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    what can i buy or use for dust bath in winter?

    I use a small plastic swimming pool in my run. The pool has holes drilled in the bottom for water to run out. With winter here, I have moved the pool under the half of the run that is covered. I have 2 bags of top soil, 3 bags of sand, a bunch of peat moss from the bag, and DE. They love...
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    What kind of shoes do you wear out to the chickens?

    I love my Slogger shoes. I tend to wear them out in town on rainy days as well. I get lots of compliments on them. They also have mid calf boots I am about to purchase. They have a great tread on the bottom. I ordered them on Amazon they are 23.00. Just type in Sloggers in the search box.
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    Using tarp over run for rain/snow?

    I live in Northern Va. We have had rain for two weeks straight. I did the same thing with the tarp. We had two big pools of water fill last week. I have extra plastic roofing which I will install when it dries up some. Most hardware stores sell it back near the gutter area. They come in...
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    No Eggs

    Welcome...Are you feeding them laying feed? I mixed my growing feed with laying feed for one week...then gave only laying feed and within two days my RIR's were laying. They were 20 weeks when they started laying. Now all but one girl is laying. I have 2 EE, 2 Buff Orphingtons and 2 RIR. I...
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    Pellets and Crumbles

    I feed mine the crumbles....You can alway try mixing in pellets with your crumbles.... Ease them into the pellets....I have noticed there are a few pellets that have not been crushed and my girls will still eat them....Good Luck
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    What treats from the fridge do you feed your chicks, roos and pullets?

    I let my girls free range everyday. When I am in my garden I will pick cherry tomatoes off plant, split in half and throw down for them...they love them. They also love leftover popcorn, watermelon, scrambled eggs. There is a list on here somewhere which shows things NOT to feed chickens. I...
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    New member, Semi-novice chicken owner with new babies!

    WELCOME TO BYC.... I Pray you have all GIRLS...
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    Laying in the nest box!

    I had a golf ball in two nesting boxes. On a day I cleaned out coop completely and laid new shaving down. Immediately one of my RIR came in the coop. She went in the back corner under the roost and nested there for a while. Later that day she laid her 1st egg there. I removed the golf balls...
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    Acting hungry - are they getting ready to lay?

    At 18 weeks I was told by the farm home store to mix the laying with the grower for one week. At 19 weeks I switched completely to laying feed. At 20 weeks one of my RIR laid her first egg. My other RIR laid at 21 weeks. At 22 weeks my Ameraucana's each laid their first eggs. Which was this...
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    New from Northern VA

    Oh I named my post Hey....Girrl's because that is what I say to them every morning when I let them out of the coop. Of course my husband says Im a chicken addict now. Its very easy to become addicted to them.
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    New from Northern VA

    I have 2 RIR's , 2 Buff Orpington's, and 2 Ameraucana's ....They are all friendly....I will try and post pictures later this week.
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    New from Northern VA

    I am so glad to finally sign in and post. I have been addicted to BYC since fall of 2010. Finally after lots of research we brought 6 pullets home in April. They turned 17 weeks yesterday. I am looking forward to my first eggs soon. I will post pictures of coop/run and my girls when I get...
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