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    Feeding Chickens Eggs?

    Can you feed chickens eggs? I heard that if you do, they will become "egg-eaters" and eat the eggs in the nesting box. What is every ones take on this?? Thanks in advance!
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    Icelandic Chickens

    Awesome flock! Nice unusual birds!
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    Hello from a newbie :)

    Welcome to a newbie, from a newbie
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    Change One Letter - Game

    put
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    Word Game

    Old
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    Rooster Went Nuts...Brutally Attacked Hen (MORE PHOTOS ADDED)

    Wow! Makes me want to get rid of my roosters! They aren't that old yet, but I don't want this happening to my girls!
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    Coop is built, quick questions about my setup before winter

    Fiddleman, thanks for saying hi. We are out in homer township, not sure what the ordinance is there, didn't check before I built the coop. I was actually trying to look it up online. If they let me vote I will come to the meeting and vote FOR chickens. I will be cutting down on my chickens...
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    Coop is built, quick questions about my setup before winter

    So the local elevator has DE powder $8.95 for 5lbs. They sell pine shavings but as soon as I said that she said pine shavings hold more moisture... She has raised chickens for 20 years and says they use stall dry on a dirt floor then straw, the DE. She didn't know if that would apply to a...
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    Coop is built, quick questions about my setup before winter

    I live by Midland. Milan is down by Ann Arbor right?
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    Coop is built, quick questions about my setup before winter

    Wow, thanks for the info everyone! I need to go get some vents from Lowes tonight. I will replace the straw with shavings and get some DE. Hopefully the local elevator has some of that. As for to many chickens, I was looking at getting rid of some/most of the roosters anyway. Maybe that's why...
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    Coop is built, quick questions about my setup before winter

    Started reading through this site (great site btw). I was reading about ventilation, litter/odor control, draft etc... I live in Michigan so I was getting ready to button it up for winter time. Only had chickens since July, and was kind of rushed into it by some "ditch birds". Aunt had a...
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