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Yes it finally happened , My neice who is living with us now has the chore of feeding the chickens and has been doing a wonderful job she came in the house after feeding yesterday and had a egg in her hand you would have thought she found a diamond she was beaming with pride it was the first egg...

we have already been down to 29 my buff and RIR did fine just look at it this way they did not have heat lamps and such luxury back in the 1600 1700 nor the 1800 and chickens survived back then

I do eat my meat chickens jumbo cornish cross but I do not eat my layers which are buff orphington and RIR's

I have been reading a few sites they say that some chicken will lay as early as 4 months mine are at 4 months now will it hurt to put the nest boxes in now just for GP and will giving egg pellets encourage them to lay sooner will it hurt to give them egg pellets now and mix it with their...

yes I was feeding them scratch i know every one says that its is a treat but the old farmers around here who have had chickens longer than I have been alive have done it for years so I thought oh ! well and so far i have not lost one single chicken (knock on wood ) that's just like the potato...

Quote: great list thanks However I wasnt aware that chickens had teeth as stated in the last paragraph I was wondering are the right behind the chickens lips ??

I have 2 5 gallon waters both poly what i am going to do is rotate them during freezing days

I went to buy feed today and noticed tat the egg pellets were cheaper than the chops and scratch that I have been feeding my girls they are almost 5 months old is it ok to go a head and start them on layer pellets now ? although they aren't actually laying will it hurt any thing

I have never in my life seen a naked chicken

very nice flock !!

Great list Thanks so much !!

most of my girls 4 months old do not roost as of yet the all seem to like the floor right now for the most part a few of them roost I just let them do their own thing

Quote: Hey Sambia! I'm a fellow bread maker as well. Grandma's recipe! Love the comment, "What kind of bread machine do you use? This is great!" um... I don't use a bread machine. I dont own a bread machine I used to have one but gave it to my sister I could never get the hang of it I...

I will guess the rir # 1

thanks this give me a couple of options i am not a real big cat person actually they freak me out but since they wont actually live in my house maybe I can deal with them