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    Comment by 'Lori S' in article 'Top 50 Herbs for Your Chickens'

    How to? Sprinkle in coop or run? I can have several of the listed plants that can be pruned, and some I've saved and dried last year....
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    Review by 'Lori S' in article 'Feeding Your Chickens Oyster Shells'

    Good information, a bit more complicated than I think it needs to be. I have simply put out a bowl each of oyster shell (crushed and sold for poultry) and grit since my first chicks reached 16 weeks of age. Many moons ago. I feed a layer ration (16% protein usually and feather fixer during molt)...
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    I think I want to cover my entire yard with poultry netting!

    We have hawks and a few eagles here, plus the usual climbing predators. My three (I rotate the girls through them) runs are no more than 20' wide each, about 30' long. The perimeters are chain link. I cover the runs with bird netting, the kind used to protect fruit. Beneath the netting I run...
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    Chickens Sleeping Outside at Night

    The light on a timer is an interesting idea. Earlier I l posted my girls had started roosting outside. Now three are still outside and two have moved in. I do have an LED on for 15 minutes just before dusk. But I confused the whole issue by building a new "Taj Mahen" coop. It has a higher roost...
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    Comment by 'Lori S' in article 'Top 8 "Special" Chicken Treats'

    There is helpful info in this article, a couple of items I hadn't thought of. Let me add a strange one, appropriate to the coming season. When I find "lunker " grasshoppers eating my garden I turn the tables and make them a chicken snack! Tomato hornworms too. It's a little gross to watch, but...
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    Horizontal Nipple Waterers... in your opinion, yes or no?

    Oh, the heated version was from Rural King. The other I made from parts. Both are two gallons, as I too don't want to lift anything heavier.
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    Horizontal Nipple Waterers... in your opinion, yes or no?

    I love mine. I use them year-round, with a heated version in winter. The water stays clean, as much as two weeks between fillings in cool weather. No bedding or poop in the water, and wild birds don't contaminate it. To start my girls, I tapped each nipple to let a little water pool under them...
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    Chickens Sleeping Outside at Night

    My girls started that last summer. Nothing had changed as far as I can tell. I thought maybe it was the heat. They went inside during really cold weather. But rain (or snow) or no, they are out. I guess there IS something madder than a wet hen. But mine are in an enclosed run, so they are safe...
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    Chickens Sleeping Outside at Night

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    Winter water

    I have a heated waterer from Rural King, using it for the second winter. It has 3 side-mount nipples, a snug-fitting lid with a slight cone (discourages roosting), and a hanger that centers well. IT IS THE BEST waterer I've used in the 9 years I've kept chickens. No dust or poop in the water...
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    Searching for the perfect waterer

    A bit off topic, but on apple cider vinegar: my girls drink the waterer with vinegar empty before drinking the one with tap water only. So I guess they think it tastes good
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    Why do my Chickens Roost on the Nesting Box?

    The roost is four feet long, higher than the nests. I have only four birds now.
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    OHio ~ Come on Buckeyes, let me know your out there!

    Looks like lots of Buckeyes here. I have had chickens for seven years in the Xenia area. O. H. I. O.!
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    Why do my Chickens Roost on the Nesting Box?

    When checking for eggs after dark I often find 2-3 of my 4 nesting boxes occupied by sleeping hens. And I have only four birds. My roost has room for eight and is very low- less than a foot off the floor. The coop is a former tractor, about three feet high and four by eight. My chickens did not...
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    Ground cover for run

    Oh yes. I vividly remember the winter i moved the girls into the shelter of the barn, only to discover the whole area had standing water after a rain or snow-melt! Wet is not healthy.
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