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    chickens and ant poison

    I have several fire ant hills I would like to poison. My birds are pastured. Is it safe to put out poison with them running loose? Or how long do I wait to let them out after putting it out?
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    Possible frostbite?

    My RIR roo has the same black spotting on his comb, as well as some light bleeding. Does he need anything more than Bannix and Vaseline? Will it hurt to spray Bannix that close to his eyes?
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    Relocating with Chickens

    I will be moving a flock of 14 in March. I'm in west TN,and I want to get them settled before we add the new chicks around Easter. They live in an 8x8 Mennonite shed which we will be moving also. Any advice?
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    There was a discussion on egg tracker apps a while back but I can't find it. I have since changed to Android. Does anyone recommend an app?
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    Combining a flock

    Seven months old.
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    Combining a flock

    I have a pair of RIRs that I've been keeping in a ground cage to protect the roo since spring. He was initially pecked almost to death by the hens so that I couldn't even tell he was a roo until I isolated him and his feathers finally came in. With winter coming in, I want to be able to give...
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    What are your rooster's names?

    My Auracana is Roscoe, and he's king of the yard with "his" thirteen hens. Morgan is my RIR, and he was supposed to be Morgana. He lives in a tractor with his one and only mate, Annie because he was pecked nearly to death before we figured out he wasn't a she.
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    Duck Newbie Questions

    I currently have a flock of 16 chickens and someone has offered me some ducks. (She has too many.) My chickens live in a shed and free range, unfenced, during the day. There is a pond in the nearby cow pasture, and I have a chlorinated swimming pool. What do I need to know about adding ducks to...
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    West Tennessee Thread

    Whooo... Nowhere close. I'm in Chester Co, south of Jackson.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    I can't find it. Is it an iPhone app?
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    All thirteen hens in the shed insist on using (fighting over) the same nest box, even though there's four boxes, so occasionally we get a cracked egg from the roughousing. These go in a dish for the cats to share, so when I come in with the basket now, they try to trip me so I'll drop one for...
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    West Tennessee Thread

    How far from Sweet Lips are you? What breed are they?
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    How many square feet per chicken in the coop?

    I have free-ranging birds on a three-acre property, except for two RIR who live in a 3x6 tractor to a)keep the roo safe from the Auracana roo, and b)keep the hen from mixing with the Auracana roo. They have an 8x8, and I live in West Tennessee, where we get snow once or twice a year and it never...
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    Broody hen

    I have a RIR pair that are isolated from the rest of the flock. I want to let her go broody and raise her chicks for more straight RIRs. Will I need to remove the roo?
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    I got 9/14 today. One of them still keeps laying under the roost in the poo-pit. I have to catch it early before they start playing soccer with it. I heard them making an alarm this afternoon and went down to check out the threat and expected a stray dog or something, but no, it was just one...
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