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    What your chickens can and can't eat!

    I feed my chickens leftover tacos and pizza from work all the time. They like it.
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    I disagree. The more I see one study after another be disproven and with so many people having some sort of political agenda that affects their judgement, the more I value anecdotal evidence experiences from reliable people. As I approach my 50s I can honestly say that stereotypes, cliches...
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    This is an excellent comment. They figure it out. I see so many people making this harder than it has to be. Chickens thrive on any reasonable diet. They don’t instantly keel over if they happen to eat an onion or an apple seed. Food, water, shelter, and common sense go a long way.
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    Bedtimes and Reluctant Chickens

    As others have suggested, I locked my 12 in the coop for a week after I moved them from the brooder. They go in themselves about 15 minutes before sunset.
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    Sunflower Seeds/Meal worms good for chickens and how much?

    And yet they still get decent egg production. Maybe chickens are are resilient and adaptable. They don’t just rollover and die when they don’t get commercial feed.
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    How often do you do treats?

    I am just coming up on my first full year of owning chickens, so take this for what that is worth. Also, if you are planning to depend on your chickens for money, also ignore this. I think the 90/10 rule is bullshit. At best it comes from data based upon battery hens in commercial...
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    Going over the 10% treat guideline

    The 10% thing is for "optimal" egg laying. If you don't care if the chickens lay 200 eggs a year as opposed to 220, I think you can for the most part disregard it. IT just depends what you want. IF you are maximizing egg laying then maybe give it consideration. I don't really care if I get...
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    Feeling defeated, Lost another hen today.

    I think losing only (1) a year while you are free ranging is pretty impressive.
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    What’s important to you about feed?

    Also the government harassment that direct to consumer farmers have to go through. I understand the need for oversight of formal corporations and mass producers. But I also feel the average person is capable of making a decision as to whether he wants to buy fresh vegetables or local raised...
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    What’s important to you about feed?

    Do the math. It may not be pretty, but a can of black beans is $1.39 and a can of Tuna is $.90. IF you had to you could have a 2,000 calorie diet on $12 a day. The SNAP allotment for a person is $250 per month, combine this with food shelves, and other charity, someone who has their wits...
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    What’s important to you about feed?

    A word about food in general. It is worth remembering that in the US less than 100 years ago malnutrition and hunger were not rare problems. Now obesity is a bigger problem. The only way to starve or go hungry in this country is to be either a drug addict or mentally ill (or a child of one...
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    Chickens sleeping in run

    When I moved my guys, I locked them in the coop for a week. The coop is roughly 2.5 times the size of the pen I kept them in until they were 8 weeks. They had no problems transitioning.
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    How much time do your chickens spend in the coop?

    Mine do the same. They are around 14 weeks. They come out in the morning and play hard. Then in the heat of the day they go in or under the coop, sometimes they will sit in the shade. Then once the is mostly shaded around 1:30-2PM they come out and stay out until sundown. I keep both food...
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    What is a "treat" to you?

    It's amazing how far common sense will go towards keeping Chickens alive and healthy. My take on the 10% thing is that is probably "optimal". You can not be optimal and still have happy productive chickens.
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