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    Can't break a broody, please give me ideas

    She won't like it, but just put her in a vat of cool water up to her neck. Keep her underwater for at least 5 minutes(i pet her and talk to her to calm her down but it works very time).
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    Chicken oddities: what’s something you wish your chicken/chickens didn’t do?

    I love that they hang out with the adult quail in my yard, but i hate that they scatter their food all over. They just peck it out of any container and waste over half of it!
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    What do you wish you knew before you built your coop and run?

    Wish i would have put in an automatic door from the start!
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    What do you wish you knew before you built your coop and run?

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    Fermenting Chicken Feed

    Oh, that is so helpful. Thanks. I have a small kitchen and am using two pickle jars and i think you are right - the scum is easily stirred down and is not anything like mold. Getting used to the sweet smell. My girls love it and am rotating 3 days with one jar and making sure i keep some water...
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    Fermenting Chicken Feed

    So i have a thin bit of mold on top of one of my batches. Should i be worried? I just stirred it up but should i throw it away. Smells fine
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    Fermenting Chicken Feed

    My first batch of fermented grain is bubbly and wonderful and my girls love it! So now i put more grain in and have to wait 3 days? Do i start another batch so i can alternate?
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    Fermenting Chicken Feed

    Ah, thanks for the quick response. How about SCOBY from my konbucha? My girls love eating it cut up into kind of worm like strands.
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    Fermenting Chicken Feed

    So, i'm not sure how to get into this conversation so my apologies if i'm butting in. I have just started fermenting my first batch and thought that i had read that i can just take some feed out and keep adding to the ferment to keep it going. Is that correct? And if so, can i add some veggie...
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    My dogs are demons.

    Once a dog gets the taste of blood there is no way to retrain it. Put it down. Sorry, but he will kill again and maybe get into other's chickens.
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    OYSTER SHELLS

    Hm, was just wondering if i could just dissolve a calcium carbonate capsule that i use into their water. Would that give my girls more calcium? Would it be too much?
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    Please help diagnose

    Oh, so sorry for the bad news about your old girl. Since i can't figure out how to ask a question of my own...i'll just try here. Found this thread like thing in my girl's poop in the morning. (Droppings from the roost.) IS IT A WORM? I have 4 hens who are all moltilng but seem very lively...
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    Official BYC Poll: Which Challenges Did You Face in Getting Backyard Chickens?

    Dealing with a feather eating hen. Just been praying that the victim survives.
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    How to Keep Chickens Cool in Upcoming Heat Wave?

    Just went through a week of over 100 degrees in Spokane and more on the way. I have silver wyandottes. Water, water and shade are most important. My girls loved digging in the cool dirt after i sprinkled it down. Put a pie pan with a layer of water in the freezer. Then put corn kernels, peas...
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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2020

    Is this how i enter the "molting chicken contest? Here's my "mangy" mama. She doesn't know that she isn't quite cute anymore. Here's what she'll look like soon! Mary N Spokane, WA
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