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    constipation question for chicks

    Hello! Well, we have 24 of our 25 meaties eating and growing great! (Eating for sure!) Today, I noticed some pasty butts, so am in the process of cleaning them off. I also cleaned out the little pool we have them in. When I went back in to check on them a couple of hours later, there are quite a...
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    chickens and lice

    With the sevin 5% dust is there A difference between garden grade and that for poultry. the stuff i have used in our garden is also labeled for cat and dog use. Also is there a problem with the chickens eating the dust after you have dusted their coop and run. Are you to repeat about every week...
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    New Meat Chicks one with strange sickness

    We received our order of Meaties Friday. That evening, we noticed one that could not walk. Looking at her legs, it didn't seem like spraddle legs, but she could not support herself. We hobbled her with a cut bandaid and took her to water so that she could drink. We saw then that she never opened...
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    5 HENS IN FLOCK 2 LOOSING FEATHERS AND SEEM TO LOST WEIGHT

    OUR EGG PRODUCTION HAS BEEN DOWN TO ABOUT 1 TO 2 EGGS A DAY OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. THE FLOCK IS JUST 1 YR OLD. MY WIFE NOTICED THAT 1 WHO WE THOUGHT HAD GONE BROODY LOOKED VERY SICKLY THIN IN THE NECK AND BODY AREA AND ONLY A FEW TAIL FEATHERS LEFT. THEN WE NOTICED ANOTHER LOOKING SIMILAR. IS...
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    Best time to order

    Our other ones fethered out pretty quick with just a few bald spots, so if we have heat and dry ground I guess they will be o.k. We are just trying to figure out a good rotation for them. We want to do 25 twice a year (Due to freezer space.) It sure is a great feeling looking in that freezer...
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    Best time to order

    Thank you for the replies, If I could just figure out the weather. My fear is having to keep them inside past the point of cuteness, then they just reek. If it is still pretty chilly at night, but they have a light, ventillation, and isulation, but otherwise closed up, do you think they would be...
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    Egg Laying, Lights and Winter

    We put a timer on our light out there. It comes on at 6 a.m. and off again at 10 p.m. (we have a lot of grey days in the winter) They have continued to lay almost everyday. I was surprised that right before Christmas our last one started to lay. We thought she was going to hold out for warmer...
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    why are there blood spots in my eggs?

    I would love to say that the whole steak idea cured me of the finikiness, but alas, I do not eat red meat.
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    Best time to order

    Of course it depends on the year, but last year winter lasted forever and then it was summer. Usually we have a nice April, but sometimes it snows. I would like to be able to keep them in a small brooder box for a couple of weeks, and then put them out in the "apartment" Our last batch we...
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    Best time to order

    I did a search and read a bunch, but didn't find my question answered - so sorry if it is a beat to death question! We live in Utah and it is cold right now. we want to order meaties again (I promised my hubby and I had time to get over the last time) When is a good time to order so that they...
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    Yay! HUGE Egg! *PIC*

    We have an easter egger who likes to lay doubles - Our kids love to hardboil them, it looks so cool!
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    why are there blood spots in my eggs?

    Can I add a question here, I read this thread to help me but I am wondering still. I have two cuckoo marans, and I cracked three of their eggs the other morning, each seeming a little worse than the one before. I have no idea whose, or how old each of them were, we just have crates that we fill...
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    Noisy, noisy, noisy hens!!

    This thread made me laugh! I have one Cuckoo who must be bragging after she lays each time, it just goes on and on! I don't know if she is aware of it or not, but she was the last to lay! (I might not mention that - don't want to hurt her feelings!) We live in the city too, my neighbors are...
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    chicken stock

    Thank you so much for all the replies. The link was very helpful (for even more than this question) So Thanks! Maybe this is a stupid question, but when you can pears and other fruit in a steam canner are they considered to have a higher acid content? I know that they say not to can veggies in...
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    chicken stock

    Hey, I was wondering if anyone cans their chicken stock, or do you just freeze it? I would like to know since with the three freezers I have, 1 has lots of cornish x in it, one has lots of beef and freezer jam, and one is for my everyday stuff, so I would like to store it on a shelf. Does it...
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