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    chickens pecking the newest BADDLY!! now what?

    ok
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    chickens pecking the newest BADDLY!! now what?

    we have five hens and one rooster and i bought a new hen. we kept it by itself for a while to make sure it was ok and all. then put the baby chicken (about five moths old. she is an americano/buff mix) in with the other chickens. the first day i put the baby in with the other hens and stayed to...
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    Homemade incubator vs. store bought

    thank you, what wonderful information
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    chickens not laying eggs!! help please

    my chickens layed three eggs today!!! it started a week ago with one and then it was two. today is the first day for three. im so excited
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    HELP!!! NEED ADVISE QUICK!

    i would like to have some wonderful advice for you. but i have really no clue. i would think though it would depend on where u live. if ur in alberta like me the eggs probable wont have much of a chance because it was -6 this morning. but if ur in a warmer climate and the egg didnt get cold...
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    Is there a purpose behind closed coop or free range

    My husband and I are new at the chicken farm we are putting together and we r talkin about enlarging the chicken house for mOre chickens. But what our question is Is there a purpose behind the free to enclosure. Like for eggs its best to free range but if you are going to eat them then...
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    ratio for nesting box

    If the ratio for the nesting boxes are 1 for every 5-8 hens where do they all sleep. I know in our coup that we have five hens and a rooster and at night If u go in there that the hens are in the boxes. ( but we have 13 of them). Thats how we are going off how many we should have??
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    Oyster Shells = Grit

    thanks for the lesson!! really need all i can get
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    radio in there coup??

    cute i want to plant corn just to try it out
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    chickens not laying eggs!! help please

    ok so i was out in the coop and i was looking. what we thought was grit the bag says chicken starter. nots not grit is it. it looks kind of like really small grayish color. i would want to say granny so i never thought to check but they needed more of the other stuff so i got reading??
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    chickens not laying eggs!! help please

    grit yes. never told about the shell though! the previous owner did say about there shells and cleaning them out dring then putting it in there for then on a piece of paper towel. havent done that yet as i havent bought any eggs, because i keep thing there going to lay any day now.
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    chickens not laying eggs!! help please

    is having the heat lamp on all night a bad thing or good??
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    chickens not laying eggs!! help please

    yes the heat lamp is on all the time, it was there and on when we moved in. but it could of been because it was REALLY cold like @-35 ish. then it didnt work for about a wk or so. once we fixed it its been on around the clock they also have a heated water thingy for in the winter. but ya i was...
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    chickens not laying eggs!! help please

    thanks! it kind of does. we live in alberta so its been averaging about 4 or 5 there the day. not sure what that is the other way but not much i dont think i will have to look so ya its pretty cold, but they do have a heat lamp. i was helping that would help because the previous owner was...
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    radio in there coup??

    hubby and i are newbies to the country living and chicken. we moved into our home with chickens living just down from us. lol the previous owners left them for us. there was a radio in the chicken coop so my husband desided to leave it on for them. would this be a good thing or bad?
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