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    New Mexico

    Hi! Westsider here.
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    New Mexico

    I don't add light for egg production, but on a couple extremely cold nights I've added a red bulb for heat. It's important to change their water several times a day if it starts to freeze. One thing I learned not to do is to top off a partially frozen plastic container. That's a good way to...
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    Huge egg found from pullet! What is going on??

    Oh, the poor little thing. That had to hurt. It's most likely a double yolker or even a rare triple. Any pullet or hen can lay a weird egg every once in a while, especially at the beginning or end of the season. Pullets seem to be especially prone to it because their bodies are still...
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    Neighborhood outlaws livestock and kitchen gardens

    Well, if you're living in Calgary, which is where I grew up, you're most likely out of luck. You will have far better luck putting a massive cell phone or TV tower in your yard. Unlike gardens, cell towers are not restricted by law. As long as you have a contract with whoever's going to...
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    Hello again from Albuquerque, NM

    Hi! I've been a member in the more distant past, based out of Albuquerque, NM. The mods very kindly found and reactivated my account for me. Cheers, Squeaky
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    You Dang Chickens!!!!

    While playing on the monkey bars as a child, I looked upward at a passing magpie only to be caught by a fly-by pooping. Right in the eye. My mother and brother thought it was very funny, but anything in the eye is no joke and bird turd contains some strong chemicals that really sting. The...
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    Neighbor's dog ate our only roo....how do we replace?

    Have you considered a Craig's List ad? Many people are looking for humane homes for surplus roos. You could also hatch your own but of course there are no guarantees for the sexing. Buying from a hatchery is also an option.
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    Gnats in the coop....Need a remedy.

    I discovered this by accident. You know the Master Cleanse Diet lemonade drink? It didn't work for me as a weight loss strategy but it turns out to be a very effective gnat killer especially when concentrated. Mix 2 parts lemon juice to 1 part maple syrup. Put the resulting sticky...
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    Horrible ant story

    They may learn to eat ants if you have one ant-eating bird. No bird can stand to see another member of the flock eating something new, without giving it a try. I've got several ant-eating chickens but (sigh!) they won't go after flies. They do keep the ants away from their coop and run. Mine...
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    best place to buy ceramic eggs?

    I got a pair of ceramic eggs at Hobby Lobby and remember they were surprisingly cheap. They were pretty realistic looking, too. One of my tenants gathered one of them up with the regular eggs, boiled it, couldn't figure out why it was floating, and tried to eat it. Poor thing: he hasn't...
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    New chickens aren't laying

    Let them chill out and relax for a week, maybe two. Adult hens and older pullets always seem to stop laying for a while when they're under stress. A move is one source of stress. So is a major change in the flock or ongoing storms or bad weather. Fear and egg laying don't seem to go...
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    Nugget and Duchess would like to announce....

    So if Nugget's married to Duchess, does that make him a duke? Or does it make her the Queen?
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    Could the broody have murdered poor Rocky?

    Hi, Rocky would have been a year old in June. She seems very young to have had a heart attack, and she's never been plump. However, today there was a big storm with lightning and thunder, and that may have freaked her out or knocked her off her perch. Or it's imaginable that she picked up a...
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    Could the broody have murdered poor Rocky?

    I just found Rocky, dead, next to the broody hen in the nest the broody's taken over. I know broodies aren't known for playing nice, but is this a sign of foul (fowl?) play? Can a broody actually murder an adult chicken? Rocky, a hen, was the second bird and outranked the broody. I don't...
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    Our hens laid their 1000th egg today

    Wow, that's a lot of eggs! I have only five hens and can't imagine counting. With my girls, it was more like "one, two, three, four, OH MY GOODNESS THEY'RE OUT OF CONTROL!!!" Either that, or I'm like the rabbits in "Watership Down" and can't count past five. Have you had any Full Egg Days...
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