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    my pullets ate styrofoam

    Grit is small rocks used for digestion. Oyster shell is crushed oyster shells used for added calcium.
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    Fresh grass clippings

    That's what I thought but I didn't want to assume and get them sick. Thanks!!
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    Fresh grass clippings

    My hens are caged in their run. We don't let them free range because we have 25 of them plus we have a lot of chicken hawks around. I do want them to have access to the grass so I thought maybe I could throw in a bunch of grass clippings after hubby has mown the lawn. Is this ok?
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Layed by my 18 week Barred Rock. ( I orginally thought she was a he because her comb is so much bigger than her sisters. Guess she proved me wrong!) Sitting next to an Extra Large store bought egg: Sitting in an Extra Large egg carton:
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    My saga continues

    There were 2 hens pecking at it in the corner. The coop is about 31 right so it's possible it froze. But 2 hours earlier there was nothing in that corner. So who knows.
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    My saga continues

    No, this was our 2nd. Hubby stepped on 1st last night!
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    My saga continues

    I kept going in and checking every inch of the coop. 2 hours later hubby found this in the corner (He said "Hey at least I didn't step on it!"):
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    I'd post a pic of the 1st egg but......

    Get this, I told my hubby I would have to go get some golf balls and he says "I have some in my service truck". Hubby changes truck/loader tires for a living. So I said, "Why on earth do you have golf balls in your service truck?" He says that a couple of years ago he did a job that was near a...
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    I'd post a pic of the 1st egg but......

    Thanks for the advice! I'll have to go buy some golf balls. I wonder how long it'll be until one of them lays another egg? 18 weeks seems kinda early, no?
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    Attack of the Killer Fuzzies!

    Awe!!!!
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    I'd post a pic of the 1st egg but......

    My darling hubby STEPPED ON IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He walked into the coop last night and CRUNCH! She layed it right in front of the door. UGH! My hens are only 18 weeks! I always thought they layed at 24 weeks. I'll have to keep going in to check for more eggs. Do they eventually learn...
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    Buying Chicks In Canada?

    I just got the 2010 catalog from McMurray. They now ship tp Canada.
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    I have a question about....

    We keep a heat lamp just above the waterer. It was 2.5 outside this morning, 27 in the coop and the water was fine.
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    Cracked beaks

    When you say calcium, do you mean oyster shells? If so, my chickens are only 15 weeks old. Wouldn't they be too young for that?
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    Dec electric bill

    We have an electric water heater and a pellet stove that suck all our power. Our bill runs about $215.00 per month. It's about $180.00 in the summer.
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