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    Can you feather-sex silkies? Anyone tried?

    I know you Ostend your question about feather sexing your silkies in 2008, and it's now 2016. I was wondering is your experiment panned out. We're the early tailed chicks female? Or did or matter? If you can, I'd appreciate any thing you can remember.
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    Marans egg size?

    So I'M reading the Cuckoo Marans lay wonderful large dark eggs. So why are mine laying eggs no bigger than my Silkies eggs, sometimes much smaller? They been laying for a couple weeks, and the size has not changed. There are also two white rocks with the Marans and their eggs are also very...
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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Checking in from Bristol, Indiana. 5 miles from the Michigan border. Got a large egg this morning...3.74 oz. haven't done any research for records. Truly do not have time. Went on BYC to sorta check, got swept up in Indiana Chicken Keepers blog. Late to it, but love it.
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    don't know Overrun. the posts I readl in the beginning addressed cows and such, never saw any percentage ration of fodder to feed. Snowed in now, I'll fire up the coffee pot and start reading. I've always wanted to do an "important info" post. Consolidated in one place. Maybe now is the time....
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    40 per flat. If you'll start at post 1, all the info you'll need is in the first 5 or 6 pages.
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    thought I'd check into the fodder conversation after almost 2 years. Whew! Was alarmed at the mis info out there. Let me address two: 1, yes fodder is meant to replace commercial feed. 2, one garden flat (22 x 10, sorry don't know metric conversion) is enough to feed 40 chickens. I know, I...
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    HELP!!!!!!!!!!! ALL of my hens have stopped laying eggs!

    And fat chickens don't lay. If you are feeding yours laying feed, scratch, and kitchen waste, it could be they are too fat. There are numerous threads on how to tell if your chckens are carrying to much weight. Try eliminating either the scratch or the kitchen waste. Give it a month, fat...
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    egg laying...or not

    Trying to find someone who knows how to tell if a chicken is still laying. My flock is 49 strong, and the only ones I can tell who are not laying are the Americanas. No blue eggs. My chicken are 2 - 4 years old, and I am still getting 24 to 28 eggs a day. Even in the winter. Seperating one...
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    DIY Instructions for Very EASY heated waterer for under $20 bucks

    Where is the pop door thread link?
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    freezing eggs???

    Just read this post about boiling fresh eggs....never, never boil anything less than 2 weeks old. Steam them. I boil water, place a metal sifter in the pot, cover with the pots' lid, and steam for...well, depends on the number of eggs. For 6, I steam for 10-12 minutes. For 12, I'd steam for 20...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    Sorry, again, pawtraitart, for the lateness of this reply. The chicken bones worked well in my stockpot on my woodburner. Had it there for 2 days. The turkey bones were added, and weren't doing so well. So, I took them out on the back porch and used the flat end of my kindling axe on them...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    Pigeonguy, I love the idea of the guttering! Thanks, so much easier for me and my space than planting trays or plastic bins. I can hardly wait to get started. Luckily I have 10s of feet of this stuff, replaced my guttering several years ago, and it's been sitting around waiting for the fairys to...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    Sorry, pawtraitart, for the delay in answering your question about my cooking method. I boil them. For about 24 hours, very low simmer. I have also used an old crockpot and left it on for 3 days. My processor is an old Cuisinart, heavy thing, so old the white has yellowed. I also have a new...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    Read the Mother article about formulating and mixing your own chicken feed. Around the bottom of the list, there appeared meat scraps. And steamed bone meal. So, I was wondering if what I do with chicken carcasses would replace scraps and bone meal. When ever I have cooked one of my raised...
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    How do you bag your meat birds?

    I'd like to know what the Buffs turn out to be. I'm raising them, along with Jersey Giants, and LT Bramhas for dual purpose.
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