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    Lets count to a million

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    Lets count to a million

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    Do chickens get fleas?

    This is what we use. You dilute it with water and as an added bonus it's got a pretty smell, a bit like lavender. We give the house a thorough clean and spray it on.
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    Do chickens get fleas?

    They can become anaemic and even die. You might also find that if the infestation is in the house/nest box that they won't use it and as such may not lay (we've found with ours).
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    Free ranging pros and cons?

    Pretty much the same as everyone else had put, predators is the big one. It's pretty heart breaking when something else makes off with your chook for its dinner. I know it's nature, but it's still sad. It's worth making sure your fences are secure. Our neighbour tried to replace his fence...
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    Crazy fun things to do with your chickens

    Or having a picnic in the garden whilst the chickens are free ranging! Was hilarious after I accepted I was going to have to share my potatoes! I always love giving them mash too, they can get in a right mess with it.
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    good short and cute chicken names please!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

    We have Mavis and Pookie. We did also have Betty. I like names like Vera and Gertie, I quite like Edna too :)
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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    :lol: don't forget Murder on the Omlet Express!
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    Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

    Look at those gorgeous little balls of grey fluff! So cute!
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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    Reminds me of the stories I was told about when my mum was a girl. My grandad would get animals for food. She and her brother and sister would name them so he couldn't cook them. I don't think he was very happy!
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    OMG found a fox about to kill my chickens! Need help fox proofing

    I'd agree, touch wood the foxes can't get in ours and neither can the dog. Our run is covered over the top and the chicken wire on the sides goes down and out underground to deter digging. We've got a bolted door as well on the run and the girls are shut in their coops of a night. They sometimes...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    Thanks :) She's a sablepoot bantam. We've had her for about a year and she's a minx for going broody.
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    What do you grow to feed the chickens??

    Cwrite, ours eat everything too! We've got some weird purple berries that growat the back of the garden, not sure what they are but they gobble them year after year. It's quite cute watching them jump for the ones just out of their reach. Strawberries in particular are never safe in our...
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    Hi there!!

    Hi Debbie, it's nice to meet you *waves*
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    Here's a pick of my broody girl. She just keeps cooing away at the moment sitting on diddly squat! Well apart from her bedding :)
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