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    Texas People Do You Use Artificial Lighting During Winter Months?

    I have a question. People all over BYC are talking about using artificial lighting during the winter months. Do any of you who live in Texas or to be more precise Central Texas use artificial lighting during winter to keep your hens in lay? I know we get much more sunlight than people that live...
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    high protein foods for molting?

    "They would eat me" LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Lining the Bottom of the Nest Box ???

    I have heard of people using carpet or carpet pad. I tried the pad and they scratch it all up. It can get a bit messy.
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    Help me

    Pretty sure at 4 months old that is a hen. I could not help with the breed though.
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    Hey from Texas

    lol! Every day is an Easter Egg hunt.
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    OH MY GOD! WHEN AM I GOING TO SEE SOME EGGS FROM MY CHICKENS???!!!!

    Yes they are comfortable maybe a little tight in the coop at night. Stress free-Well I would think so. They are getting plenty of daylight here in Texas and they do have plenty of nesting boxes (18). I did not supplement light last winter and my girls layed all winter. There diet rocks they get...
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    Hey from Texas

    Welcome to BYC. These people on here sure can help you with questions. Cool looking birds by the way. Are all those eggs you are holding from those 2 bantams?
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    The final 2 of 12

    The red one looks like my Production Reds when they were young, but they are not a "rare" breed.
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    First egg!!!

    Sweet Congrats! I am still waiting on my first and my birds are older than yours!
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    bantam chickens sleeping in tree

    My chickens did this as well. I thought what could it hurt. So I was looking up at them in a tree one night when I shined my flashlight over to the next branch and saw a possum. Well I shot the possum but his friend killed on of my Rhode Island Whites that night. I guess he figured it was and...
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    OH MY GOD! WHEN AM I GOING TO SEE SOME EGGS FROM MY CHICKENS???!!!!

    So I have 61 chickens that are 19-21 weeks and I was sure that with that many I would have some early layers. About half are 19 weeks old and the other half going on 21 weeks old. Not a single egg yet. This is my first time to raise my own chicks. In the past I had bought started pullets or...
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    cackle hatchery

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    cackle hatchery

    I hate to change the subject but what can anyone say about Ideal Poultry?
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    Chicken are bugging me

    That is sad!
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    Is this what Moulting looks like? (pics)

    Is this the same bird in these two pictures?
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