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    Meadows Acre Farm

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/37795_meadows_3rd_bday_chickens157.jpg https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/37795_meadows_3rd_bday_chickens157.jpg Meadow's Acre Farm Hello, We are three....me (April), my husband (Benjamin) who is my best friend, and our miracle little...
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    .Why aren't they laying??

    Thanks Deb. Mites, lice or worms....ugh. I hope not! I have been out of DE for the last couple months so it is possible. I haven't seen any though. I will look real close and get some DE right away. My local place that carried it went out of business so I am going to have to buy it online...
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    .Why aren't they laying??

    Hello, My girls have slowed way down on there laying. I have 16 laying hens who are 1 year old and I am only getting about 5 or 6 eggs a day. We went through a period this summer where we had too many Roosters. All of the day old chicks we got this spring (7) turned out to be boys! We...
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    2nd Roo that will have to go in the pot because he turned mean.

    Thank you to all who have replied. I really appreciate all of your input. We have decided that all seven roosters will go in the stew pot, as well as our 8 obnoxious guinea birds, some of which are boys and getting mean too. At Thanksgiving and Christmas, one each Turkey Tom will go and then...
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    2nd Roo that will have to go in the pot because he turned mean.

    Helllo, I have had two roos, a blue wyandotte and a jersey giant and the blue started going after my 4 year old everytime she went outside but the giant never bothered her so the blue went in the pot and it's been a couple months but now the giant is starting to go after her. We got 7 chicks...
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    I think snakes are coming at night and stealing my broody's eggs.

    Hello, I think snakes are coming at night and stealing my broody's eggs. We mark the eggs with the date and they have been disappearing one or two at at time for the last couple weeks. The only thing it could be is a snake. I have read a bunch of posts on here but the posts seem to get really...
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    How do you prep your pumpkin seeds for your chickens?

    I cut one in half for my girls so it was like a soup bowl and they hollowed both halves completely out. Love it!:woot
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    My peeps don't like me....6 weeks old approximately

    Thank you so much to all of you for your responses. You have given me hope. I will try the meal worms.....what are meal worms anyway? And where do I get them? I give them my husband's leftover fishing worms.....is that the same thing? P.s. I love you chicken people!!!!!
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    This is our 1st winter in kansas....How cold is too cold for peeps?

    Thank you all for your responses. I will keep the red lamp in the coop until my girls are full grown. Look forward to getting eggs!
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    This is our 1st winter in kansas....How cold is too cold for peeps?

    My peeps are not full grown....just 6 to 10 weeks old. How cold is too cold for chickens? Our new hen house is not insulated and it is much colder here than in California!!! What do I need to do to take care of my girls this winter? Please help. Our hen house is 8 by 8. I will have 15...
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    My peeps don't like me....6 weeks old approximately

    So, my little peeps are growing up and they are still terrified of me. They are about 7 or 8 weeks old now and 4 of them are about 12 weeks old. It is starting to give me a complex. I feel like a school kid again....I really want them to like me. I give them treats and talk to them. My...
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    Yogurt everyday for young chickens too much calcium?

    Gosh, I gave mine a half a quart of homemade plain yogurt today. Not a couple tablespoons, a half a quart! It was shared among the 29 of them........think it was too much?
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    What's the name of your chicken coop? "Chicken" Hilton here

    The Money Pit!!!!
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    Hello from Kansas....need help with posting pics, and questions

    :weee:weee:weeeIt worked it worked!!! Thank you so much!
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    Hello from Kansas....need help with posting pics, and questions

    Okay, here goes. I copied the Url here as a test.
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