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    Advise needed

    I need to put down some lime pellets in my yard. My flock is free range. Will they eat the lime and if so, will it hurt them?
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    rooster attacks wife

    This is mrs. securityforall. we have beeen caring for our chickens and our daughters 6 light reds and 3 roosters. they have been together from the begaining. we have one of the rossters who seems too agressive to the hens, and now has attacked my leggs three time in two weeks. it is when he is...
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    Question Regarding First Eggs

    I get more disappointed when I don't find any eggs. Mine free range but the majority have started to lay in the coop and we love it when we find them. These birds are still young and they can't seem to decide where they want to lay. Some under the boxes, some in the boxes, and the other day I...
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    Eating my dog out of food

    My little brood has decide that the dog's food belongs to them. I have a feeder for the dog that holds 20# of dry food. It has a flap that has to be pushed to get to the food. When the brood gets it the mood, they will line up four deep and go for the food. I know that cat food is something...
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    Double yoke eggs

    I am new to raising chickens. My birds have only begun to lay eggs on a regular basis. Oddly enough I have collected two double yoke eggs in the last three weeks. Since they were both laid in the same spot, I was wondering how often this happens and is it dangerous to the chicken.
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    Coop rebuild

    I am rehabing an old storage building into a coop. Some of the studs have water/insect damage and have to be replaced. Is there any danger in using treated lumber to replace these boards with? The floor is concrete.
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    Hello from the Plametto State

    As a retired city slicker I know little to nothing about raising chickens. This was a project my wife decided that we needed to try so here we go. I will have dozens of questions as we learn how to do this right.
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