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    New Member from Long Island NY

    Bellmore here- starting over again- had my 2 hens killed 2 yrs ago- :( looking for a new coop this time around-
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    baby pool

    thanks for the input everybody- i hadnt had the chance to try it- but now i guess i dont have to ... i have a water dish to on the outside and they do wade in it which gave me the idea of the small baby pool( which i bought for my dog, and he wont use it)....
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    baby pool

    i know this has nothing to do with feeding but it does have to do with water.... i was thinking about putting a baby pool in their area so they could clean themselves.... if i just put a little water in there would they go in? has anyone done this before?
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    What Special Treat or Yummy Did Your Flock Get Today?

    strawberry nutragrain bar- they loved it:)
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    they go after my feet!!!!

    last night we had a bbq- i had left the bbq lid open (you have to realize that this happened in a split second)... my kids were in the pool saw me bbqing ... i went in the house with my food...- one of my cats must have smelled the meat that i had just cooked, and jumped up on the...
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    they go after my feet!!!!

    they are both hens- i have started taking a broom out with me just so that one who goes after me all the time knows i have a weapon my son says she is playing red light green light... if any of you know that kids game!! its only when my backed is to them that she runs up to me and tries it...
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    they go after my feet!!!!

    does anybody else have guys that go after your feet? it started slowly, last spring, but at the time we were still wearing shoes, now if they are loose and out in the yard, everyone is afraid to be anywhere near them... i was putting them back in their pen last night, they go in willingly (as...
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    just a quick hello

    love those aussies.... i want one...
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    just a quick hello

    just wanted to say hi to all, im learning alot from reading these posts-- alot of info here..
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    Any New Yorkers out there?

    long islander- nassau county, but shhhhhhhhhhh..... not supposed to have chickens were i am
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    rep-cal

    i have read and reread the container and the only thing that is added is the vit D... it seems to be very finely crushed shells... maybe i will try a little bit of it on some pasta they love that
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    feeding chooks kitchen scraps

    minelove pasta- will only eat cooked corn, not frozen.. they love popcorn, peas (hate lima beans).. and whole grain cereal..
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    rep-cal

    i have a jar of this... it is called Rep-Cal- it is used for reptiles.. it is calcium with vitamin d3 added.. it is a powder can i sprinkle a little bit on their food? it says it is from 100% natural phosphorus- free oyster shells( calcium carbonate)..
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    1 yr old hen just died

    [my son would not hear of it- (he is nine)- he wanted to bury her. sad to say but i was hoping that she was egg bound, and it was not something that was contagious to the other 2. i did look at the other post- thank-you. i guess it is not as abnormal for them to die that quickly as i had...
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    1 yr old hen just died

    we have 3 (now 2) sex links- nugget was always the smaller of the 3... i dont think she was ever laying- but someone started laying a week ago- i never know which one it is- 3 hens only 1 egg. my son noticed that nugget was pale around her eye(the skin was a little paler than the other 2)- she...
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