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    Moving to Alaska

    @Heather4 : I'm wondering what you did regarding your girls.
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    Moving to Alaska

    Thank you for your comment. It can be very uncomfortable for our animals and for us too so we're not sure how to do this really. I just did some research on requirements if going via Canada and they have way too many requirements for people that I didn't bother looking at reqmnts for animals...
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    Moving to Alaska

    Hi! So glad I got an email today from Backyard Chickens because I'm having a concern with 2 cattle dogs and 8 chickens. Our particular issue might get some laughs but we're planning to live aboard a boat in Alaska during summer and my husband is really questioning my decision to bring all my...
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    What is one thing you figured out about chickens that you wish you knew when you began?

    Can you get Vetericyn, neosporin with NO pain killer over the counter or do you need RX for them? I don't bring my chickens to the vet, am a chicken mama for one year now and gave them VetRx and safeguard (for cattle - just as drops on the back of their necks) when needed. They are doing ok...
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    Comment by 'Miceeatingchicken' in article 'Herbs, Flowers, and Weeds for Chickens'

    I had no idea vetch was bad for my chickens! I fed it to them when they were all over my yard and they loved it! Won't feed it to them next time! Thank you!
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    HELP!!! autopsied a presumed dead duck embryo on day 31 and he is alive!!

    I hope he makes it!
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    My chickens wont eat their egg shells

    Thank you! I will give it a try.
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    My chickens wont eat their egg shells

    Thank you! I'll try that.
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    My chickens wont eat their egg shells

    Thank you! Appreciate your comments! I have laying crumbles but when I gave it to them as is, they ignored it, so I went back to adding some water to it. It may be because we also changed their feed from the other kind which were pellets that I also mixed with water- it looked a little different...
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    Chicken sniffle

    I always sit by the chicken run and observe my chickens and today, as I watched them, one of the girls flew to a nearby roost to get close to me - she always does this. And I heard her sniffle and also when she shook her head, I felt some droplets on my face. I looked closer to see the source of...
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    My chickens wont eat their egg shells

    Thank you! My husband thinks I have spoiled my chickens with daily treats. So yes, I actually have started to give just the laying mash and some newly bought oyster grits in another bowl and as they get hungry later in the afternoon, they end up eating all the laying mash just like today and I...
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    My chickens wont eat their egg shells

    Maybe you're right. I have eight chickens and I'm not really sure what they are as they were just given to me. I tried to google it according to photos and I think I have 4 cinnamon queens that are prima donnas, they pick on the others and seem to think they own the coop. Maybe it's because...
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    My chickens wont eat their egg shells

    I've always given egg shells to my chickens and they ate them which resulted to really hard shelled eggs since they started laying in January, but this week, I saw one egg on the ground with no shell, thankfully they didn't eat it. Then I saw 2 more days with an egg on the ground like the hen...
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    We have our first (temp) chicken run!

    Thank you!
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    We have our first (temp) chicken run!

    We finally got to build our very simple chicken run! Here's a short video I made. BTW all our ladies are doing really good after that winter storm and their frost bite (tiny dots on their comb) and some head jerking and open mouth breathing. We gave them VetRx, vitamins in their food and...
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