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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2012

    Ha, ha! Yes, last year our rhode island reds lost all their back feathers except for the tail and it was hilarious to watch them. They looked as if they were dressed up as the Native Americans for the First Thanksgiving...lol!
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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2012

    we live in Maine and we have had chickens free-ranging our yard for the past 5 years. (They're great tick eaters!) Anyway, we potentially get snow in October as well and once the snow flies the chickens do not come out of their house until thaw. One reason is that they can get frostbite and lose...
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    training chicks to recognize name

    I never thought of naming my chickens even though I think of them as pets (I know, what kind of horrible parent am I?--I DID think to name my cat, dog and children so I am trainable ). I do however have them trained to come when I sing and follow me into the henhouse for the night...kind of a...
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    Free range? what are the signs they will be laying?

    We free range too. We have been doing it here in ME for 2 years. Our chickens have layed in the boxes from day one-- we didn't even use golf balls or fake eggs. My brother-in-law tried them and his chickens refused to lay in the boxes until he took them out. It depends on your chickens. Once in...
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    Re: feed causing salmonella in chickens and their eggs.

    I have found all this chat very interesting and informative so I appreciate the fact that someone brought it up. I have always heard that the only dumb question is one that is never asked. As far as the "sky is falling" comment, I have read other posts by this gentleman and I don't think he was...
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    does anyone know about old bread?

    Thank you all for your feedback! Have a great day!
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    does anyone know about old bread?

    My hubby and i have been raising chickens for a couple years now,but we're still learning, and we had heard from a couple locals that buying old bread ( a couple days before expiration) from the bread store by the rack is a cheaper way to help extend the supply of layer pellets. We bought some...
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    Hello from Maine!

    I found your site and it looked like the perfect place to get the info. I needed. Looking forward to reading more here! Have a great night!
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