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    New Christmas ideas for my parents... HELP!

    Hi Robinsbrood... Im 54 years old and have been a diabetic for 31 years. I still love an occasional sweet now and then but for the most part have gotten used to not eating too many. I think what would be great is if you did make them bread, pies, or something, to cut and wrap the pie slices so...
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    I'm building a run ..........

    I also agree with all the great advice! Besides the 4x4 treated lumbar for the corner posts we also sunk posts next to the wall of our mini barn (16x12), making sure that there was an upright stud on the inside of the mini barn wall to toenail the 4x4 to. Whether you are using sheetrock screws(...
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    I know one of you knows how to do this...Please tell me how!

    I've worked with stained glass for going on 15 years now, have never cut a wine glass although I would like to attempt cutting pickle jars etc to make lanterns out of. So I ordered a jar/bottle cutter from a stained glass supplier online (google "stained glass suppliers" and you will come up...
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    Post office

    Understood Rainstorm, and I was too quick to respond to your plight. After reading I should have thought first. Barb
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    Post office

    I am a former mail carrier delivering in a rural part of town in Washington state. I take offense when someone calls mail carriers lazy. If you dont know the goings on of your local PO, ask if they might give you a tour. Our policy is to hold live animals at the PO, call if theres a phone...
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    Vitamins in the water

    I give my chickens a low dose of soluble vitamins in their water during the winter and spring. I think.... they do well on them. They are alert. I dont worry during the summer because they romp around eating bugs and such.
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    Yet another cold weather question

    I agree with the other poster that you could block off a portion of your coop. I also have 12 bantams and a few standard breeds and the cold snap here is just horrible. My husband mounted a porcelain topped chicken light to a cross beam (actually just a 2x2) and we experimented with a 100 watt...
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    Secrets to keeping chickens in extreme weather

    Hi everyone! I live on the outskirts of Seattle where the temps right now will be below freezing for the next week or more at night and daytime temps will hover in the 40s. This is my first year raising banties of the standard breeds and I worry about them. My husband built a goodsized chicken...
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    You are on your honor to tell the truth!

    oooo! I do it every day! Sometimes I forget they're in there for a day or two. Worst that's ever happened is I sent them through the wash. Didnt know I did that till I found the egg shell, minus the insides! Then I made the connection... egg shell.... ::confused:: Aaaa! JACKET!
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    I'm Thinkin' About Giving Them All Up

    Oh my, give it a few days to sort out your thoughts. If, at the end of the third day you still want to give them up... dont. (IMHO) Its not that youre doing anything wrong or not caring for them enough. Predators happen. No one is at fault for predators invading the chicken house. We can only...
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    HELP!!! My chicken coops burnt down

    I am so sorry for your loss, but am glad your babies are okay. Might I add a suggestion that had passed through my mind when my chicks were becoming adolescents and I still didnt have a place to stick them? Those truck canopies on Craigs List are often very cheap or being given away. You know...
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    Really need advice...pending lawsuit...unemployment/contractor

    ...it was planned and paid in advance. Being in that situation 15 years ago, husband and I have learned. Besides the point... If you did indeed *quit* then you dont get unemployment. If you didnt quit you should have been handed a Reduction in Force slip. That paper is very important. You might...
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    Pecking & Saddles getting wet?

    I made a couple chicken saddles out of husband's old jeans for my silkie and old barred rock. I am worried about the saddles getting wet too, so I lightly rubbed candle wax sort of like a repellent.
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    Can anyone tell me the sex of this Silkie?

    Its a girl!!
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    Dumb question about bantams from a noob

    Its a hard decision isnt it Rillion. I also got straight run banties. ::drum roll:: Ohhh my god! I had about half of them turn out to be "crowers". Thank goodness an elderly gentleman wanted the boys. I asked him what he was going to do with them and he said "It gives me a reason to get up in...
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    What do you do with the bedding?

    I think I will let my girls have their straw. Thanks for the suggestions. And thanks for enlightening me on how the straw breaks down. I thought it was supposed to "disappear" when it was composed. I can see how the pieces left would be good for a garden. They did seem a bit sad when I cleaned...
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    What do you do with the bedding?

    Eh... Ive been using straw and husband says it wont break down in compost bins sooooo.... Ive been having to bag the straw and poop into garbage bags and set out on the curb for garbage guy. Im now down to just a tiny bit of straw in their house and that I am just going to put in compost bins...
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    new member from Gig Harbor, Washington

    from Woodinville!
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    Help Save Elderly woman's chickens!!

    I signed. Government always picking on the innocent.
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    predators

    Mike... Im so sorry about your situation. Ive raised chickens before and am still learning every day. One morning I went to check on my chickens (silkies) in the henhouse and wondered why my silkie was sleeping in the nestbox. I went to nudge her and she didnt move. I nudged her more and she...
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