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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2012

    well deserved win, well done
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    Comment by 'spicehens' in article 'Tambo26's Chicken Coop'

    would love to see up-to-date pix of your henhouse and chucks. My run was lovely 6 months ago, it's a mudbath now and has deep holes where they have tried to escape (I thiink). I have had to buy meadow hay to soak up the water and they started moulting in January, not the best time for it, hope...
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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2012

    No picture to compete with but one of my girls has just started moulting, just as the snow and ice appeared, poor darling, I think the other 3 are younger.
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    Comment by 'spicehens' in article 'Composting With Chickens'

    Strangely I just bought a small bag of hay to put in the pen as it is so muddy, we have had a very wet year in UK, then I read this article and while we are not suposed to feed kitchen scraps other than raw greens, this is a great idea and I will make sure all the lawn clippings and weeds get...
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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2012

    poor baby but must be a winner for moulting!
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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2012

    My chickens haven't either, I am in Dorset, England, egg production has dropped though
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    My Five Dollar Flower Bed

    lovely. I buy my plants from a supermarket (I'm in England) and paid less than $2 for most of them, they are small but grow quite fast and were lovely this year despite the weather. However my poor chooks have suffered from a very muddy coop, any suggestions what I can put down? I could do...
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    Help! Hens seem to have stopped laying :(

    I have the same problem with 4 hybrids aged about 26/27 weeks, they went up to 4 a day then dropped to 2 and now 1, they get layers pellets, greens, corn, bits and bobs of bread and treats, don't know if I have to stop layers pellets if they stop laying and just feed corn, they are happy and...
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    Comment by 'spicehens' in article 'Tambo26's Chicken Coop'

    Great coop and chickens, I thought it was only me who had spent a fortune on housing 4 chickens but read Fridasmum's post with interest. Am I expecting too much of my girls expecting 4 eggs a day 7 days a week?
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    Comment by 'spicehens' in article 'Some Thoughts On General Coop Hygiene And Ventilation'

    As a newbie I found this post most helpful but most of all the pictures, it is easy enough to write advice but pictures really bring it to life and make you understand what you need to do. One of these days I hope to use a basket to collect my eggs but at present I consider myself fortunate to...
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    One of my hens keeps pecking me - please help

    I decided to use distraction tactics and give them fresh veg or something to concentrate on apart from my leggs, also now wear long trousers with boots! Incidentally one of them found a slug this morning, didn't realise they ate them, there are loads in my garden but not sure I want them to eat...
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    One of my hens keeps pecking me - please help

    I have had my 4 hens less than two weeks, 3 have laid eggs except for yesterday, they actually lay late in the day but when I went in to the coop yesterday one pecked my bare leg and drew blood, it still hurts as it was quite a bad peck, I did shove her but she came back for another go, has made...
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