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    Egg laying and short days?

    Thanks, Steve! We are enjoying thier production!
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    Egg laying and short days?

    Our chickens are laying despite the day / night ratio. We got them at 18 wks, they started laying at 21 weeks and we have been getting ususally 6 eggs a day and only sometimes 5 eggs from 6 hens. Decided when we got them that we we going to leave lighting up to nature. Is it because they are...
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    Sources for CHEEP (think FREE) coop building materials?!?!

    Another good source is auctions. I have picked up tons, (literally) of wood over the years for as little as a buck, at most 10-20 bucks for an entire pile, which includes just about everything you need. Our coop is built completely from reclaimed wood The bigger the pile of wood the better, as...
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    What brand of feed do you give your chickens?

    Hi All, I wish I would have found BYC sooner! I did not want to start a new thread, and I hope this is relevant to the topic. We are feeding our hens Agway layer crumbles, reading the posts made me look into the label which says: “Feed as the sole ration starting at 18 weeks of age. If...
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