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    Hens sleeping in nest boxes, need suggestions

    Imagine my surprise when I went to close up the coop last night, and when I lowered down the side wall that lifts up (put in some chicken wire so that's open for extra ventilation during the day) and saw on the opposite end of the coop my BOs and RIRs stuffed into one nesting box, snoring away...
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    water in the coop overnight?

    I have two waterers. One in the coop and one outside. The kids are definitely drinking water at night, when it's hot.
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    algae in water container

    I haven't had any algae. But I'm also adding a tich of cider vinegar when I refill the waterers, and it's municipal water which is likely chlorinated a bit. The waterers get refilled twice a day. Maybe frequency makes a difference, too?
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    when to start layer feed

    Quote: Just use some unmedicated starter. I used the one from Purina in a pinch and it was fine. I don't know about tainted eggs, though.
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    when to start layer feed

    I'm glad I saw this thread. We're between 14 and 16 weeks for the kids now, and they have one more container of starter feed to go into the feeder once they've finished the current ration. So it looks like laying may well correspond with when I run out of the starter feed, and I'll transition...
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    What are quality feeds?

    For those in the SF Bay Area, Hunt & Behrens (Santa Rosa) and Modesto Milling are good sources for organic feed. I get the Modesto Milling feed from BioFuel Oasis in Berkeley. $35 for 50 lbs. The starter feed from Hunt & Behrens is $20 for 50 lbs. Concord Feed has the Purina feeds. My kids...
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    Feeding chickens fruit

    My kids get whatever I have in abundance. For instance, my next door neighbor has grapes gone wild that are on my side of the fence now, so I'll pull a bunch off the vine when I get home in the afternoon and that's their afternoon treat. Last month, they got lots of plums from other...
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    What is the healthiest food you can give chickens?

    My kids get organic feed, veggie and fruit trimmings, and yogurt w/ live cultures a couple times a week. I usually chop some overripe fruit into the yogurt, just so they have an excuse to dip their beaks, because they're not real big on it otherwise. They've been eating my neighbor's...
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    Can Chickens eat Blueberries and Red Grapes?

    Quote: My kids did this with lettuce leaves! My romaine lettuce got infested with this critter that burrowed into the backs of the leaves in these coocoons, so I thought, 'hey, protein AND crunchy lettucy goodness' and tossed the whole leaves into their enclosure. They all backed away...
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    HEAT, How do you save your chickens?

    I don't have a proper freezer so I can't do the soda bottle full of water trick, but I chilled their afternoon snacks and staggered them throughout the afternoon yesterday. Cold diced fruit (apricots and plums) and cold diced zucchini and shredded beet tops. They really like the ribs from...
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    I'll ask again, wheat germ oil

    This isn't much of an answer, but could one just add wheat germ to the feed?
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    What is your feeding Schedule

    My girls have access to their feeder all day, and two sources of water. The feeder always has feed in it. They get treats in the afternoon when I get home from work. Then, when it's lights out and they go into the coop for the night, they have water in the coop. I let them out early morning...
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    The Disadvantage of letting chickens Eat Maggots

    I read something which states the maggots have something in their gut which kills most bacteria, but darned if I can find it! Here's an article on maggot composting I found when I followed a link from a site talking about feeding maggots to chickens, last week. Black soldier flies...
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    Feeding worms to chickens

    I have a feeling my girls would eat worms until they couldn't move. They hit paydirt a couple evenings ago and scratched up an earthworm and then proceeded to fight over it! We catch crickets and grasshoppers for them which they go nuts over. And I've 'harvested' maggots from the compost...
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    feeding question on Beet Leaves

    I had a bunch of organic beets from the market and split the greens between me and the chickens. I just chopped their portion and they ate it with gusto with their other veggie treats over a couple days. They're doing fine.
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