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    Chickens foraging on neighbor's lawn?

    Anci Ok,it’s a very belated post, but I manage to “fence” my four adult hens, (RIR and Australorps) behind unfolded sections of free-standing metal dog pens, clipped together. (From Amazon) So far so good, it’s mobile, and re-arrangeable)
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    How Are You Increasing Your Nation's Food Supply?

    Always good to have a backup plan, IMO. I live in drought- stricken CAs Central Valley, I see fallow fields, due to lack of water, and crops unplanted, no longer available to American consumers. Much like Ukrainian food exports, once plentiful & available to other nations, many commodities are...
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    How Are You Increasing Your Nation's Food Supply?

    I gave my neighbor a dozen fresh chicken eggs, yesterday, does that count? Ate kale frittata,home grown and produced, for dinner. Live in town, so I mainly supplement store bought staples, but where I live, you can garden year round. Planted a cherry, apricot, fig, apple, bananas, pomegranates...
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    New flock in town!

    Hello, Sunny.. That's quite a menagerie!
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    Random white eggs

    I don't know how chicken genetics work, and while I understand that extra large eggs may be lighter in color, I've never had a brown-egg-laying breed present me with a white, (not light-colored) egg before. Per Cackle Hatchery, where I received Joker from, she's an Australorp, but they did not...
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    Review by 'Cyra' in article '11 Ways to save money on chickens' feed'

    I found the article informative, and helpful.
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    Random white eggs

    I've had the same experience, with a young Australorp, (brown egg-layer). This bird is a bit of a trickster, which is why she's named "Joker", I just never know what surprise I'll find in her nest box. She's my smallest hen, yet has laid eggs so large, that I've gone back over her to check her...
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    Emu Hatch A Long

    (Smile) I was just thinking the same; I wondered whether successfully hatching these spectacularly sized beauties would confer the “Mother of Dragons” title, on you….as in the Game of Thrones series.
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    Which Chicken Breeds Sell Best?

    They do pretty well, out here. Excellent heat resistance, and vigorous birds. Good layers, too, and while fairly common, I find them beautiful...
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    Which Chicken Breeds Sell Best?

    When I looked for my first chicks I wanted good layers..... with strong claws. My hens have always more than earned their keep, roto-tilling my garden, you see. I don't kid myself I'm saving a dime on eggs, but I do consider them a lovely bonus, and I often use those eggs as currency, to barter...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Two, from three hens. Not bad, the girls pretty much keep up with our egg consumption.
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    I am a new chicks mom

    (Smiling) Sometimes, chicks "happen" -before- their coop, and it's a race to get it finished before they're completely feathered out! Congratulations on your new babies! And of course, welcome to BYC😀!
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    TSC gave wrong chick- I was given a Leghorn and I have concerns

    My Wyandotte chick was "stripey", she had what I refer to as " racing stripes ", fairly dark ones, as a click. But my light Brahma looked completely golden...though larger in size. You may not have a Wyandotte, but what if it's not a Leghorn, either? You might be in for a wonderful surprise😁!
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    Official BYC Poll: How Often Do You Clean Your Coop?

    There are only three laying hens. They have an omlet coop with a 9 foot open floor run. They generally poop in the run, rarely in the coop. I change the straw in the coop when it needs it, and hose out the plastic coop floor if necessary, maybe once a year. Right now, the girls are rototilling...
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    How many hours spent with your chickens?

    Maybe half an hour, to move coop & run, feed, water, retrieve eggs, and then I’m off to care for our pet drake, and the rabbits, usually when I come home from work.
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