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    Why have chickens?

    I have 14 red sex links and they love to folow me around when I am picking rocks. They stand beside my leg untill I lift up the next rock and then watch out bugs.
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    Thank You

    I don't know who's posted the thread I read about using a elec water bowel from TCS for your birds in the winter. But A Big Thank You. This is the first year that I have had no problems with my water and my girls don't even wash there feet in it. We have had temps 10-15 below zero and my water...
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    Heads UP

    Snow and temp dropping to -7 with 50 mph wind gust. My girls and I are in need of some warmth and sunshine. Every one is laying well despite the cold winter.
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    RIR Pullets That Are Afraid OF Every Thing

    I have 15 rir pullets that came from Meyers and they are afraid of any thing they see. When I let out in the morning in a 20x20 run they go under the coop and spend the rest of the day there not coming out until all most dark. If I give them bread they run out to get a piece and right back under...
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    Will they or won't they

    I just picked up six year old red sexlinks that had been with a rooster and most of there backs are bare and they have stopped laying since being moved.. My question is will there feathers grow back be for they molt and will they start laying again be for molting. Thank you
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    Can cold weather cause small red spots on egg yoke

    How long will this last. Egg sales are dropping off because of these spots. Is this more common with brown eggs. thank you
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    Can cold weather cause small red spots on egg yoke

    I have 20 sexlinks that are one year old and my eggs are getting spots on the yokes. My hens are laying 18=20 eggs every day. Could the stress from the cold and egg production cause this. Thank you Dale
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