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    Mid Michigan poultry processing

    Help!! Our chicken processor went out of business and I'm scrambling to find a new one. I'm in Midland and have searched and can find one only an hour away.. can someone help find something closer? I have 24 meat birds that need to be processed ASAP. Thanks in advance!
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    ALL our hens have stopped laying.. what's up?

    I'm not sure what wormer it was because I didn't treat and he did so because the eggs we were getting were soiled and he read that was a sign of worms. Then I saw them in the droppings, which is when he re-treated. They were small white roundworms. I cleaned the coop out this weekend and saw...
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    ALL our hens have stopped laying.. what's up?

    We have 12 hens, five of which we've had about a year and the other 7 were hatched in May. About two months ago we noticed our egg production was dwindling from our five established hens and the others were just starting to lay one here or there. We also noticed they had worms, so my husband...
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    Our story is in this week's newspaper :)

    Fun!! Very nice article! :)
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    Meat birds.. questions before I order

    We've never had meat birds before, but are going to try this year. Our local elevator's deadline for ordering is 1 April. Before I do I was wondering whether there is a fairly high survival rate. That is, if I want to end up with 20 birds in my freezer, should I buy 30? Or will all 20...
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    They found a warm spot

    The girls finally ventured out from the coop in the snow. They made their way to the spot by the house near the water heater vent. :)
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    Pooping in the yard

    We have a lot of grass, and our chickens poo on it all the time. We don't have any dead spots, but I try to discourage their being in the grass because I don't appreciate the kids tracking it into the house. Great job watching over your girls... you'll get more comfortable just letting them...
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    Lead found in backyard chickens eggs

    I am a toxicologist... so here's my perspective. When toxicologists look at the toxicity of things, we speak in terms of risk, which takes into consideration both hazard (how dangerous or poisonous it is) and risk (the chance you'll be exposed). That is, if something is really toxic but we're...
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    Hens using same nesting box

    I've seen two in one box at a time too... pretty funny when there were three that were unoccupied!
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    whats a roo ???????????

    Rooster!
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    Spent $900 on Brinsea incubator....how do you control the humidity...?

    Regardless of what you technically need, if you purchased something that doesn't do what it's supposed to, I'd call the company and complain!
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    my chickens egg laying slowed way down please help!!!!!

    The same thing has happened to us, and we're betting it's the shorter days. Nature tends to shut them down in the winter so they don't produce as many babies when food would normally be scarce. That's why some folks put lights in the coops.. to extend the number of light hours, which tends to...
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    How long

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    One lonely chicken

    I'm sorry about your girls... I agree on the temps. Good luck!
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    Lost my Rooster Today

    Poor DeWalt... Sorry for your loss. :(
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