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    Welcome to my world! I bought chickens and a tractor in order to have fresh eggs. Within a week I fell in love with my Rhode Island Reds and wanted them to be happy and at "home". I found a RIR Rooster..... they thought He was She, and called immediatley to aquire him. Within 2 days, I am...
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    how long to lay an egg?

    One of mine does that every day... I hear the others raising cane cause they need to use the box. I am waiting for her to come out with a newspaper under her wing!
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    didn't think it was possible :)

    I didn't think it was possible to love my 4 hens any more than I already do.... but today I went out to sit with them while they were free ranging, and one came over to me, stretched out to sunbathe and starting purring! I swear it sounded just like a cat... my heart just melted. I should...
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    The GOOFY HAT CLUB

    Not over fifty, but feel like it.... and have the joint replacements to prove it.... have senior moments, and have chickens in my backyard that have become childlike spoiled pets.... can I join?
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    Hen Lost in Daytime - Do Hawks Do This?

    Quote: Update on said hawk..... Evidently it tried to take on a moving vehicle down the road, and lost that fight! Really great thing is.... it was so aggressive it ran off all the other hawks in area, so girls have enjoyed a few days of complete freedom
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    Hen Lost in Daytime - Do Hawks Do This?

    Chicken.Lytle : Quote: *cough* Do not joke about doing illegal things. Thanks Chicken.Lytle.... did not realize they AND their nests are protected...... guess the girls are in jail until I can build a bigger Covered run for them!
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    Hen Lost in Daytime - Do Hawks Do This?

    Had an incident just the other day...... I have a rule, I NEVER let me girls out until the afternoon on the basis that I have seen hawk activity in the morning and early evening, never in afternoon. I have even let them free range while I was gone (in afternoon). The other day I was foggy...
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    I thought chickens loved pumpkins?

    Mine won't touch the pumpkin unless I take out the seeds and all the strings.... then they eat until they eat thru to other side
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    My Babies Went Bonkers!

    I found some REALLY cheap canned crab meat the other day, and was going to make crab cakes. Opened a can and gagged it was so fishy smelling! Started to throw the can away, then changed my mind and took it to the hens.... They went wild!!!!! Have never seen such a commotion!
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    My chickens didn't much appreciate the Quaker guy

    I give my girls kefir grains and whey mixed with fast cooking oatmeal mixed with cayenne. I mix a batch each week, and then store it in the fridge and feed twice daily. They try to get it as I am spooning it into their bowl. But that's just my girls..... for instance, they HATE all greens...
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    You might be a crazy chicken lady/gent if...Go on, post yours!

    When you drive 40 miles to get fresh crickets in the container with holes in it (so the crickets come out slowly) for your girls, and it's considered "part of your grocery shopping"
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    26 weeks and still no egg

    My girls are 6+months old (RIR) and just started laying...... hang in there
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Got 3 today... and my 4 girls just started laying
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    How to calm down a hand raised Rhode Island Red Rooster

    I don't want to discourage you.... but I had a RIR roo that was extremely aggressive....I tried everything listed on BYC and then some. I finally had to admit defeat and give him away, and the hens are now thriving and very happy... I think they appreciated they fact that he is gone. They have...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Finally.... 6 months old, and a first egg! Perfect in every way No idea how to upload the pic, but it is BEAUTIFUL!!!!
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