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    Denagard Dosage

    HAs anyone had success with a way to treat the water so that the chickens will drink it. They do not drink much of it because of the taste of Denagard and I saw that juice helped but I tried grape just and it did not help. Is there anyone with a good flavor combination that includes the mixture...
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    Super sized Brahma breeds here in the US or possibly on the east coast (I am in NC)

    I have been looking for a long time for some of the large breed brahmas like you find in the UK. It seems that most of the breeders of Brahmas here in the US have average size Brahma with big but not gargantuan roosters! Does anyone have a lead on where I can get some chicks or hatching eggs...
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    Add a new roo to an established flock?

    I hate to reign on that theory but I raise roosters in flocks with all age hens and all age roosters. Some are just aggressive by nature. I had one tiny silkie rooster only about 4 months old slam into me and was a crazed lunatic towards people just out of no where and I have had other roosters...
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    Add a new roo to an established flock?

    In my experience an older Rooster will shut a hen down quickly as long as he has size on his side. I have not tried with a younger one but if he is larger than the hens and feisty he should be OK. I usually also put the roo in a small wire mobile cage so they can see each other for several hours...
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    Shamo Rooster with Regular Hens?

    I want to add a one year old Shamo Rooster to my flock of 10 regular hens (Mixed breed, Americauna's, marans, golden comets, etc...). He is already pretty tall but has more growing to do. I just love the idea of this tall, leggy rooster strutting around free range (about 3.4 an acre fenced in...
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    is it unhealthy to allow chickens access "under the roast"

    I have a similiar scenario with the poop at the bottom of the coop. What if it does not get cleaned that often. Is in an area that never really dries out so it is muddy with piled up wet poop during wet periods and there are 17 guineas and 4 chickens pooping there all night (Area is 6' X 8').The...
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