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    Tortise that got attacked

    Well, if he's hung in there this long, I'd say he stands a chance, but I know nothing about tortoises. I think it's time to reach out to a local vet, or animal hospital - they can assess him & his injuries and would be the best ones to advise you of your options. I'm pretty sure holes in his...
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    Tortise that got attacked

    I'm so sorry this happened! Is there a vet in your area who deals with tortoises? Or maybe a veterinary hospital? I think I remember seeing on TV that a turtle's shell was repaired using fiberglass or bondo - something like doing bodywork on a car. Without knowing much about the situation, I...
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    do chickens eat holly berries? Are they poisonous to chickens?

    Three legged dog - Thanks so much for posting that list! I'm only up to the "E"s and I'm a bit overwhelmed - I had no idea the world was so toxic for chickens. I checked in here to see specifically about holly berries - I let my girls out each day for a little free range time, and they...
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    Harlem Shake- Chicken Version!

    Absolutely hysterical! Thanks for posting - I really needed a good laugh today! NancyB
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    Apple peels for chickens !

    Ridgerunner - that sounds very reasonable . . . moderation in most things is good! I don't have any fruit trees around, and hadn't really given the matter any thought, until we got "the girls", last September, and I think I'm still in my learning curve - the more I learn about chickens, the...
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    Apple peels for chickens !

    Oh, that's good to know - I used to give my girls apple cores, then somewhere on here I read that the seeds contain cyanide - since I had no idea what the concentration was, or how much would be harmful to the chickens, I stopped giving them the cores. I'm curious, though - is there not a...
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    Apple peels for chickens !

    Please be careful giving your chickens apples or apple cores - apple seeds have cyanide in them. NancyB
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    Metal Waterer Question.........

    We've been using that same kind of waterer - the 2 gallon double walled galvanized metal kind - since September, and we have no signs of rust. We have pretty hard water here, too. In non-freezing weather, we change the water every night when we are putting "the girls" to bed. In freezing...
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    My hen lay her first eggs. Yah!

    Congratulations!!! Isn't it just so cool to find eggs? One of mine just started laying a couple of weeks ago, another started just a few days ago. One other is "practicing" by sitting in the nesting box (she's an EE, and will lay green eggs - I know she hasn't laid any yet, as I've only...
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    We've got eggs!!! and - Updated pictures of "the girls"!

    Thanks everyone! And . . . to update the update, we have another hen laying! It took me a while to figure out if we had a 2nd girl leaving us presents - Cathleen, who was the 1st to lay, had a couple of "off" days (I think), and then a couple of eggs showed up in a pretty short time of one...
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    Possum... yikes!

    My daughter went out around 6 tonight to bring some stuff to the compost bin, and she came running back in to tell us an animal was in the bin (which is about 6 or 7 feet away from our coop). DH took the dog out, and discovered an oppossum hanging out on the compost bin - sitting on top of one...
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    We've got eggs!!! and - Updated pictures of "the girls"!

    Hi all - Our Buff Orpington, "Cathleen" has just started laying eggs! I had thought she was getting close, so I put some hay in with the shavings in the nesting boxes recently. I saw that someone was rearranging the hay, so I put a golf ball in each of the nesting boxes just last weekend. I...
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    Lost "Angry Bird"

    I'm sorry about "Angry Bird". I'm new to the world of chickens - we've just had our for a month or so, but already I'm starting to fall for our girls . . . I can only imagine how hard it is to lose one after 17 years. I know it's small comfort, but she died peacefully and happily in a place...
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    The newest non-human members of our family! (and my very first chickens ever!!!)

    Thanks, everyone! The girls are settling in nicely. I've spent some time just hanging out in the run with them - 3 of the 5 are pretty comfortable around me, the other 2 are starting to come around. I gave them a little hay today - they loved scratching in it and kicking it around. Gave...
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    The newest non-human members of our family! (and my very first chickens ever!!!)

    At last - we did it! We bought 5 lovely girlies today, from a fellow BYCer (thanks, Arielle! ). They are settling in nicely, and we apparently built the coop correctly, because the girls knew exactly what to do. I've checked on them 3 times already . . . I think they're getting a bit...
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