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    How the heck do I get rid of fire ants inside the chicken run?? 😱😱😱

    A mix of Dawn dishwashing detergent, orange oil and water poured on the mounds works for fireants and is totally safe! Pour it on the mounds. Something in the orange oil stops up their breathing and the dawn acts as a sticking agent. Use it on and around plants all the time. Kills the mounds...
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    Store bought coop... I know, bad idea.. too late

    Good point. My coop stays open to the run at all times and they made it through the snow with no problems at all.
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    What to feed for a day

    Make cornbread and tear it up; cooked rice and or beans will hold them for several days!
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    Why did my water turn hard?

    Several years ago someone posted directions for making a heater to put under your water pan using a cookie tin and lightbulb. Maybe it's still on here somewhere...
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    Found 73 eggs!!

    I would fill a large pot with warm water and place the eggs in - the bad ones will float. Boil the rest, keep what you want and feed the rest to dogs or chickens. No need to waste them all!
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    brooder bedding

    I usually set my brooder up by pouring a couple of inches of pelletized wood (used for horse bedding) and cover it with a layer of paper towels. I do not put feed directly on the paper towels because I want the chicks to eat out of a feeder. I think the idea of old diapers as a covering would...
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    very tired of being "chickenless"...ideas?

    Quote: Yeah! I think you need them for certain Santaria (spelling) rites. Then they fall under constitutional rights!
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    Any tips for a first timer?

    If you use the pelletized wood horse bedding, it doesn't get in the water. I put paper towels over it for the first two or three days and then remove them. By this time they know where the food and water is and it is so much easier. Stir it up every couple of days so the finer particles that...
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    URGENT! Chicken layer feed has "dead animal bodies" in it?

    Come on peeps! We're talking chickens here. They will eat pretty much anything that doesn't get them first! Ever gone out to the coop and found a chicken that has died and the others are canibalizing it? There may be feed in the feeder but they prefer something new and different! They eat...
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    Florida Ownders- Fire Ants????

    Had a big problem with fire ants getting into my feed bin...dusted it thoroughly with DE and they disappeared. It is safe for use on chickens so I would give it a try.
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    anybody know of hatcheries selling male birds cheap?

    Ideal has assortments of plymouth rocks and cornish both - but only males. Sounds like what you are looking for. Roosters should get along fine if there are no hens to fight over.
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    hawks everywhere!

    Much as I hate the crows, they chase away the hawks. I have been throwing out leftover deer corn to encourage the crows to hang around. Don't know if that's an option where you are. Yours look more like buzzards to me but I would need a closer look to be sure. Good Luck!
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    When is Medicated/Non Necessary?

    I try hard not to feed medicated feed of any kind to any of my animals. I think it is akin to taking antibiotics when you don't need them - you build up resistant organisms. Besides, I don't know how much of what I feed my animals comes back in eggs and carcasses.
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    Pink eggs???

    My light brahma lays a purplish/pink tinted egg most days.
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    Managing flock in Collapsing Economy: Bye Bye Birdies.

    Meat can be canned! My grandmother did not have a freezer until after I was born. Milk was kept in a spring house, Pork was in the smokehouse with sausage kept in vats of lard and beef (after dividing with all the neighbors) was canned as stew meat in jars. Your pressure cooker guide will...
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