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    anyone have Silver Laced Wyandottes in South Carolina?

    Looking to add some Silver Laced Wyandotte pullets or hens to the flock this spring. Anybody in the Carolinas or Eastern Georgia raising them?
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    anyone have Silver Laced Wyandottes in South Carolina?

    Looking to add some Silver Laced Wyandotte pullets or hens to the flock this spring. Anybody in the Carolinas or Eastern Georgia raising them?
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    snakes - sulfur vs. snake away vs. guineas

    I've been losing eggs to black snakes lately. Is Snake Away safe to use around chickens? What about sulfur? Will it hurt chickens? Also: how do you train guineas to stay at home? I've been thinking of getting some guineas for a while, and now may be the time, given my snake issue. But...
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    Tiny egg with no shell, or... what?

    Just discovered this in the nest box. It was the size of an egg yolk, so I assume one of the girls laid a shell-less egg and the white got lost in the hay of the nest box? I cut it open, and a glob of something the pale yellow color of pus (not the color of any yolk my chickens have ever...
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    Older hen with thin shelled eggs

    Thanks, Tamtam! I will try mixing the oyster shells in with the feed. :) How long was it before you started to see results?
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    Older hen with thin shelled eggs

    Bumping the thread back up. Anybody have any suggestions?
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    Chicken Landscaping

    Love those links, SouthernAlberta! Thanks! That's disappointing that they killed your lavender, Renegade. :(
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    How far will they roam?

    That's great info, thanks! My house is three or four hundred feet from the road, I would say. And the places in the fence where the dog can slip under are toward the back. There's one spot that would let them out at the edge of some woods and another that would let them out into a neighbor's...
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    Various young cockerels ftgh

    I was just about to post that I was looking for 2 Barred Rock hens! And yours was the first thread when I opened the BST forum! And I'm in Aiken! When can I come get them?
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    Anyone fence 4 acres with chain link? Cost???

    Around here, 4.5 foot tall non-climb wire with a board on top goes in for $5-$6 per foot, including posts, gates, and labor. I have always heard that chain-link is more expensive than that.
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    Manure Question

    I'm new to chickens, but have had horses for 21 years and know a thing or two about composting manure in general. First, pine shavings are fine. Most composted horse manure is mixed with pine shavings or pine sawdust because that's what most horse stalls are bedded with. If you test your...
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    Chicken Landscaping

    I have a fantasy about having lavender planted around my coop. Good idea? Bad idea? Will they eat it? Will they kill it? Will it hurt them? What are other good plants to have in a chicken yard? Currently I've got grass, trees, and a coral honeysuckle. And also, the occasional daffodil...
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    Separating a broody hen and chicks?

    Thanks for the info! It's actually fine by me if nobody goes broody. I'm happy to just eat the eggs! That was actually my plan all along, but then came the cockerels. It now seems prudent to be prepared for chicks, since I'm going to have fertile eggs at some point. Neither of my boys...
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    Plans for Building Chicken Tractor on Wheelbarrow Base

    Ah. Yes, good point. It's a 2 wheeled wheelbarrow. Very stable. It's one of these: http://di1-2.shoppingshadow.com/images/pi/c0/67/5b/104417558-260x260-0-0_Jackson+JACKSON+8+Cu+Ft+Poly+Wheelbarrow+with+Dual.jpg The blue part is now gone. Well, not gone. Separated from the...
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    What to do with Roosters?

    I'm interested in the replies to this, too. I have 2 Production Red cockerels that I thought were pullets. I am told that there will not be much meat on them, and I'm squeamish about eating a former pet. I'm worried about re-homing them because I have heard that there is some cockfighting in...
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