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    Bare butts... what is going on? (PICS)

    I'm having the same issue, 5 of my 6 chickens have bare butts and they have started pecking each other there. Now one of them is missing feathers on her back, I checked and see no bugs.. I'm at totally loss.
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    What should we do for blowing snow?

    We have an 8X12 coop with an 10 inch ventilation strip all the way around, both windows have been closed for the winter and we have a clear fiberglass roof ( we did not get to the permanent roof this summer) We had to block off one side of the ventilation because snow was blowing in and it seems...
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    FINALLY!!! 6 for 6!

    We got our first egg at 17 weeks, with an additional 2 coming the following week. We've been getting 3 everyday since and they have finally made it to a store bought large. The last 2 weeks we were getting 5 eggs every 2 days.. then a few days ago 5 everyday... yesterday and today we have 6...
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    Who else is waiting the impossible wait?

    Sadly we are not able to free range, but we give tons of weeds, grasses and stuff around our place and recently switched to layena. I also feed our scraps from the kitchen- they have been getting lots of melon rinds and what falls from the high chair. I was extremely surprised to find the first...
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    Who else is waiting the impossible wait?

    I have 3 black sex link and 3 red sex link. We got our first eggs around the 18 week mark- 2 then one every other day until today we have 3!! It's been 11 days
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    Montana

    Kalispell here.. this site is very informative!!
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    Does the DE have to be food grade?

    Thank you, that's what I needed to know.
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    Does the DE have to be food grade?

    I'm waiting for a call from someone that knows something at cenex lol. The girl I talked to said that the bag does not say food grade. Does it need to be food grade?
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