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    My neighbors think I am crazy....

    My husband thought I was Crazy too... I ran around the whole farm looking for him so I Could show him our first Egg. He just brushed me off .. Then the next week We thought they quit laying eggs because it was during the hot spell so I thought they quit when I couldn't find any in the nests...
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    What do you do with your extra eggs???

    I posted signs around our community and facebook. I a pretty loyal customer that orders 4 dozen eggs every other week! Which is great since right now I only have 7 laying hens! I don't really have other customers yet because they are waiting for the little ones to start laying.. I have 23 of...
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    Perch and nest boxes.

    My nests have a bar to perch on to get into the nests. I have like an elbow joint on the perches so they can be lifted, blocking any poultry from getting in them. I usually do this around 6 before my babies try to get in the nests
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    Help* please! What to feed hen?

    When my hen aren't feeling great, They get electrolyte water and then a mixture of foods. The first day I do oatmeal mixed with chick start for the high protein content along with unsweeted apple sauce and honey. If she eats that I continue until she's feeling better, then slowly mix her...
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    injured toe and swollen

    Make sure to wrap his foot to avoid additional infection and dirt build up. I would clean the wound every day. Another thing that might help is to take him away from flock and house him in a dark area ( to make him sleep more) and a small area to avoid over usage of the foot. Usually you can...
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    How do I help my chickens in Excessive HEAT?

    We have learned so much this year ... We had an old freezer in the barn to store medication for the cattle and hogs- (Sometimes food that was really boxed up) It has now been turned in to a water bottle freezer.... I have a 5 gal contain that I fill the bottom of so when they get fresh...
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    Heat Index 110 :O

    I loved gettting my chicks this summer! I do agree with the timing of putting them in the coop. I'm in Kansas so A little cooler then down in Tx but I have my chicks in our shop garage! In a cage. At night I was turning on the heat lamp for the first week but then temp was higher so I let...
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    One of my hens is laying elsewhere....

    I have a one laying ( only about 2 weeks) outside the coop too! She will fly out of the pen... (I don't have it roofed going to when the new one is up) and lay in different places... I've caught her once so I know when she lays so I go out about then and watch where she is and pick up the egg...
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    Finally getting around to posting pics of my coop. Kinda pic heavy

    We live on a farm. We have a "pack" of wild farm cats! We have 3 that actually are our outside cats and then about 12 or so that just roam. I ordered chicks that came in June 23rd so I just made a cage and put them in the garage .. shut the door during windy weather or rain and at night. (...
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    How do I help my chickens in Excessive HEAT?

    Hey I might be new to this chicken thing but I got an idea! I have two old Sal sheds that I have converted into two coops with a huge pen around it. ( I would let them Free Range but I don't want diseases to be passed from the chickens to our hogs... It's our income. ) The sheds have...
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    Chickens Eating Corn Only

    Yes, The feedmill at the local coop is making it right now... It's like $10 for a 50 lb bag... We live on a Hog Farm so we have our own feedmill so we working on a formula for a little hens... I will have the corn smashed a little more...
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    Chickens Eating Corn Only

    I have a flock of 75 chickens... ( It's my first time... My husband wanted 400 so I'm lucky I could talk him into only 75) I go out and check to see what they have eaten every night... For the past couple of weeks.... I have noticed that all they have eaten was the Shelled Corn in the feed...
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    Consolidated Kansas

    Hey Ya'll!! I'm new to chickens! I live in Northern Central Western Kansas about 13 miles from Nebraska! Any advice about chickens?
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    New... Most common pests?

    What are predators and pests that I need to keep a watch on? Besides the obvious coyotes and such.
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    Moving Outside - but temp is supose to drop...

    I moved my chicks out about a month ago. I kept them in the coop for 3 weeks without going outside because it was still back and forth in temps. I put my heat lamp on a timer so it would be off for thirty min and then on again for an hour. Then I did off for an hour and on for an hour .. and...
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