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    Why process egg/oyster shells before feeding back to chickens?

    I mostly have ducks, only one chicken currently. I give them all oyster shells and baked/crushed egg shells from the eggs they lay after I cook a batch of something with them. I've tried giving egg shells uncooked and not dried, uncooked and dried, and toasted. They LOVE the toasted egg shells...
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    Idaho?

    Harlequin is such a cute little girl! Glad she found a good home. Welshman, nice birds! I like bantams and wish there were some locally that I could buy to keep mine company. Pickings are slim on Craigslist without driving to Parma. My upgraded coop/run isn't complete yet though, so there's...
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    Idaho?

    I live in Meridian and have 3 cayuga ducks and one bantam chicken. The chicken adopted us, she can still fly with one clipped wing (which is how she got here) and usually roosts in the vines on the 6' fence instead of sleeping in the coop. Due to the unexpected refugee, we're rebuilding the coop...
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    'Allo

    PulletNewbie, I'm glad she did too! She is "off-limits" as far as selling or other nefarious purposes, because I respect her courage and role as the trouble-maker (like taunting the neighbor dog...) My quail did great in our setup and didn't seem like lemmings, but they were rather sheltered. I...
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    'Allo

    Thanks again, NorthFLChick! :) drumstick diva, thanks, I'll check it out. Always open to new/better ideas and methods! At first, I naively figured we wouldn't have much trouble with predators in the neighborhood. I convinced myself of this mainly due to the cost of constructing a...
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    'Allo

    Thanks for the welcomes, and thanks NorthFLChick for the links! I hadn't been to the coop & run design section yet, checking it out now.
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    'Allo

    This site has been a good resource over the past few months; just decided to sign up. I have 3 female Cayuga ducks, about 1 1/2 years old... and 1 female Japanese Bantam (I think) chicken, who adopted us a few months ago. Looking to get her some chick'n companions soon-ish (before winter), but...
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