the eggs my backyard hens are laying. Flockstar is very easy to use. You can track eggs laid by each chicken, weight of each egg, check off if an egg was broken or cracked, and make notes. You can even take pictures of the eggs if you want to. (I just...
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    Crumble or pellets ?

    I have an Easter Egger (Pippin) and a Blue Wyandotte (Miss Maude), both purchased as chicks from Tractor Supply on April 1 (so they are right at 22 weeks old). Pippin was from the straight-run bin, and I was afraid she was going to be a rooster, but bless her heart she's laid 7 lovely little...
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    Thanks so much for your input. I'd better get busy getting the 3 inch. My little peeps are growin'.
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    Question: Would the 2-inch pipe work with standard hens? Or is that too small. I bought 2-inch because I saw a YouTube video using 2-inch, but now I'm concerned it won't work. What size hole saw would work with 2-inch pipe?
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    Losing chicks

    Well, after reading some of the reviews about Meyer Hatchery, which is the only one My Pet Chicken uses, I asked to cancel the order for a full refund. I drove to two different Tractor Supply stores today. The first had the Easter Eggers I wanted, but all straight run, and I didn't dare take a...
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    Losing chicks

    They never made it into the brooder. They were stone cold in the shipping box.
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    Meyer hatchery reviews???

    I don't know what the deal was, but I ordered four chicks from My Pet Chicken and the shipping info said they came from Meyer Hatchery. All four arrived dead, and they looked a bit like their necks were twisted around. I'm waiting for MPC to call me about when they'll be able to ship out new...
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    Losing chicks

    I came here to grieve a little after having received my four day-old chicks today, all of them dead. Poor little babies! I feel so bad! I ordered them from My Pet Chicken, but they were apparently shipped from Meyer Hatchery in Polk, OH, yesterday at 3 p.m. and arrived here in Athens, GA, at...
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    Anyone using the Root Assassin Rake?

    Mesh organizer basket! LOL! Well, I already have some of those, so I guess I'm set!
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    Anyone using the Root Assassin Rake?

    Thanks, aart, for the advice and the picture of your tool with the name and brand on it. I've been looking at those kinds of forks, too, and was thinking maybe the root assassin rake could be used to rake up chicken poop (from deep sand, so wouldn't it be like in a litter box somewhat?), but if...
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    Anyone using the Root Assassin Rake?

    Oh, sorry. I guess I should have mentioned what I'd want to use it for! I have a small garden area that I'm incorporating a chicken coop and run into for about 4 chickens (max). I was thinking I could use this rake to work my raised bed gardens, shovel up leaf mulch and weeds, dig out potatoes...
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    Anyone using the Root Assassin Rake?

    I'm seriously considering getting one of these. I'm curious to know if anyone else has one and how they like it. I'm under 5' tall, and I'm a bit concerned about the two-piece handle. Most of the tools I've bought with two-piece handles don't stay put together well...
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    About those raphides and nitrates...

    This is my hope! In my first chicken-keeping effort years ago, I had a Speckled Sussex named Suzie, and she was awesome. Also, my dear, dear Hannah, a Cuckoo Marans. But I'm in Zone 8A and trying to get hens that are better with heat. Climate change and all that...I figure the heat's going to...
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