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    How early do you let your hens out to free range?

    I thought that the meal worms were protein. They do eat the whole scoop (2 cups) but then again they run around and eat something all day. Something I did change this weekend, we had bought a bucket and made holes at the bottom with four dangling washers and pvc pipe. The peck it and food comes...
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    How early do you let your hens out to free range?

    My first flock from 2017 got annihilated in the Fall of 2022. The flock is from May 2023 through now. Same feed brand from a place called The Feed Store. I don't know how long they stay stressed, but the rooster's been gone since January, the mites almost 2 months, and they hardly molted. Today...
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    How early do you let your hens out to free range?

    The funny thing is no one has shared any answers on sunlight really. So this is day two and I got two eggs in a row. That is a rarity. Been letting them out at 5:30am in Chicago and they go back to their coop by 7:50pm-8:15pm. Yesterday and today. I'll update if tomorrow is different.
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    How early do you let your hens out to free range?

    🤣😂😅 they are freeloaders and won't pay up their rent. They are lucky they are so cute and fluffy.
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    How early do you let your hens out to free range?

    Nope, it's the same hen. We have cameras.
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    How early do you let your hens out to free range?

    Two cups is a scoop of meal worms. They get don't get treats every day. Just Friday-Sunday, they may get left overs, fruit. They free range in the yard.
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    How early do you let your hens out to free range?

    Good question. I don't know. I'll ask next time. I've been feeding them the same mix since 2017. This is a newer flock since May 2023. I was overflowing with eggs all through that winter, rooster got added as a cockrel in May 2024, got big and handsome, but died suddenly in January 2025. It just...
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    How early do you let your hens out to free range?

    I feed them the premium feed from the Feed Store and a scoop of meal worms when it doesn't rain. Also water with a bit of acv. Then they free range the rest of the day. But I think the mites and the rooster were definitely too much. They layed the whole first year even in the winter and didn't...
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    How early do you let your hens out to free range?

    Is it true that the amount of sunlight determines the amount of egg laying per day per hen? I have 4 Rhode Island reds. Stress factors: Winter molting Added a rooster for the first time. Had chicken mites for the first time. I only get one egg if I'm lucky from one dependable hen. I get a...
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    Pullet (Roo) what chicken breed is he?

    Looks like he's got the 70's chest hair popping out with slight feathers in the front 😆 🤣 😂
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    Pullet (Roo) what chicken breed is he?

    Is that really a breed, Naked Neck? It sounds funny.
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    Hi Everyone, I just posted a moment ago on what breed is my rooster. I've been busy with family matters and work, but still love my chickens. I lost the prior flock to Raccoons, since set the coop to predator proof and bought some Wisconsin Rhode Island Reds last year. This summer I added a...
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    Pullet (Roo) what chicken breed is he?

    Bokoblin was introduced to our hens on June 23rd. Maybe three months old now? The back of his neck is naked, don't think it was plucked. Bought him at the feed store. They didn't know at the time if Roo or hen so we called him Hooster, THEN he crowed and we named him. He joins Might Thistle...
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    New Member from Chicago, IL

    I put Chocolate in the sling last week and she kept trying to fly out. She was finally eating on her own, but think she got re-hurt. She stopped eating. Her crest started fading. We finally went to the VET ER and had her reviewed. They believed that the wound was too great and she could have...
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    New Member from Chicago, IL

    Ok, her sour crop is gone, it just emptied out by Sunday morning. I gave her water and a soft boiled egg on Sunday. She ate the egg on her own, no need to force feed. She's ate on her own since. Today, after the egg, I came home to find my son gave her a hot dog. Finally figured out a sling from...
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