Recent content by Karalyn

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    Too many males

    I've heard that about roosters, but haven't experienced that problem myself. I currently have 4 roosters in with my 23 hens. 2 roosters are brothers and have always been together, one rooster I ended up getting from a neighbor who rescued it from some dogs trying to kill it. I put him in with...
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    too many nest boxes

    Like this. Expensive, but well worth it.
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    How many nesting boxes are suitable for this amount of birds?

    I have 30 hens and 2 nesting boxes. A small and medium size one. Routinely gather 10 minutes gigs out of one and about 4-6 from the other
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    What’s the obsession over egg shell color?

    I have a co-worker who buys eggs from me, because he can’t eat store bought eggs. It causes his eczema to flair up for some reason. He can only eat free range eggs.
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    Wet chickens in the rain!

    A voice of reason. I love it. I understand being concerned, but let’s get real. Wild chickens seem to survive without human interference, so I imagine my flock would do ok without me.
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    What WON'T your chickens eat?

    This is what you get when they eat too many blueberries.
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    What WON'T your chickens eat?

    I think with mine the harder vegetables need to be cooked down for them to eat. If it’s hard to peck a piece off they don’t want it.
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    What WON'T your chickens eat?

    I use to do that with corn on the cob, until I acquired over 30 birds.
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    What WON'T your chickens eat?

    Mine won’t eat stuffing, raw carrots (but will eat them cooked), radishes. They LOVE blueberries, Cheerios, pasta, rice, corn and pretty much everything else. Prefer lettuce over cabbage and reluctantly eat broccoli and cauliflower. And yes, they love meat. Pork, beef, and even chicken. They...
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    Transitioning from roofed to roofless run

    In that case, I’d get the maximum number allowed. 😁
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    Vacation- leave coop door open at night?!

    Ask a trusted neighbor to let them out in the morning and lock them up at night in exchange for the eggs they lay. That’s what I would do if I were to be gone for so long. If it were only one or two nights then I would risk leaving the coop door open (I have a security light over the door to...
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    My hens won't eat anything other than regular feed

    Mine didn’t start eating food like that until they were about 4 months old. I have laying hens now that were given to me and they haven’t Yet started eating the snacks I give my girls. They just don’t know what it is.
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    Chicken won’t go in hen house at night

    I wish mine waited until dawn. I have a rooster that is sometimes crowing at 0430.
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    Chicken won’t go in hen house at night

    I now have around 35 chickens and I would never consider locking them in any size building for any amount of time (even one day). Besides being cruel (in my opinion) with my luck my girls would probably take that to mean they had to stay in there all the time.
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    Chicken won’t go in hen house at night

    I had the same problem with mine. When I got my first three, they wouldn’t go into the coop at night. After I spent about 5 days and installing a night light over the coop door they finally started putting themselves to bed. When I upgraded the chickens coop I had the problem of convincing them...
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