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    What is your "If only someone had told me!" moment?

    I did not realize that cghuickens would pi
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    When do chickens lay?

    When confined to their coop and run, they use the nests in the coop, with just a few exceptions. When we let them out to roam the yard, we find the blue one by the bucket that I mentioned earlier. Also, we sometimes find eggs in our raised gardens when the hens have been out. Their outside...
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    When do chickens lay?

    We have 13 nest boxes for 28 chickens. At least 7 and sometimes 13 will lay in the same box. They use two of them mostly for pooping in, and 4 new ones we added when we added 4 hens, are completely ignored. Once in awhile there will be an egg on the floor. When we let them out of their pen...
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    Double yolk eggs???

    I would like to know how long I can expect to get eggs from my hens. I have heard that after one or two years they start slowing down until you finally kill them or sell them. How long would they live if not butchered?
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    Double yolk eggs???

    I am disapointed to learn there are no chickens that I could purchase that lay double yolkers all the time. I had a few the first year, and still do occasionally. I don't really know about the ones I sell. I usually sell my largest eggs and keep the smaller ones for my own use, so if there...
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    Chicken stopped laying

    24 of my hens are about 1.5 yrs. old. Last year when they began laying, I could count on almost one egg per hen a day. This year I added 4 new hens (now 6 mos.) and I am only getting 12-14 eggs a day from 28 hens. This is not acceptable to me, as I still have to feed 28 I thought it might be...
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    NatureWise Feather Fixer pellet- anyone using?

    My chickens are looking pretty beat up right now; fighting and a couple have no feathers on their necks. I am planning to get a second feeder to cut down on the fighting over a "place at the table." This feed looks like it is worth a try. There is a TSC on the opposite side of town and I will...
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    Feeding your chickens apples

    If you have never given your girls grapes, try them. Mine love them. I think watermelon is their very favorite, though. They will drink the juice, then eat all but a very thin rind. I have to wonder about giving the hens bread and such, due to the fat, salt and sugar in them. Anyone?
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    Feeding your chickens apples

    I have 28 hens, 4 ea. of 7 different kinds, including 4 Aracandas. Their outside pen is next to the gtarden, so whenever I go to the garden, they all come to the fence and cackle at me. They know I will throw them tomatoes and green beans. I was surprised to hear that chickens ate bananas. I...
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    When do chickens lay?

    When do chickens lay? Whenever they want to. I check the coop about 10:00 a.m. and find from 0-4 eggs. Then, they just come a few at a time throughout the day. Seldom find any after 3:00 or so, but that is not always the case. Once in awhile there will even be one in the evening. It's a...
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    At what age do they each start to lay?

    I asked the clerk at Rural King where I purchased my chicks (24, 4 ea. of 6 different kinds) when they would start laying. He said anywhere from 16 wks. to 6 mos. - then he laughed and said usually about 16 wks., but he gets tired of people coming in and saying their chicks are 16 wks. old and...
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    Are Cedar Chips Safe?

    I'm with you on the strong smells, Riki. Yesterday in church the woman behind me had evidently bathed in something that smelled like moth balls mixed with roses and I got a headache almost immediatly. Anything perfumey will give me a headache, but also dust and cigarette/cigar smoke. However...
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    Are Cedar Chips Safe?

    After reading the several negative reports, and talking to the clerk at the feed store, I quit using cedar ships. I was told they are ok for most animals, but not chickens. Although I used cedar from the time I got my chicks until they were about 18 wks. old, when I first posted here, and they...
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    Are Cedar Chips Safe?

    I have 24 hens, about 18 wks. old. We got them when they were 2 days old and have not lost one. I used cedar chips from the beginning, mostly for odor control and ease of scooping when cleaning. Someone told me today cedar would kill my hens. I do want to know if this is true or not, and who...
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