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    "Nesting Box Blends" --Home made Recipe?

    Here are a few pictures of the chickens in the herb garden.
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    "Nesting Box Blends" --Home made Recipe?

    Robin - web searches will give some suggestions on what to use and how much. When In doubt...less is more. Here is a link I used when starting out from the Chicken Chick Spruce the Coop http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/search?q=Spruce+the+coop. I started using herbs to keep away flies...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Miss Beautiful Beautifuls - aka Swarty, hatched 5/12/13, a Rhode Island Red mix, laid her first egg today 10/16/13.
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    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    Looking to rehome a silky rooster. On the south shore. Hatched 6/5/2013. Preventative deworming 8/18/13. Feed Blue Seal poultry food and excess garden vegetables. Very friendly, handled since born. Take or trade for hen any color.
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    Sexing your Silkies (PICTURES AND TIPS - Updated July-5-12)

    Born 6/5/2013. Started crowing this week 10/513.
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    Sexing your Silkies (PICTURES AND TIPS - Updated July-5-12)

    Not quite 3 months old, born several days apart. All three stick together and do not mix with the other hens. One silky is definitely the leader. Watches out for the other two and explores first. .
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    Need to get rid of FLYS!!! they are constantly on the chickens and ducks food. Any ideas?

    Try freezing water in plastic containers. The hens can roost near the blocks and cool off a bit. Electrolytes in the water may help. I used a small fan to enhance ventilation and manage through the day. Obviously offer plenty of water. Longer term ventilation and perhaps a misting system...
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    Sand for Bedding questions

    I too use sand for the coop floor, live on the south shore, Massachusetts, zone 6. Installed about a yard and a half in an 6' X 12'. Coop built on 16" X 4" x 2" cinder blocks burried in the ground. Build coop with a clean out door, outside the fenced in area to make annual turn over a bit...
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    Light in the coop

    Debating the value of lighting and value others' opinions. Installed electricity in order to support future coop expansion and to knock off items on the "like-to-have" list as time and budget permit. Electric list includes: exterior light on switch for after dark light at coop enterence...
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    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    Dun....had a similar situation down in Bridgewater. Attempted to rehome on Craigslist and Freecycle with not luck. If all else fails...Den Beston accepted my roosters. I really tried to find the courage to address the issue myself but failed and decided the most humane thing was to involve a...
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    Sand vs. Deep litter. Let's solve this

    Preceding posts summarize well...choose a style that fits your circumstances and preferences. Personally I like to get out in the coop morning and night and do not mind daily cleaning and given my desire to minimize impact on neighbors, noise and odor control I opted for a higher maintenance...
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    What is the normal time to clean a coop?

    Preceding post very informative. Currently house 5 hens and 3 silkies. Coop is 6' X 12'. Using a sand floor with a bit of Diatomatious Earth mixed in. Clean with a litter scoop both mornings and evenings, very quick and easy, dump right into a plastic pail with lid...compost bin every...
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    Using sand in run AND in coop?

    I too use sand for the coop floor. Installed about a yard and a half in an 6' X 12'. Coop built on 16" X 4" x 2" cinder blocks burried in the ground. Build coop with a clean out door, outside the fenced in area to make annual turn over a bit easier. Clean the floor morning and night, very...
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    Chicken Names- whats your chickens name?

    Rhode Island Reds: Sugar Plum and Ms. Beautiful Beautifuls...aka Swarty Welsummer: Doris Flores Gorgeous Cuckoo Mararans and Silkies: work in progress
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    Purina vs Blue Seal

    Started egg hatched chicks on BlueSeal Home Fresh Starter Medicated Meal, followed by Home Fresh Extra Egg Crumbles. Dog and cat also served Blue Seal products. As are the wild birds. Kio have their own non- Blue Seal feed. Have been please with the consistent quality, ingredients and price...
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