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    Can't find seeds for growing fodder in Phoenix?

    Thanks for your input, I thought TSC would have it considering this is our growing season until April in Phoenix. Found it online but pretty pricey.
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    Can't find seeds for growing fodder in Phoenix?

    Where on earth can I buy wheatgrass seeds for growing fodder in bulk, or at least more than 5lbs for $16.00 at Walmart? None of the million feed stores here sell any seeds for growing fodder.
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    Hen Pulling out Own Feathers

    Birds are free roam, cooped at night in a 10x10 pen. 7 birds total, ample nesting area, roosts, and sufficient shelter. This hen is 2.5 years old, light molt this spring. Lays about every three days. Fed romaine lettuce, layer pellets, recently small portions of meat, and scrambled eggs. Breed...
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    Hen Pulling out Own Feathers

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    Hen Pulling out Own Feathers

    2 year old hen pulls out massive feathers mostly at night. Her chest is bald and her fancy pants are almost gone. No mites, but treated anyway just in case. She's a non setter, so not preparing her nest, and not molting. She's separated from the flock because she'll pull out all their feathers...
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    Straw for Chicks?

    lol! Awesome point! I believed this to be true, but here I am checking to see if straw was ok! thanks
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    2015 August hatch-a-long!!

    I've got a SIlkie on 5 cochin eggs due to hatch on Aug 23rd! I haven't done this before, so I'm a little nervous and excited at the same time. Mom is separated from the flock in her own coop. She's in a brooder box about 3 inches off the ground. My plan is to keep the chicks and her together for...
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    Need Help with How to Introduce a Rooster

    I have a 5 month old Silkie roo who has been penned up in an area in sight of 4 mature Silkies hens and one Silkie pullet, for 3 months. This is my first time having a roo and although I've had chickens for years... having a roo for the first time has put me on strange territory. It's probably...
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    5/2014 Phoenix Arizona Passed New Chicken Keeping Ordinance

    Beats me, this states a revision by adding section 9-462.09 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 9, chapter 4, article 6.1, Arizona Revised Statutes is amended by adding section 9-462.09, to read: 9-462.09. Backyard fowl regulation; prohibition...
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    Keeping chickens cool

    Glad the article was helpful! I've got my fans on high today... expected high, 108. OMG
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    Silkies Won't Eat Anything But Layer Pellets

    My small flock of Silkies won't touch kitchen scraps of ANY kind. All they want is layer pellets, why, why, why? They'll eat rolled oats and a bit of hemp seed, and I do give vitamins, but that's it. Would really like to see them eat some greens. Tried watermelon, bread, meat, fruit... they act...
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    5/2014 Phoenix Arizona Passed New Chicken Keeping Ordinance

    I enjoy taking care of my hens and keeping their area clean and tidy. I suppose there are those who ruin it for everyone by not keeping up on the chores. I know they can be stinky, but I also know that with simple housekeeping, neighboring residents wouldn't even know if chickens were living...
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    5/2014 Phoenix Arizona Passed New Chicken Keeping Ordinance

    Here's the link to PHX, AZ chicken keeping ordinances as of May 19, 2014 http://www.codepublishing.com/az/phoenix/frameless/index.pl?path=../html/Phoenix08/Phoenix0807.html
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    Keeping chickens cool

    I think this article will be very helpful. Keeping Chickens in Excessive Heat, The Recipe for Survival, Explained in Detail http://tbnranch.com/2014/05/22/keeping-chickens-in-excessive-heat/
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    Vitamins for chickens?

    I'm hearing that Silkies need vitamin supplements, if so, is ploy- vi- sol a good choice for them too?
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