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    Review by 'flagirl' in article 'How To Prevent Dirty Eggs in the Chicken Coop'

    i buy inexpensive indoor/outdoor carpet the width of my nesting boxes and cut to fit, my boxes r wood, easy to take out and clean or thow away and repeat. have also used placemats from $tree and cut to fit, very inexpensive. empoyee at home depot always wonders why i only buy a foot of carpet!
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    Biodiverse Polyculture (USDA 8a Zone Pasture) - sounds better than "My Acres of Weeds"

    tks, i am on the line between 9a and 9b, the dog fennel goes really well in sand here. i will stick to putting in grain bucket in pantry. my crazy hens will not eat much green except grass. i grow lots of bok choi and cabbage types and they will not touch, not even lettuce. i get eveything...
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    Biodiverse Polyculture (USDA 8a Zone Pasture) - sounds better than "My Acres of Weeds"

    will the chickens eat this? i use it to deter bugs in pantry. a farmer i buy my wheat grain from in ND says he uses it to deter and kills wheat weevils, so i keep a large sprig in my bags.
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    Fire Ants, please advise

    a drop of straight lavender works to remove itch and heal(works on blemishes also) this time of year with all the rain, rubber boots-they don't seem to be able to climb up them!
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    Topic of the Week - Toxic treats and foraging

    I live in florida and had a huge avacado tree that the hens loved to sit under in summer. they would peck the fallen avocado's to open the skin and eat all the flesh. they left the cleaned skin in tack and the pit. never lost a hen.
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    speney. I am enjoying your posts and read thru your permaculture posts. whole heartily support your massive endeavor. I support local organic,grassfed/finished beef farmer here in florida, also a organic grassfed/finsihed dairy family and a local organic veggie farmer. We need more like...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Bear season here in south central florida again. My dog treed mama and 3 cubs as they were headed over to chicken coop last nite. I did not realize and walked within 10 feet of tree while going to coop to lock up for the nite. the bear huffed and certainly scared me! hopefully the dog...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Just ran away from home with friends to the ocean(florida), my DH stayed to take care of dog and hens. Any more than 3 days and he would insist I find a hotel that took dogs and chickens!
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Heritage rir
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    I have had stick tight fleas. I live in florida, and apparently it is unique to here, texas and some other southern states. they are really hard to get rid of. Mine got them 2 yrs ago when we had record rains. I put vaseling on the combs and wattles. I did use sevin when I could not get rid...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    interesting article about Bell & evans using oregano and cinnamon in their chicken feed http://complete-health-and-happiness.com/chicken-farm-uses-oregano-oil-instead-antibiotics/
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    I just signed up for healthy oil summit thru another blogger Marnie Clark who is a breast cancer survivor and is highly recommending this. the presenters all look great, including one for animal use.
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Here is another great video on chickens being fed on compost piles http://www.geofflawton.com/fe/64322-chicken-tractor-on-steroids
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    the same can be said about this site. when i first got my hens, i was reading different threads and was astounded. I was upset, thinking-gosh-they are chickens, this seems way harder than i expected. then i found the older raising naturally thread and calmed down. someone, I think mlowen...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    there is a video on youtube called backtoeden , this guy used only mulch for his garden and never waters. he has about 35 chickens for eggs and to top dress his garden. we did something similar when we lived in Miami, fla and covered our front yard with 2 ft of mulch, free from tree...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    I saw one at our local thrift store and thought about buying, but did not- it was about $10. may have to go back today. I got some deer meat and wanted to grind it. I used my cuisinart food processor and it worked fine. mixed it with regular grass fed beef burger to made the most wonderful...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    probably old, but everyone needs to laugh, especially you northerners with snow THE CHICKEN GUN The true story of the Chicken Gun. Too funny not to share! Sometimes it does take a rocket scientist! Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 pound dead chickens at the...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    someone just gave us a thigh (i think) of venison. I have cut off all the meat for us, and pile of stuff for the dog. is it ok to throw the bone in the coop?
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Bear walking past my garage around 7. I had just let my dog out and she and I noticed at the same time, dog went running--me screaming--he/she slowly walked away. chick coop is not that far away! hope the dog gave it second thought and will walk around property. i has been almost a year to...
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