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    sorrel

    I grew French sorrel this summer and the chickens destroyed it, they loved it so much. One of the other things they love is something I always thought was clover--with a little yellow flower. Imagine my surprise to discover that what I thought was their beloved clover is actually a sorrel...
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    Most humane way to kill 8 year old hen

    I know this thread is old, but, seeing how it developed, I have 2 comments: 1. No judgement please, people. I went to this thread because I need to know how to humanely kill a very sick chicken. Not every creature is able to die a peaceful natural death. I withdrew life support from my...
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    using human dishes to feed chickens--safe?

    I use dishes from my kitchen to feed my chickens. A recent visitor thought this was very unsanitary and unsafe. I disagreed. What do you all do/think? I usually wash them in the dishwasher, but not all the time.
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    Dramatic increase in eggs in dead of winter.. Could it be white rice?

    I have 7 hens, born last spring. They had slowed down their laying when it got really cold. 2-3 a day--mostly from my work-horse BOs. Well, last week we gave the chickens some leftover white rice and got 7 eggs the next day. We gave them more rice over the next few days and they are laying...
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    If you have a beautiful coop that looks like a little house, post!

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    Laptop for a freshmen in college?

    It is very likely that her school has a purchase agreement with one or another company . You can get good deals that way. My kids' schools both use Lenovo, think ThinkPad. Good quality Good deal.
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    What have you done for your chickens today?

    I did alot for the chickens today: I finally installed the adult size and height and length roost. They didn't know what to do with all the room and ended up in 2 tight little groups on either end, lol. (Went from 2 short ones to one long one). I added poop tables under the new roost. I took...
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    Anyone else not doing Christmas this year?

    First of all, ON, I love your sig line. "All is the prey of life." About Christmas. It is an incredibly difficult time of year for me as I suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder. I find it extremely stressful that the family looks to me to meet their varied needs regarding this holiday...
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    What have you done for your chickens today?

    Moabite, I think you got it wrong....I think the KFC was FOR the chickens and you'd be lucky if they shared with YOU..... Just sayin'
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    Everyone, post your best homemade chicken feed recipes!

    The 300% increase in protein in sprouted grains/seeds seems less exagerated when you think about the itsy-bitsy amounts you are talking about in the unsprouted grain/seed. So even a 300% increase wouldn't account for much. That being said, it's not esoteric knowledge and is easily tested. But...
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    chickens drink snow.....who knew?!

    ZombieChickens, That isn't true, about burning off the fluid because of the energy used to melt the snow. The physiology of it just doesn't work that way, not for people, other mammals, or for chickens. Think about it in terms of drinking ice water, or iced tea, or any other cold drink...
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    chickens drink snow.....who knew?!

    The last couple of very cold days when I have let the chickens out of the hen house for a little free ranging, I have been following them all over with a bucket of warm water, which they have poitely ignored. Well, after I saw a couple of them eating snow--now I know why, lol.
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    anybody raise sprouts to feed the chickens?

    "I just have to believe there must be some chemical signals given off by 1000's of grains sprouting all at once!" ON, that is my kind of thinking, lol. LOVE IT!!
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    Everyone, post your best homemade chicken feed recipes!

    Magill Ranch, When is it going to be possible for those of us living in the eastern part of the US to get your feed? Ever?
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    Everyone, post your best homemade chicken feed recipes!

    If I could get the Magill Farms mix, I would stop making my own in a NY minute. That aspergillus extract stuff sounds scary, having cared for a few patients dying with aspergillus super infections......ugh <shudders>, Can any one explain that?
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