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    sunflower seeds ok?

    thanks for all the good info....esp loved the list. Looking at the pictures of the two red chickens, decided that I'd like living there if I were a chicken. I thought I pampered my bunch.....no comparison. I do feed avacado & they always pick out the meat & leave the pit & skin. I hadn't...
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    sunflower seeds ok?

    I have a bunch of oiled sunflower seed.......is it ok for chickens?
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    How many times will a hen go boody?

    One of my Ameraucana hens has been broody the last few weeks. In the past I've let broody hens hatch their own eggs & then put small mesh around the bottom of the runs to keep the chicks from getting out where the dogs can get them, with limited success. They're experts at finding small holes...
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    Planting around coop

    I had tried an evergreen bush arborvite (sp?), around the pen & lost several & the others on side are brown around bottom so I assumed it was heavy nitrogen load as these plants are on a downhill side from the runs for my coops & the nitrogen runs off during rains onto these plants. I love all...
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    Planting around coop

    Great ideas; the corn & the vine plants. Our neighboring farmers planted corn 2 years ago & several plants seeded themselves right around & in the coops last year. Guess I should have paid attention to Mother Nature;) We're just now safely out of the freeze times so did get the other grasses...
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    Planting around coop

    On the advice of our extension agent, I did plant some tall grass varieties (6' tall) last summer, but none of those survived which made me question that choice. I have bought more & am going to give it another try as putting up shade material doesn't look as nice as natural plantings. I like...
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    Planting around coop

    Hi .......have had chickens for a few years now & they have a southern exposure. I've tried planting different plants such as tall grasses & bushes on the south side to give them shade in the summer. This side is downhill from the runs & think the ammonia & nitrogen from the runs is the...
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