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    Flax seeds??

    Our feed includes whole flax. The mill we buy is from has it mixed in. After reading all the studies and discussion, I am now curious as to the % that's in there (I'll have to go check while I'm doing morning chores). This is my second year of chicken farming. And all my birds are still...
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    Broody and Featherless?

    This is one of our broody hens. She has been nesting for several months, but still won't stay on a clutch long enough to hatch baby chicks. Last week we noticed that her breast is bare. Is this normal for hens who are broody for a long time or is this indicative of a great problem? Any advice...
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    CHICKEN MATH STRIKES AGAIN

    After buying an acreage I wanted a half dozen chickens to keep bugs out of the garden. Then we found out the minimum order from the hatchery was 25. So we ended up with 27 baby chicks. Some of the roos went to freezer camp, and some of the hens were killed by predators. So we bought 15 more...
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    Sun burnt chickens-help!

    I have about 6 hens who have bare backs due to molting and a highly ambitious rooster. This wasn't too big of a problem until they started hanging outside in the 70-80 degree sunny days. I have noticed in the last few days that their backs are stating to get very pink, some even red-purple...
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    Molting for two months...is this natural?

    My ladies started molting in late November when Iowa has a short cold snap. We have a whole flock of bare headed chickens and a few with bare backs. However, Iowa didn't stay cold and we went through several weeks of 40-60 degree weather. Now, almost two months later, my ladies are still bare...
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    January 16, 2011 Things are going well on the chicken farm. Due to our weird weather patterns (i.e 50-60 degree days and no precipitation) our chickens have not finished molting. I don't know if this is a good or bad thing, or if it doesn't really matter. However, we have 10 half naked chickens...
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    Stupid Stupid dog

    I'm so sad to hear about your chickens. We just adopted a 3rd dog who was a little to inquisitive about our birds. We put an electric fence around our chicken area, and it only took one shock for Murphy never to approach our coop again. We had tried positive training and enforcing the leave...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    21/24 Pretty good for winter!
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    Why Is Scout Moaning? *video Link At End Of Post*

    Perhaps this is her egg song. I know I have a couple australorps that concerned me when they started singing. It was almost like screaming. But she was just getting ready to lay. I also have a rooster who will sing the egg song if enough hens are singing. I don't know why but he sings along...
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    Habitat for Humanity, a must.

    Our Habitat for Humanity is great. We go there a lot if we want to do a project on the cheap. Completely agree that it is a must when building a coop. Especially for windows.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    21/24
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    really need advice but, please don't preach

    This happened to us. We tried to fix the problem once we noticed the problem, but by 6 weeks it was so sad, that putting the chick downs the only humane thing to do. We used a sharp hatchet. It took one swipe and the deed was done. If we had let it live, it would have suffered. Whatever way...
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