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  1. Karin J.

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    I don't know... I had 1 roo lose a piece of his comb to frostbite. After that I did the vaseline and no more problems.
  2. Karin J.

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    When it gets rally cold it heepls to coat thier combs with vaseline to prevent frostbite.
  3. Karin J.

    ways to cool your chickens off?

    Those misters are a great idea! Can I ask how expensive they were?
  4. Karin J.

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Quote: You crack me up. I'm dying of the heat today and you're already worried about snow! When it gets really cold and snowy your chickens will probabbly choose to spend most of thier time in the coop. I found it easiest to shovel a path to the coop every day and a small area of the run so...
  5. Karin J.

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Ok, NY chicken people. What is the deal with quail? Do you eat them? Can you eat thier eggs? Never known anyone who rasied them so please enlighten me. Thanks. Karin
  6. Karin J.

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Ha ha! I always found it funny that my chickens didn't have the sense to come in out of the rain. (Though I can certianly understand wanting to cool off yesterday after such oppressive heat!) Luckily, I have a 9 year old daughter who is patient enough with me to explain things I don't catch on...
  7. Karin J.

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Kids out of school makes for very busy days here! Philbee, I checked out your craigslist post just to see the pics. Beautiful roo! (But I certianly don't need another) Happy Independence Day, everyone. My oldest son celebrated this morning by getting up and shaving his head bald. Looks kind...
  8. Karin J.

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Great pictures, Rachel! The hen with all the babies... do you know what breed she is? Looks alot like my Lola who was sold to be as a bantan mutt. Can someone tell me a little more about gunieas? Are they really loud and kinda mean? I think that's what I was told, but also that they eat...
  9. Karin J.

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Welcome, Amy! I'm about half an hour east of Rochester in Wayne county. Can't wait to see pics of your coop and your new babies. Karin
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    So... I never knew Roosters were so smart.

    Awww! Thanks for reminding me why roosters are so great. My 2 are so vocal lately, but they're so sweet, too.
  11. Karin J.

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Good morning, all. I need your help. We lost 2 chicks yesterday morning. No idea how. They were in a brooder pen with thier mama the night before, and come morning they were not. No signs of distress. No blood, feathers, mama loooks fine. This is odd, because I hadn't held them in 2 weeks...
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    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Happyhensny... I am so very sorry for your loss. -Karin
  13. Karin J.

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Nope. I forget the brandname but it definately said food grade. I just wanted to try it out and will order it from Countryside Natural Products next time. Thanks for the tip! I do think you could repackage it and sell it. I couldn't find it anywhere in the fall when I first read about it. I'm...
  14. Karin J.

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    I just bought a small (4.4 lb.) bag at CountryMax for $9.99. It was in the garden section, it's very popular for keeping bugs off plants, too. I was told they ussually have in in larger bags but I can't remember what the price was.
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    NY chicken lover!!!!

    My first 4 chickens were bantans then I added 3 Golden Comets. (Which by the way are BEAUTIFUL birds with great temperments and each lay me a jumbo brown egg just about every day.) I kept them seperate for a bit but they're all living happilly together now. My 2 banty roos kept thier distance...
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