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    Best feed for chickens that aren't free range?

    Thanks Johny for answering me so quickly. I have been bringing them all kinds of fruit almost each day, and throwing them chickweed and grass as well as much as I can. I also changed their feed to 18% layer/breeder crumble to see if I can fatten them up a bit. When you say garden scraps, what do...
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    Best feed for chickens that aren't free range?

    I may be a little bit nuts, but I'm used to that one, But I have found that I don't like the taste of my egg whites that my chickens are laying and I am pretty sure it has to do with the feed that I feed them. I know that they would be better off being able to free range, but we have a chicken...
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    What kinds of dogs does everybody have?

    I've got a rottweiller little girl that isn't really little, but she thinks she is......Her name is Sheba Grace.....Now if I can figure out how to download a picture of her I will, lol
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    Mites...

    Oh my gosh, I would never use a bomb on my coop, my girls are my best friends and would never do anything that would harm them. I am only looking for a answer to the pillow case situation. I am wondering how much dusting powder do I put in the pillow case to dust them off?
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    Mites...

    Quote: You leave their head out of the top and close the bag around them. Kind of "massage the sevin powder all over them. I use the Iver On cattle pour on as it treats for biting/sucking lice and mites and also acts as a wormer. I got the dosages here on BYC. If you search the threads i am...
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    Battery Hens?

    Hi all, my landlady wanted to get me started out and went out and bought me 10 battery hens. I thought that she was nuts cause of the condition that they were in, however, with alittle bit of research found out that the little girls deserved a good life after what they were used too. However, I...
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    Canadians check in here....

    Hi all, I live just outside of White Rock, BC...Is there anyone close by to me?
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    Newby here

    Hi all.... I'm Moonflower and nice to meet you all here....I used to raise chickens about 6 years ago and miss it terribly so decided it was time to start again. I was lucky to rent a place that already had a chicken coop. Its a little bit unhappy, but with some chicks or little ladies inside to...
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