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    Egg production in winter

    This is their second winter. Last winter, i had ten eggs a day. This winter, very little eggs. Thanks
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    Egg production in winter

    My girls (9 of them about 2 years old), have all but stopped laying this winter. I free range them on my 3.5 acres. They have access to feed bins but don't seem to touch them. I supply them with scratch daily. Is there any food I can supply to get my egg production from 2 eggs a day back to...
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    Are my ducks too fat?

    The look more or less like mine. Do they fly? That would be your first clue that they aren't too fat.
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    CHICKENS IN THE WINTER!!!!.......HEAT...or NO HEAT??????????

    I do not heat and it gets down to single digits here in the winter. I think chickens are good to about ten below zero (farenhiet). Also, I've heard stories of people heating the chickens in the winter, losing power, and their chickens freezing to death (probably just an urban legend, by why...
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    Veggie Garden and free ranging

    Yes, winter hasn't started yet, but I am already planning my garden for spring. Would like opinions letting my free range chickens into the garden for pest control. I know not to let them in with tiny, new plants. Just wondering what anyone's experience with using chickens as pest control in...
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    Guinea eggs

    I bought four guineas just for kicks. I am wondering about their egg laying habits. Will they return the coop and lay daily? Do their eggs look like chicken eggs? Would you eat them? Thanks Joshua
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    Raccon problem - do you have some solutions?

    There are probably about 2,000 raccoons in your immediate area, if you want to try capturing them one at a time, go ahead. My solution is easier and teaches them to stay away. I wrapped my coop in electric tape. Also, 'coons are smart, so they just reached under the tape to grab my birds...
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    First day to free range

    I've had chickens for about 1.5 years now, but I forgot when I started free ranging my first batch. I've got 4 guineas and 5 chickens (various kinds), all about 2-3 months. When should I start free ranging? Also, had some seriously determined raccoons (lost 5 birds), this is what it took...
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    35 dead chickens. Coons, maybe weasels : Update Post #45

    You could raise a puppy with your chicks, creating a "sheep dog". Sounds like you have the most determined racoons I've ever heard of.
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    Introducing Keets to chickens.

    I have two week old Guinea keets, I currently keep them completely separate from the my chickens. Any ideas on when and how to introduce them to my 22 chickens?
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    is it necessary to paint the inside of the coop?

    No need to paint. Steep steps are fine. They'll figure out how to get up there.
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    Noise

    Thanks, you all have given me more food for thought.
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    Noise

    I have 22 chickens and 3 ducks. I am thinking about getting 5 or 6 guineas this spring, just for fun. How noisy are they? Do they "buckwheat" all day? I looked at youtube videos and about half showed really noisy birds, the other half wasn't so bad. I live on 3.5 acres, my nearest neighbor...
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    Gardening with chickens

    I started my flock last year. I loved raising the birds, but hated how they destroyed my flower beds with constant scratching and kicking my mulch out in the yard. This season I finally found a way to have a lovely flower bed and koi pond without a fence. I used large flat rocks to make...
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    Old Chickens, new coop.

    My girls are 4 months old and they're coop finally got built. Problem is, they are used to roosting at night in my shed. How can I get them to move into the new chicken tractor?
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