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    Dallas, TX - free white rooster hanging around house

    A white rooster has started hanging around a friend's house in East Dallas. He's a really docile guy and she said he doesn't crow much if at all. She has asked her neighbors if they know where he might be from, but nobody really knows. He wandered up to her house 3 days ago and sleeps...
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    Stall Dry, my new best friend...

    There is a food-grade DE that you can use. Do NOT use the pool filter DE. The DE that you use for the pool is very different.
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    Sand Sifter

    I used a jigsaw to cut out all but a 1 1/2 inch trim in the bottom of a plastic bucket. Then I cut a circle of 1/4 inch hardware cloth and fastened that to the bottom of the bucket with lathe screws. All I had to do is shovel a couple loads of sand in, grab the sides of the bucket and pan for...
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    Automatic Pop Door

    6/6/11 Well, the American Hunter timer gave out. It still tells time, but it stopped sending a signal to the drapery motor to open and close the door. I tested the battery and it was fine. What I've had to do now is run extension cord out to the coop and plug in the drapery motor to a timer...
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    Worming

    I created this page because I was getting confused from all the different worming advice I have been reading on the board. It's just for reference. I've included links where I've found this stuff. The only approved wormer in this country for poultry is...
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    Geekgurls Chicken Coop

    Welcome! I purchased coop plans online and then got to building around May 2010. My coop is very urban in the Lake Highlands area of Dallas, TX. All of my neighbors are older folks and many had chickens in their younger years. The plans I purchased were for the "Garden Coop." I was frustrated...
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    together but apart

    Sounds like you're doing what needs to be done. Whenever you see blood being drawn from fighting, it's a good thing to separate until they are healed. Once she's got the vent gleet taken care of, she can go back with the rest. When I introduced a single hen to my group, I did the same...
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    Ok i have had it why are my ameraucanas not laying!?!?!?

    Quote: Congrats on your first marans cross egg! My blue birchen marans started laying today, too. She's 29-weeks-old. My cuckoo marans started laying at 25 weeks. The only hold-outs are my golden comet and blue ameraucana. The golden comet's excuse is she's on the youngish side, but my...
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    New use for Gladwrap

    Those are beer caps! I ran out of washers and hammered some beer caps flat to use as washers. Those washers are costly after you buy a couple boxes of them. Thank you for the advice on fixing the window, Citychickx. I need to fix it properly.
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    New use for Gladwrap

    I didn't get around to working out the window on the cutout that I closed up with hardware cloth this summer. And it's raining. So I found a new use for gladwrap. Whaddya think?
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    Respecting The Stick

    My bird's brains must have grown overnight because today was the first day my little flock disrespected the stick. They figured out they can go ahead of the stick and then around it. Stinky little hens! . Took me forever to get them into the run.
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    My success story on how I got my hens to lay.

    Congrats on the increase in eggs! And....
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    I guess I'm not the only one...

    There was a post on a Dallas poultry Meetup group months back from a person that found a chicken walking down Greenville Avenue in Dallas. That street is very busy with lots of restaurants nestled in an old residential neighborhood. There are chicken lovers everywhere. I just found out that a...
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    Just bought new chickens tips.

    I'm sorry you lost one of your chickens.
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    Pecked pullet

    I think you have the right idea about putting them to roost tonight with the others, but letting everyone out in the morning to range. Did the new girls get to see the resident flock for a couple weeks in a neighboring run, or is this the first time they've all seen each other? Maybe one of...
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