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    Hemp bedding

    I’ve used hemp bedding for several years and really like it. The dust is less and it’s easier to pick out the bigger poops between twice-a-year cleanings. I use a thin-tined rake to run through it and mix the poop in.
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    Tree/Shrub for chickens in yard

    My chickens love hanging out under our blueberry bushes. And you can’t just have one blueberry bush! You need at least three for visual symmetry, more berries and more lounging area:). That brown space is perfect for looking at as an outdoor room - plants are like furniture.
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    Raising chicks old school

    I’ve often bought six-week to two-month old chicks just so I wouldn’t have to grow them out. You might intentionally grow them out to that point to sell. Your price, plus more as they age, is fine.
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    Need help for a run on a sloped yard

    I have a large, sloped yard full of GA clay so everything migrates downhill. I use logs here and there to slow things down plus wood chips, barn bedding, and leaves and twigs (lots of trees in yard) to enrich and build up. The fencing catches most of it. Some day it might get leveled out🤣. If...
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    Parrot/cross beak

    This chick is going on four months. She didn't start out this way but it developed relatively quickly and gotten worse as she's grown. She has kept up with her fellow newbies but is now starting to trail them in terms of weight and size. She must be able to eat but I'm not sure how much and I...
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    Airlite cardboard bedding

    I've always used shavings. I'm worried that the pieces are too large - fine for horses but maybe not so much for chickens. But yes, I have it so may as well use it. Way too expensive to use in the horse stalls but could be okay for coop. It has to be fluffed so that might pre-empt the...
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    What just eats head / neck?

    Raccoons usually remove the head completely (and maybe some neck, too?) so may be a hawk. They usually hold the head in one talon while eating. (Yes, I've seen this. Awful but informative.)
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    Predator Identification

    The hole looks kind of small for a raccoon. Maybe a weasel? They tend to rip and shred birds.
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    To lay liner or to put wood chip straight onto the floor

    When you say outside, do you mean your coop floor is dirt? Either you need a way to drain water from the coop and run or you'll not be able to hose down the coop anyway. You might could use harder chips in the run but I would definitely use soft in the coop. More absorbent.
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    Airlite cardboard bedding

    Has anybody used this? I got a bag of it to try but didn't really know if it made sense in the coop. The threads I've searched haven't given me any answers.
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    How did this happen?

    No problem Atalantis - your laughs made ME laugh. All my girls are full-sized; that's why I was a little concerned. I kind of want to crack the egg and kind of not. I think I like the term "fairy egg" best, but really, bloop describes it better. Thanks all!
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    How did this happen?

    This is the first time I've ever had one of these. New-laying hens, about two months now. Surface is rough. Is this indicative of a problem or just a bloop? That's a quarter for reference.
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    2 watering questions

    You can get it from Amazon but it will ship from Revival Animal Health, which is where I get it from. You don't need the activating crystals.
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    getting ahead of FLIES

    I use fly predator wasps around my barn and in my pasture and around the manure pile. I also put some in the compost pile near the house/coop. They work wonders. If you put them in the chicken yard, though, the chickens will just eat them.
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    Predators in the South

    After free-ranging for years, I finally had enough of the predators. A bobcat killed off my entire flock, over several months, except one. I now have a large chicken yard that I'm putting the final touches on - aprons and electric wire. Mine isn't covered, too big and too difficult because of...
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