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    Deter rodents humanely

    If you place the traps right next to each other, if one misses, the next one will get it. I always put two or three down together. Also a bucket trap is nifty with water, so they drown.
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    what's this?

    Feed is 17% all flock with calcium supplement on the side (eggshell and oyster shell)
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    what's this?

    Thanks. I spent some time watching her today. She seems fine. I would guess that she's at the lower end of the pecking order, but I haven't noticed any particular picking on her. I don't see any bugs that I can tell. I'm a first time chicken person. This afternoon I did notice that now in...
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    what's this?

    She can't stick her head thru the fence, it's 1/2" hardware cloth all around! Here's a pic of the feeder from January!
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    what's this?

    Hello All, I'd like some input as to what is going on here. Should I be concerned? Is there something I should do? I have 8 Barred Rock hens, 11 months old, they've been laying since mid-November. I just noticed this on one of them, the other day. Thank you in advance for any advice!
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    Tractor Supply has chicks!!!!!

    They kept saying they were getting them and then they didn't. I guess weather was a factor. And when they did get them in, someone else bought them all before we got there. That was my aggravation! We live 25 miles from TSC.
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    Freak out with me ... chicks being delivered on Day 4!

    When we ordered chicks from the hatchery, I had to go to the post office to pick them up. They won't deliver them to the mailbox. I had called and gave them a heads up that they were coming, and they called right away. We're retired so I could zoom over right quick! We're still 8 for 8 on those...
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    Tractor Supply has chicks!!!!!

    In our experience, what Tractor Supply SAYS and what ACTUALLY happens are two different things!! Plus when they did get them in, they sold out immediately. We gave up on them and ordered ours from a hatchery!! Got 8 Plymouth Barred Rock in June last year!
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    Hard-boiling eggs

    I'm a little late on this thread, but wondering if anyone has suggestions for adjusting the cooking time for hard boiled smaller (pullet) eggs? My eggs are around 45 gram each, or about 1-1/2 oz. I would think to cook them less time, but how much? Any suggestions?
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    lethargic pullet

    New chicken person here. I have 8 barred rock pullets, 20 1/2 weeks old. We just started getting eggs this past week, I have 4 eggs so far. Mid-morning today, one pullet was AWOL. I didn't check the coop until after lunch. She was sitting on the roost in the corner. Then she moved to the other...
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    bumble foot? watch or treat?

    Hello, newbie chicken person here - I noticed this on a foot of one of our pullets (17 weeks old). Should I treat her for bumblefoot (soak it to loosen the bump) or just keep an eye on it yet? She's acting fine. I just don't know how proactive to be, bumblefoot sounds nasty if not caught early...
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    2 gallon or 5 gallon waterer for winter?

    Hello all, first time chicken person here. We are preparing for winter (central Kansas) and bought a Little Giant 3 gallon metal fount and a heated base for it. Today I realized that the heated base is 15" in diameter and the waterer 11-12" diameter. The heated base says "caution it gets very...
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    heated base for waterer

    Hello all, first time chicken person here. We are preparing for winter (central Kansas) and bought a Little Giant 3 gallon metal fount and a heated base for it. Today I realized that the heated base is 15" in diameter and the waterer 11-12" diameter. The heated base says "caution it gets very...
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    8 barred rock pullets!

    8 barred rock pullets!
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    Check Feed Date Before Buying

    My guess would be 23220 = Feb. 20, 2023... not sure though
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