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    IS there anything you shouldn't feed chickens?

    Uncooked potatoes and potato peels are poisonous to chickens. However, they love them cooked. When I peel my potatoes, I pop the peels into a pot of water and boil them. When they're cool, I give the treats to my girls. It looks almost like a chicken football game when they pounce on them...
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    Will packing peanut cause impacted crop?

    One of our hens dug up a packing peanut that was buried in the back yard. I tried to get it from her, but she swallowed it. Do I need to be worried about this? If so, how do I get the hen to vomit it out? I'd appreciate any help.
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    Plants you can plant around the run + a few starting pics of coop.

    My hens had the entire yard to peruse and they munched on both rosemary and mint. Now that we have their yard completed, we want to put some live bushes in there for shade. I had considered putting mint along the outside of their fence. Since they love it, do I need to worry if it will harm the...
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    Revamping old coop

    Quote: He said that it did get a bit cold for the chickens in the winter. Last week three hens took shelter in the coop from the 100+ temps last week and died (he'd forgotten to let them out of the pen into the more shaded run). Thus they've given up on raising chickens. I purchased some...
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    Revamping old coop

    Thanks. I kinda figured it would be wisest to insulate. Thankfully it won't take much work or $$ to insulate the small building.
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    Revamping old coop

    Our neighbor is giving us his old wooden chicken coop. It's 4 feet deep by 6 1/2 feet wide with the nesting boxes on an upper shelf. It's made of plywood with two upswinging doors in the back for egg gathering and cleaning. There is no ventilation in it currently. Can I add two small ventilation...
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    New Member from Pacific Northwest

    Hi, I'm washingtonannie, a new member of Back Yard Chickens. My family and I started our chicken foray this spring when we agreed to help raise seven chicks for our neighbor. Since the weather was so cold, we housed them in a playpen until the little buggers discovered how to escape despite the...
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