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    Noobiechickenladys Page

    Hi all! I've never raised chickens before, but I've been getting more and more serious about living a more sustainable lifestyle, providing for myself & my family. Chickens & a garden are my first step, after that, I don't know... Maybe goats? May 27 The girls are growing so fast, they look...
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    Crazy Colored Chicken

    I have an EE that has very similar coloring. He has almost fluorescent orange feathers if you part them down the back.
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    Organic Valley bans raw milk sellers- Time for a boycott?

    Quote: x2 Agreed!
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    Help! My chickens/livestock are all healthy!!!!!

    6 RIR & a BR roo, all happy fluffy butts. I love watching them soar off the roost into the yard when I open the coop. And the fights over hornworms Only issue I have is my roo is rather dumb and keeps getting trapped inside the fence of the ballfield next to my house. DH just says he doesn't...
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    How to encourage a hen to go broody?

    Okay, apparently I mistyped when I was searching cause I couldn't find anything this morning when I looked! Thanks all!
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    How to encourage a hen to go broody?

    I have 5 RIR and an EE. I do have a rooster. The ladies just started laying. I really would like them to raise babies without me having to build or buy an incubator. I can deal with brooding them after they are hatched if I don't get a good mommy bird, I just don't want to deal with the hatching...
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    Straw Bale coop?

    If you have a lot of straw, and a lot of mud, try doing Cob. Its cheap-cheap-cheap, fun to work (remember mud pies?) and easy to get right. Great insulation, thermal mass, fireproof, termite proof. About the only thing that will kill it is a "gullywasher" flood. And if you put it on a decent...
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    My Burger King Rant

    We (engaged roomates & myself) were at McD once. The girlfriend is HIGHLY allergic to mustard. Think anaphylactic shock & hospital visit from a single mustard seed. So we place our order. I wanted a big mac, he got nuggets & she got 2 kid's cheeseburgers NO MUSTARD. Got the food, mine was...
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    Holy Smell!!!!

    Pine shavings & liberal amounts of DE (diatomatous earth)! My ladies were cooped up for a full week when I went on vac (my mom looked after them, but didn't let them out) and had no smell when I got back. Thats all that I used. And it rained like a genesis flood here.
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    "Let's Get It On!"

    A good idea that has been often posted here and other boards, is to break the egg into a coffeecup or shallow dish before you put it in the pan. That way if you run into something gross, its in a cup by itself and doesn't ruin the other 6 eggs already in the pan.
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    Do you know people grossed out by fresh eggs?

    Quote: My 'rents say they don't like fresh eggs cause they taste so strong. And my granny won't because the taste reminds her of the depression. Thats about all they had to eat. Eggs & chicken. Chicken & eggs. I can't WAIT until I get my first eggs.
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    I think it is time to strangle my cats........

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    expressions or tems that you should not say:

    OH this is hilarous! The perfect end to my Friday. Here's a few: Fusstrated - Frustrated Spe-ci-aaaallll-ity - Specialty Scrate - Straight Unorganized - Disorganized Irrevelant - Irrelevant Commander and Chief - Commander IN Chief Orientated - Oriented The way southerners use Coke instead of...
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    Hay, Straw, wood chips,..help me decide

    I agree, use a droppings board under the roost, use pine shavings (the large kind, not the sawdust stuff) and use DE, also adding a kickboard (just a board in front of the door at floor level) so the shavings don't spill out. When it starts looking iffy or you get a slight whiff of amonia...
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    When will they know I'm not trying to eat them?

    My girls are almost 4 months odl and they still are skittish of me. They'll come running and mob me when I call them with the oatmeal can, but they'll still scatter like quail if I try to walk up to them, even very slowly.
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