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    lake city fl, anyone else in this area

    Hi, we have been in LC for two years and have 10 chickens: 6 speckled Sussex and four EEs. Love 'em all. So much fun!
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    lake city fl, anyone else in this area

    Hi there! I am newish to LC too and have had our first chickens about a year. There is so much to learn and backyardchickens is a great tool to help you! Welcome and have fun with your new chicken venture.
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    Broody hen? How does that happen?

    I would like a broody hen to hatch some eggs. My 6 SSs and 4 EEs are 10 months old (as well as EE roo). Is there a way to make a hen GO broody?? Will they want to at any particular age, or season or temperature or certain condition?
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    Who else is waiting for that first egg?

    Finally! Yesterday, one of our EEs gave us a beautiful (albeit smallish) blue egg! I wasn't home all day, and when I went out to give them their daily treats, I found it cuddled in the middle box. Jumped for joy! Sure wish I had heard the egg song. But nobody's talking, so nobody can get the...
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    Poultry grit

    I was wondering if any of the grit that chickens eat get passed through their system and out. Do they have to replace it with more grit then? Or does it stay in there till it gets ground too small and passed out? How often should I offer it, or all the time free choice? We live in Florida -...
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    Ants in the feed

    The ants finally found the feeder and are helping themselves to the feed. They are not fire ants (which the girls will NOT (unfortunately) eat, but the black ants with large brown heads. Is there any way to keep ants out of feed? Maybe if I hang it up? Its a box with holes in the side that...
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    What treat did your chickies get today?

    Frozen bananas drizzled with honey and sprinkled with chopped peanuts. Gone in 30 seconds! With a cold water chaser.
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    Who else is waiting for that first egg?

    Our girls are 17 weeks old and I have their nesting boxes ready and waiting with a wooden egg in each. The Speckled Sussex are getting nice combs and wattles, but the EEs hardly have any combs and no wattles. I'm guessing any day now, but am I wrong? Probably (since I thought Stan the Man was...
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    Question on what's a good soil!

    Wondering where DE is useful, how often to apply it, how much per square foot, and where else besides dust bath areas is it useful. we have a dirt floor in coop with raised poop deck for nest boxes and roosts. Eleven chickens that are 11 weeks old and I LOVE them!
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    What!? Separate my Rooster from Hens?

    Well, I learned today, thank you! I'll think about the saddles - maybe if one gets hurt with blood as a temporary bandage? We were planning to have some chicken dinners, but we've become so attached to these 11, that we might wait till we have some more chicks. I won't have the grandchildren...
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    What!? Separate my Rooster from Hens?

    Thank you for your reply. I will let them work it out. 'Course I am still the ruler of the roost! I better get some saddles made just in case! However, if chicken mating does not involve any penetration, how does the egg get fertilized?
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    What!? Separate my Rooster from Hens?

    Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens says (pg. 238) to separate the rooster from the hens at about 3-8 weeks of age. Because they become more sexually active and pecking order gets serious. My 10 pullets and one rooster are 7 1/2 weeks old. I have noticed signs of pecking order - they fly about...
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    Terrified Chicks?

    Thank you so much for your help. We did decide it was time last night for their first night in the coop. They were waiting for us when we went out just at dark, so we placed each one on the roost and then turned on the brooder light to make them feel secure. Well, they all jumped off the...
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    Pecking Order Signs

    Our 11 chicks are now almost 7 weeks old. Five EEs and 6 SSs. One EE, Stella, is a big girl. She usually grabs everything away from everyone else, so I think she will be the Queen of the Flock. This morning I witnessed her jump onto the back of a SS and bite her neck. Is this part of...
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    Terrified Chicks?

    Oops, not too clear about the coop. They have a lovely coop with roosting bars up off the ground with a poop floor and a ramp (no nesting boxes yet). They run in and out of it all day. That's where the food and water are. Their brooder boxes inside our house have two roosting bars as well...
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