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    Egg Cartons Available - Pleasant Hill, CA

    I am still in the planning stages of owning chickens, so I buy my eggs at Trader Joe's. Would anyone in the area like my empty egg cartons? Mary
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    Is this a man thing? Or just my hubby's thing?...

    Could be he REALLY likes your cookies and is afraid that out of the whole batch he'll only get a couple.
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    Who Has Used or Uses "Nite Guard"??

    I started moving mine around the yard - hoping they won't get used to it.
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    Who Has Used or Uses "Nite Guard"??

    I don't have my chickens, yet. But I do have a pear tree that was down to 21 pears when I got my Nite Guard and I still have 21 pears - it has been about 3 weeks. Last year the racoons got them all.
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    Flies no more!! Found the perfect fly repellent.

    Interesting. My father used vanilla extract for mosquito repellant - my mother would buy white vanilla so it didn't stain his clothes.
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    I got Fired!!!! Now what!?

    IMO You may still be eligible (sp?) for Unemployment Benefits. Reapply right away - tomorrow - in case there is a time limit.
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    Yick! Lice!!!

    In a word - Hairdryer! In many more words - my children - all three of them - got lice one summer. I also spent a fortune on the products from the drug store. Washed all bedding over and over. It wasn't working - the babysitter spent hours combing my daughter's long thick hair with one of...
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    Tour de Cluck: Our Community Bicycle Chicken Coop Crawl!

    Has anyone done this? Sounds like fun. http://www.davisfarmtoschool.org/events.html
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    Contra Costa County - To Insulate or Not To Insulate

    Quote: Do you leave the misters on all day on those hot days or are they on a timer? With all of this rain we have had this winter, I haven't heard if we are out of water rationing, yet. Do you find the misters use much water? The foil faced-OSB - I was studying your coop pictures. Does...
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    Contra Costa County - To Insulate or Not To Insulate

    That is Contra Costa County - San Fran East Bay. Though we have much milder winters here than in the midwest where I grew up, it can still get down below freezing some nights with rain. Summers can have a week or two around the hundreds. I have read that Insulation in a Coop keeps is cool in...
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    Our coop, in progress

    We have been planning our coop for months now and are still not ready to lift a hammer (weather and detailed plans not done). I love how you have documented (pictures and script) the beginning of your coop. Such detail. I am awaiting your next post with great anticipation.
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    Training Dogs to 'Go' in only one part of yard.

    I am looking forward to spending time outside with my chickens each morning and evening. I like the idea for a run for the dogs. I could take them out every morning to their run, enjoy my chickens, toss the ball a few times andeveryone is happy. Thanks for the encouragement that it can be...
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    Training Dogs to 'Go' in only one part of yard.

    I am urban. My back yard is fenced in. I have 2 golden retrievers and I am planning on building my coop and run this spring. My dilema - My dogs have had free rein over the backyard for about 6 years now. They do their business anywhere and everyhere which we pick up more on a weekly basis...
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    Chicken Wire vs. Hardware Cloth

    A.T. Hagan : I'd use 2x4 welded wire for the run and save the hardware cloth for the coop. I don't use poultry wire for much of anything because it's just not strong enough. .....Alan. Ok, help me out here. We have been dreaming and planning our coop since October. We finally got to the...
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    How do I bathe a chicken? she is covered in poop

    I've been wondering myself? Baby Shampoo?
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