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    Homemade feed for my hens?? Better than commercial feed? More affordable? I need the truth!

    I did that with cabbage on a warm day about 2 weeks ago. I'll have to try corn cobs and I'm planting sweet potato I have lots of vines so they have some leafy treats. I'm doing more green for them this year and squash so they can have flowers and doing a grape vine. So excited this year and it...
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    Bathing hens

    okay so i got most of it off tomorrow ill do it again. but she loved it i think or she was just out of energy. she sat there while i cleaned off her feathers. i guess its been a couple days i first noticed her laying in the coop and i thought why are you laying an egg there. and last night...
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    Bathing hens

    oo okay thank you
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    Speckledhen's Ten Commandments of Good Flock Management

    we have had a flooding issue and im just getting overwhelmed. we been using lots of hay and where we normally get it, its out of stock and well im going to have to look elsewhere but its just muddy and i cant collect these duck eggs. its just making me sad. im getting totes together so i can use...
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    Bathing hens

    how do you bathe never had to bathe before but my 3 yr old hen has pasty butt. its warmer out and ill still use a towel. do i just use warm soapy water?
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    White cake with yogurt in it

    I am looking for help on a recipe. I want to make a strawberry cake but I want to make a white cake with strawberry yogurt and egg whites no yokes. I thought maybe I could get some recipes tips here or if someone has a specific recipe they like. I have a bit of strawberries in the freezer and...
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    White cake with yogurt in it

    I am looking for help on a recipe. I want to make a strawberry cake but I want to make a white cake with strawberry yogurt and egg whites no yokes. I thought maybe I could get some recipes tips here or if someone has a specific recipe they like. I have a bit of strawberries in the freezer and...
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    Spiders in chicken wire chicken run

    Yes that's true usually, they are out of the way during the day
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    Spiders in chicken wire chicken run

    O buttercups, good to know thanks for the tips.
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    Spiders in chicken wire chicken run

    Yes so there was this one time a web in a random spot near the coop looked like from the tree to the ground it looked like that.. and they weave thick webs, o im so glad I had my flash light or I would have walked right in to it.. so my plan is to make it a habit of going right at dusk. I like...
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    Killing, Plucking, Eviscerating, & Cutting Up Your Chicken - Graphic!

    Yum ill come back to this, I've been doing it for 3 years but it's nice to see how others do to improve. Thank you. Wellbeing broke my poultry shearsbthinkong I could take apart to clean and sharpen well I'll be buying anew pair I suppose.
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    Do I need a second coop? (turkey hen won't go in at night)

    Okay well I'll let you know when I see the first egg.
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    Do I need a second coop? (turkey hen won't go in at night)

    It's making me nervous
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    Do I need a second coop? (turkey hen won't go in at night)

    I'm just wondering why she hasn't laid any yet..
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