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    Aging Chickens/the Senior Citizens of the Flock.

    I have 2 aging chickens. Hawkeye is an 11 year old leghorn and Abby is a 9 year old Rhode Island Red. Hawkeye is still acting like a young hen. She sleeps on the top roosting bar wither her 2 year old friend, Queenie. (My AI assistant named the one hen Queenie and it stuck.) She even lays eggs...
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    Comment by 'Magpiezoe' in article 'Six Tips On Breaking Your Egg Eater'

    Great article! It covers everything. We only use #3. Giving our girls a little extra protein seems to work for us. When they started coming out of molting was when we caught all of them devouring an egg outside the coop. It was only 5 of the hens that were doing this. It took them less than 1...
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    Comment by 'Magpiezoe' in article 'Chicken Treat Chart: The Best Treats for Backyard Chickens'

    Great post!! Love it! Hubby cuts up cooked shrimp shells from our dinner to give to the girls. He cuts them up really fine, so we I don't worry about the shells getting caught in their throats. We used to buy the ground mollusk shells from the feed store, but now we make our own with shrimp...
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    Hey, Will Raccoons Eat My Chickens?

    Yes, racoons eat chicken and it doesn't matter if the chicken is an adult or babies. We had it happen to our first set of chickens. We had 2 big, beautiful Rhode Island Reds that someone gave us. Had them for a couple of years, then one day we went out to the coop and found them dead. The...
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    Comment by 'Magpiezoe' in article 'Do Poultry Mourn Over The Loss Of A Flock Mate?'

    Yes, they do. I remember when our one Rhode Island Red had passed in the chicken yard. The other Rhode Island Red, Abby let out a blood curdling scream. I don't know what else to call the sound Abby made. It was the most unusual sound that I have ever hear come out of a chicken. When I went to...
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    Comment by 'Magpiezoe' in article '"Hentirement"'

    This is one of the best articles I've read about someone's experience with raising chickens. Our girls have always laid eggs just about everyday. We have 10 hens now and have been getting 8-10 eggs everyday! Of course we don't get eggs when they start molting. Once the shiny new feathers are...
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    Comment by 'Magpiezoe' in article 'Heated nesting boxes help stop frozen eggs!'

    This is a great idea, but we don't have electric in our coops. We do have rather large ladies, that are bred for cold weather. I've read somewhere that 1 adult chicken is equivalent to 20 watts. We also have foam panel installation between the double walls in our nesting boxes. I guess that is...
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    Review by 'Magpiezoe' in article 'The Deep Litter Method: All You Need To Know'

    Love this idea! Great and important article!
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    Review by 'Magpiezoe' in article 'How To Fix A Muddy Run Chicken Coop'

    Great info! Another issue with muddy runs is that you can slip and fall. We always make sure to put lots of leaves and safe weeds in the chicken runs/yards. It makes it easier for us to walk on as well and provides a nice cushioned landing if we do trip on something. The added benefit is that it...
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    Hurricane flipped coop, now chickens wont sleep in nesting area at night.

    You can use a real shepherd's cane or a cane with a rounded hook on the end to help catch them, not one of the metal ones. My husband uses a stretched out coat hanger. He uses the hook to trip them. (He learned the technique from YouTube. You might want to consider installing a roosting bar in...
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    What Greens do chickens like?

    Ours love watermelon. We give them the rind with some of the meat of the watermelon on it. We have one hen, who won't go to bed until the rind is picked completely clean! We also give them cantaloupe, tomatoes, and fresh spinach. They also love certain weeds from the garden. Their favorite is...
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    Comment by 'Magpiezoe' in article 'Molting: All You Need To Know'

    We're going through molting now, so this article is the perfect timing. Our brown leghorn was walking around looking like a football, but now she's back to normal. Our RI Red is still molting. She started off looking like she had "gray hair," but has gotten back her feather and then started a...
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    Having predtor issue

    Predators are heartbreakers, but unfortunately we have to live with them. There will always be more than one of every kind of predator around. When we lost our last white leghorn, we figured out it had to be a hawk or buzzard. She just completely disappeared without a trace during the day and no...
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    Broody ate babies?

    If it were a raccoon, she would be killed too. Skunk can be egg thieves, but they would have to get her off the eggs.
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    Double yolk hatched

    So cute! Double yolks are good luck!
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