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    Hen crowing?

    I've had the Fastos for over 3 years, a pair of identical BOs, sweet as pie. Well just this summer one of them started crowing in the morning! A genuine crow, though somewhat weak. But it's loud enough to get me out if bed, to quiet her down with some scratch. Have you ever heard of this? I'm...
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    Eggs aren't as tasty and other feed questions

    Thanks for the thoughts. I bought a cabbage yesterday and will shred it for them and talk to my grocery store, they are pretty helpful there.
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    Eggs aren't as tasty and other feed questions

    Hi there, I gave a dozen eggs to my mom last week and she didn't notice a difference between them and store bought!! I have to say in the spring and summer they were much more orange and flavorful. (My son wouldn't eat them because they had too much flavor!) but at this time they were free...
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    Where to buy Organic Chicken Feed?

    Quote: Love Scratch and Peck feed. It is pretty powdery though, so my girls only want to eat the peas and corn, etc, that is bigger grains. So we mix the powder up with yogurt or cottage cheese and the girls get all the vitamins and protein that is in the finer part.
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    Okay...help boost my confidence....

    You can do it!! (Sorry, no tips, my hubbie build my coop, I just watched and held nails)
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    Red heat lamp 24/7?

    By clay pot I imagine a lg. (12 ") squat pot upside down over the lamp so the lamp is facing up? What would that sit on, the floor? How does it stay upright with the shape of the lamp? Ours is in a wire cage with a metal cone around the back to deflect light/heat. Hmm, a picture would be...
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    Red heat lamp 24/7?

    It has been pretty cold and windy here, in the teens day and night. We put a heat lamp in the coop and am wondering if it is OK to have it on all the time? Now that it is in the low 30s, shall I take it out?
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    muddy mucky mess

    I have done some reading here and think I have the answer, but a few opinions never hurt... Our run is uncovered and is dirt (now that the rains have started, mud) and I spread some straw down over the extra muddy parts and it has turned to muck. I give them kitchen scraps daily and just throw...
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    EE laying brown eggs?

    Well, I guess I will just have to get more chickens to spice up the egg palette!
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    EE laying brown eggs?

    I was so excited to get those greenish bluish eggs! I've been waiting 23 weeks and my girls just started laying. My BR layed her first egg on Friday, a little buff colored one. She has since laid 2 more. Then Sun. morning, Kari lour EE with great cheek feathering, laid her first, but it was...
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    Roosting in the cedar tree! (and lots of questions)

    I am soooo sure they are laying elsewhere. They are 22 weeks! So today in the pouring rain I came home early from work and searched under every bush. The girls followed me around everywhere, with a "whatca doin?" looks but they weren't giving up their hiding spots and I didn't find the eggs...
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    Roosting in the cedar tree! (and lots of questions)

    OK, loud and clear. The girls come running when we go outside and yesterday and they let us pick them up and such, so I am hoping they haven't gone too feral. I don't want to loose them, I will make the run priority one when DH gets back home. Thanks for the honest advice.
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    Roosting in the cedar tree! (and lots of questions)

    Hi back, What if they are laying in someone elses yard? How would I know?
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    Roosting in the cedar tree! (and lots of questions)

    Our girls went missing in the evening. We couldn't find them anywhere. First it was one, then it was all but the pair of BOs. Then it was everybody. Days, heck, even weeks. We knew they were somewhere because they came back every morning, happy as little chickens. But where, where did they...
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    I need help with some questions

    I have a small free range flock that is about 1.5 years old. My land is not fenced. They don't leave my property. There's a small swamp maybe 200 yards from their coop; this is as far as they've ever gone, and they usually stay closer. Actually they are often around the coop or around my...
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