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    Southern NH (Manchester area) Free chicken equipment

    We are moving in March, and can't have chickens in our new place. I have two plastic water founts (one 5 gallon and one 3 gallon, a heater for under the water founts in winter, a galvanized feed hopper, and a chick brooder, all free to whoever wants them and can come pick them up. The brooder...
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    Londonderry, NH- Two older hens in need of new home

    We find ourselves in the position of having to move, and we cannot take out remaining two hens with us. They are older, and only sporadically laying now, but they are good chickens, quiet, and no trouble at all. Would anyone in my area be willing to take them? One is Milly, a blue splash...
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    Maks Chicken Coop

    Our First Chicken Coop Over the past few years, my husband and I have become more and more concerned with what we eat, and how and where it is produced. We are trying to use as much locally grown and raised, organic food as possible. One of the things we changed to was local, farm fresh eggs...
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    They Are Out

    I put the new chickies in the coop last night. They seemed to grow so much faster this year than last year's group, and were really too big for the brooder. They have been pushing the top open just a bit, and I knew it would not be long before they got it open enough to escape. So I partitioned...
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    Dr Who Fans- Sarah Jane Smith Has Passed Away

    Yes, I saw that. So very sad. I will miss Sarah Jane. I remember her when she first started on Dr. Who with Jon Pertwee. RIP, Lis Sladen. You will be missed.
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    i expect to have ALOT of leftover colored eggs, can chicks eat em?

    Yep, they will love the eggs. I don't know that there is a limit on how many eggs they should eat. I would not feed them so much that they stop eating their feed. The eggs have lots of good nutrition, true, but the feed is balanced for what they need. A couple a day for 7 chicks is probably ok...
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    Play sand in the brooder ok? not ok?

    I've used a cut down box of play sand in the brooder with every batch of chicks. Yes they eat a lot of it. They also kick it around, dust bathe in it and just generally love it. Has it ever hurt any? Not that I have noticed. I also have the brooder in an unfinished basement so dust is not an issue.
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    Building Our Coop - Follow Our Progress!

    That looks awesome! You are going to have some really happy chickens once they see that set up! He's done a terrific job on the coop and run.
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    Building Credit...

    Yes, Laurajean has some great advice. We had the same issues with not using credit cards *wisely* and it took a few years and a lot of not so fun living to clear it all, but we did it. And decided not to do the credit card thing again. Then we needed a new car. The loan company was unsure about...
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    what do you feed your chicks PLEASE TELL ME!!!!

    Four weeks is old enough to start giving them treats. You can just tear up the lettuce into small pieces or even leave it whole if you have a solid (or shaving) floor booder. I chop what I give them because I have a wire floor and if it's tiny pieces, I can sprinkle it on the feed trough and...
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    Treats: How Do You Feed Them?

    I have a big plastic bowl I put the treats in. It's very useful. When I let them out to free range, all I need to do to get them back in the coop is fill the bowl and hold it where they can see it. They come a-runnin'! I feel like the Pied Piper of Chickens as they all follow me straight back...
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    Regular sand ok as grit?

    If they are outside they are most likely getting the grit they need. I do put a box of regular play sand in the brooder as well. They eat it and love to dust bathe in it! Of course, my brooder is in the basement which is only used for storage and the washer and dryer, so I don't really care...
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    what do you feed your chicks PLEASE TELL ME!!!!

    Medicated chick starter for the first 2 weeks. Then, the starter feed plus a hard boiled or scrambled egg 2 or 3 times a week, ground up really small. At 3 or 4 weeks, I add a box of sand and start giving them finely ground greens and fruits (basically some of what the big girls get, just...
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    Do you think dogs feel pride or sense of accomplishment in a task?

    And, Pat- yes, we are lucky to have this class for him. I think it is really making a difference. I knew it would help the physical part, but the mental end of it was a big bonus!
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    Do you think dogs feel pride or sense of accomplishment in a task?

    I didn't mean to imply that I think dogs reason, but I do believe they think. They don't feel the same type of pride or accomplishment you or I would. That's not how they work. But they do know when they are doing something that satisfies.... an instinct? Or drive in them to accomplish or do...
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