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    Lessons learned in my battle with mites

    The tale of garlic being tasted in the eggs is a myth. Unfortunately :)
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    Lessons learned in my battle with mites

    Being a city boy in the country the locals piled on the scorn and ridicule when I suggested the answer to their chickens' mite problem was to simply throw a clove or two of garlic in the water and change the water regularly. Being a city boy in the country I did first fall foul (teehee) of a...
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    Human way to cull

    My condolences and wishing you well in this challenging time. In one episode of River Cottage they used a 12 volt car battery hooked up to some kind of earmuff type contraption. Basically one side of the "ear muffs" connected to battery positive and the other side connected to battery negative...
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    Ideas for Coop Instead of hay or Straw... Sand? shavings? what works?

    I was using lucerne mulch but found it was too lice/mite friendly, and the dust... In Oz sugarcane mulch is cheap and readily available and seems to work a treat
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    What am I getting myself into?

    At 4 chooks you are getting yourself in for not much at all. I work 12 hour days and being winter in Oz it is dark when i go to work and dark when i get home. I've only two very spoilt girls who free range the 1/4 acre block all day and get porridge for breakfast most days. I'd save about 5...
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    Is 3 a crowd?

    O what a shame, sounds like a good idea to get two more. There be one RIR and one light sussex
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    Is 3 a crowd?

    Wondering if having 3 hens will cause a long disturbance in the pecking order? I already have two somewhere between 4 and 6 months old that may still be determining their pecking order. Any ideas? And, I'm figuring that once I have 3 hens I will eventually want 4...
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    What gender am I?

    Thankyou. I'd be a little upset for either or both to be roosters, afterall we named them after our Mothers
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    What gender am I?

    now i've worked out the picture loading process, pics above. thanks
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    What gender am I?

    Being a city boy now in the country I thought some chickens were a good idea. But did this slicker get taken for a ride? One RIR and one white sussex. I've noticed the RIR (Berta) seems to size-up the sussex (Jeannie) and she/he responds in kind but does not seem to instigate. They are about...
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