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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Good point Jeff! I have cedar walls in my coup. They poop on the walls but I dont see any peck marks. My nester is metal and the roosts are Ipe (South American Hard wood, does not float or burn, need diamond bits to drill it) Pine shavings and Alfalfa in deep litter on the floor. Never any...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Thanks for the welcome Delish. And I'm sorry to say I disagree with you on one point. Sometimes one person is so spectacular in one way or another that they change the world. That energy draws the people to the places. If a single person cannot impact many then there is no reason to ever try...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Cedar is not a no no. Cedar chips are a no no. Cedar walls are very reliable in defending against insects. Cedar chips that can be ingested or fall and get soaked in the drinking water can be a toxin to the chickens. Please check your information before making grand statements that can be...
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    The road less traveled...back to good health! They have lice, mites, scale mites, worms, anemia, gl

    Please. Just apply at National Geographic and send them some of your pics. They will fly you all over the place with a staff and an expense account!
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    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    you mean count his bad boys? With a microscope? L
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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    I'm so Sorry, Not in Oz, for your loss and for the fact that your mom must feel bad too. I just thought I would ad my 2 cents- it might be relevant. I traded a sweet middle of the flock hierarchy Plym rock to my friend for a bully Ply Rock. I have ff for about 3 months straight, she does not...
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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    What a tough week! Seems like so much has been happening to so many flocks. I'm sorry Aoxa. And glad Jagger is okay.-L
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    The road less traveled...back to good health! They have lice, mites, scale mites, worms, anemia, gl

    love it! My son calls me majic momma and insists my scrambled eggs are better than anyones! Yeah, but he refuses to eat anything that looks burnt. My DH says I can be trusted with coffee and jalapeno sauce...everything else he wants to micro manage for me! Lol. Still, I enjoy it. Cooking...
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    The road less traveled...back to good health! They have lice, mites, scale mites, worms, anemia, gl

    Well my chickens did not have feather pads last week, but this week they have pronounced ones. I know this because I checked them after Bees bird autopsy and today they are nearly bursting a bump in that saddle area. not all of them, but the Plym Rocks for sure and some of the ones I think...
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    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    Oh my. Well I grew up in Cincinnati Ohio and they have Coney Island, Skyline chili and others....Chili hotdogs are a big deal. My sister sends me skyline chili a couple times a year. It's never the same but as close as I can get out West. Soft melty steamed buns, piles of cheese thinnly...
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    The road less traveled...back to good health! They have lice, mites, scale mites, worms, anemia, gl

    I always get so wordy and I really do not mean to. I'd rather be able to zap my thoughts at you quick without the lengthy paragraphs. Please do not be offended by what I am about to say. I respect your position, whatever it is. In a word, no I'm not worried about my immediate family at all...
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    The road less traveled...back to good health! They have lice, mites, scale mites, worms, anemia, gl

    This one is my fave. Such a lovely place. My granpa's farm was a little bit like that. It's gone now, the house burned down. Was Tucked up in a hollar in KY. Some times I forget how much I have let go over the years. Thanks for sharing and bringing that all back for a minute. It looks...
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    The road less traveled...back to good health! They have lice, mites, scale mites, worms, anemia, gl

    lol. We get electric outages all the time and in summer too. Usually trees fall on lines. We have been snowed in for days before when it snows 5 or 6 feet. Sounds incredible huh? I have some of the same issues that you do, my coop is too small for more than a day of keeping it closed either...
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    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    I hear you loud and clear. Picked up a wallpaper glue trough at Goodwill the other day. Its big and long and about 35 years old I think so its made of the heavy plastic, not at all flimsy. I just want a warmer day to wash it out really well before I use it. I'm listening! I usually feed...
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