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    How much does it cost to raise a meat chicken?

    We raise a very small flock of laying hens and when they age and stop laying eggs, we find someone who will butcher them. They keep some birds for the butchering and we get the rest. The birds are much smaller than any broiler hen but man, the taste is absolutely unbeatable. I now think store...
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    Things That Chicken Eat That Surprised You

    There was the time I saw one of my chickens trying to eat a dead rat but it was too big to get down her throat, and it stank! I had to chase the chicken all around the yard trying to get the dead rat away which I finally did. The chicken stank like the dead rat! My girls will also clean out a...
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    Two swollen chickenfeet with wierd hard, ball-like scabs! What is it?

    Hi all, I noticed one of my hens was not eating with the rest of the flock this morning so I isolated her and then noticed that both her feet are swollen and hot, like an infection. The weird part is that there are two black looking scabs right on the bottom, one scab on each foot, about 1/4 "...
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    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    Why do people wait to live "frugally" until there is no other choice? I know (actually know a relative of mine) people who will revert back to extravagant living as soon as they are out of debt, got a new job etc. Living frugally doesn't mean deprivation. It can mean a better life. Eating at...
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    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    We are doing really well, we don't have any debt, our mortgage is paid off, and we rent in our home which brings in steady income. But the way this society is so wasteful, we want to have a small footprint on this earth. I will never buy a new car because I think it is such a tremendous waste...
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    Injured chicken has green foot, what should I do?

    Thanks for all the advice. I will stop the cortisone treatment. Today she seems to be a little bit better with a little more of that chicken curiousness. The greenish color is receding and she is using the foot a little now. The wound is not smelly so I don't think it is gangrene. I bought...
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    Injured chicken has green foot, what should I do?

    Hi, I am new to this forum, I just joined today. I have been keeping chickens in Honolulu for about 4 years now and I have grown very fond of my hens. I have 14 Rhode Island Red/Leghorn crosses that are just beginning to lay. I noticed one a couple of days ago lying in a funny position so I...
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    Hi from Honolulu

    Hi all, I live in Honolulu, Hawaii and I currently have a flock of 20 layer chickens. 14 are just starting to lay (got the first egg yesterday) and 6 are about four years old which I have had from chicks. They are all Rhode Island Red/ Leghorn crosses. I feed them organic layer feed and...
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