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    Is it safe to use lime in the chicken coop?

    I am searching for the perfect coop freshener :) I've tried Sweet PDZ for coops and stalls and lo and behold, the horsey version is cheaper and just as effective. I've tried Stall Dry and it isn't any better, but then I was already using a DE mix. I haven't tried Ag lime but only because I...
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    Almost ready to set them free, but first I have a few questions...

    You mentioned smoothing the transition by mixing food and it reminded me of upset dog tummies. Surely chicken poop can't get anymore disgusting than it already it, LOL.
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    Almost ready to set them free, but first I have a few questions...

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    Almost ready to set them free, but first I have a few questions...

    Hooray, because it's hard to keep the brooder smelling daisy fresh every day! I never realized they would waste sooo much food. They fling pine chips in their food and water and poo on their feeder and waterer. I swear I must change their water four or five times a day. I finally got tired...
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    Almost ready to set them free, but first I have a few questions...

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    Almost ready to set them free, but first I have a few questions...

    Great! I got little dishes that mount to the hardware cloth of the coop for the grit and oyster shell. I bought EVERYTHING and read EVERYTHING. I've wanted chickens for as long as I can remember so I was (and am) scared to death of doing anything that might jeopardize their health and safety...
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    Almost ready to set them free, but first I have a few questions...

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    Almost ready to set them free, but first I have a few questions...

    Thank you. Do they need grit before I expand to foraging? Do they need calcium before they begin laying?
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    Almost ready to set them free, but first I have a few questions...

    Thank you for that thoughtful response. I didn't have children but I am quickly realizing I would have been the type of mom who boiled her baby's pacifier every time it hit the floor :) I had not considered spoilage. I placed the food in gasketed food grade containers to keep the air out...
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    Almost ready to set them free, but first I have a few questions...

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    Almost ready to set them free, but first I have a few questions...

    My chicklets (somewhere between a chick and a pullet?) are almost 7 weeks old and I live in GA. They SEEM to have most of their feathers and they are getting OMG big!! I have a coop but we're installing hardware cloth around the base (to thwart burrowing predators) before we move the chicks...
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    Proud Chick Mama

    I am completely new to having chickens although I've wanted them for a long time. I ordered a variety of chicks that arrived 18 days ago. Because I wanted 4 hens, I ordered 6 chicks but Meyer Hatchery threw in an extra, so 7 chicks arrived at the USPS office nearest me :) The little peeping...
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    Bareback chick

    Not like it sounds. I have six female chicks of different varieties shipped in the same box from a breeder. They've been together since the day they hatched, which was 18 days ago. My brooder box is 23"H x 20"W x 48"L with an overhead light and an Ecoglow brooder plate. I bought a red...
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