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    Full Compost Bin

    I like the idea of layering with the lasagna beds -- wish I would have thought of it earlier -- but will for sure clean out my raised beds and do it next winter. To much snow on the ground to do it this winter. So what have we done with our compost -- our bin filled up a long time ago. We took...
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    My chickens don't like snow!

    We live where there is snow from Oct to March -- and our girls don't like it. Some will fly over patches and other will walk quickly through it --but they quickly go back to the coop -- I keep telling them spring will be here soon and the ground dry/warm.
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    specks in the egg

    Thats very interesting -- I knew the shell didn't develop until after the "egg" moved down but I just never thought about something getting "sucked" back up. Thanks for the info -- so much to learn!! Rita
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    Western slope Coloradans. Where are you?

    I'm a bit slow at getting going here -- So HI everyone on the Western Slope We live just outside of Gunnison. And yes its cold here!!! But this winter has been pretty good. We have 7 ladies that bless us with eggs everyday. We got started last spring and by late Aug/early Sept they started...
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    specks in the egg

    Had something interesting happen yesterday. We give our girls table scraps from our fav Chinese restaurant - and in the scraps are pepper flakes. Yesterday in one of the eggs was a part of a pepper flake --really -- no it wasn’t blood -- it was a pepper flake. I dug it out of the egg to make...
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    Hello from Colorado!!

    Congrats fron the western side of the state.
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    FREE RANGING, A how do you gwet them into their pen BEFORE dusk?

    When mine were babies I started calling them and giving them a treat -- so now when I call them they expect a treat. A friend had to get rid of a couple of hers and it didn't take long for the new hens to catch on. I use cooked rice or cooked spaghetti --some times I also use scratch if I don't...
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    Keeping Your Coop Water From Freezing

    We have a water container that looks very much like the one you have -- it fits just inside a heated dog dish ( with some wet sand in it) We have nights that can go as low as -20 (and more) and so far it keeps the rim (red part) open -- the top part of the water container has frozen, but the rim...
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    Does molting keep hens from laying?

    We adopted our girls last spring, so this is my first time seeing one of the molt. The links were helpful as well as everyones responses. The one that is molting is the one that is always picked on --so I'll make sure she has some extra protin. Thanks for all your help Rita
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    I have no idea what I want for Christmas...

    When my adult kids ask what I want I always say --"for you to come visit" -- we all live in different states. So far that hasn't happened -- but maybe one day. Because my daughters scrap book, I have asked that they make a years with of pictures in scrap book form, and I do get that --its great...
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    I let them play in the snow

    It got up to 0 today and the sun was out so I let the girls out to play. They have a run and access to it all the time, but no one ones to go into it.The run is partly covered with a tarp, so there is dry dirt and the rest now has snow on it. Today I let them out of the coop into the yard -- a...
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    Live in a Very Cold Winter area? Post link to your personal page here!

    It is a bit different with chickens in extremely cold areas -- and I’ve had some good advice from several on this site about the whole issue. It’s the morning after and all is well -- we got hit with very sever winds and who knows how much snow yesterday. The snow was coming down sideways so...
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    Secrets to keeping chickens in extreme weather

    Wow is it every blowing outside -- we are in the middle of a major blizzard -- not really cold -- about 18 out there, but the wind chill has to be really really low. I just braved my way out to check on the girls and there is snow inside the coop. There is lots of insulation in the coop but it...
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    New Project "Road to Ok" Quilt for My Bed (Top Finished!)

    Good morning all I too am a quilter -- will have to get some pictures posted -- just finished a "Boy Scout" quilt for my 10yr old grandson Christmas giflt. Here is my 2C worth -- With the colors you have choosen, I like the first one best -- give lots of contrast and make the stars stand out...
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    how cold ?

    Skeeter-- go over to "managing your flock" -- we have been having a long conversation about this subject. I live were it is extreemly cold in the winter and there are several very knowledgeable people that have been most helpful Rita:D
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