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  1. Chicken Rob

    bulk feed

    maybe 500 pounds at a time , must be a minumum need to buy . i found a blue seal plant local but not sure if they have chicken feed . or even sell smaller amounts
  2. Chicken Rob

    bulk feed

    anybody no were u can get bulk feed near augusta , maine ?
  3. Chicken Rob

    starting chicken farm

    not sure were to ask this , but does anybody no what needs to be done to qualify for a farm . i have been looking for regulations but havent found any . not sure who to even contact . i am in maine with 60 hens and meat birds. and does it help any way if u are a farm? thanks
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    I never knew raising meat chickens would be so stressful

    i am going to bring a bunch done there also. never had any done before . are they all packaged and inards removed ?
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    chickens sleeping outside

    i just put my 10 week olds in new run area . made 2 temp. houses 4by 4 in size . i go out tonite and they are all outside laying in one big pile . supposed to rain tommorow hope they go inside . will they go in i hope . also i dont have any roost for them do they need it or not ??
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    HELP feather picking !

    my feather picking problem keeps getting worse . i sprayed them with blu-kote but that didnt stop it . someone told me put grease on them . i thought it was just 2 barred rocks doing picking ,because they look fine but . the more i watch they all seem to be doing it . egg production way...
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    HELP feather picking

    i feed them blue seal layer pellets . they go out every morning at 6 till 7 at nite . i just put wounded hen in seperate cage she is not liking that at all. i just did notice them picking at back and butts of each other , they ate feather just like it was candy . how do i give them more...
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    HELP feather picking

    ohh also the one with back feathers ok has no feathers on butt and very red butt. could this be roo , i will try to get pic
  9. Chicken Rob

    HELP feather picking

    i have 18 RIR hens. all but one has back feathers picked down to skin . one has a open wound now . could the one be a roo , looks like hen short tail feathers . any advice on what i should do , dont want them eating each other . there coop is 9by9 . with 15by 8 run . how should i care for the...
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    packing peanuts

    i just recieved my order from ideal . came with 13 barred rock "Males for warmth ". i want to fatten them up for slaughter latter . i have been feeding them broiler crumbles . will they even be worth doing ? when should i slaughter? i really didnt want any roos , my 30 hens are enough .
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    adding new hens and rooster

    yes i was thinking that , but not sure how it could be done . this flock of barred rocks seem very healthy .
  12. Chicken Rob

    adding new hens and rooster

    i have a flock of 18 RIR. 12 are about 25 weeks others are older . i am getting 17 Barred rock hens and 1 rooster . looking for best way to introduce to flock . may be little crowded in coop till spring time addition is done . but dont want to pass up these good young free hens . barred...
  13. Chicken Rob

    OK ... lets have an EGG COUNT

    i got 16 from 18 girls , in 10 degree weather
  14. Chicken Rob

    card board on walls

    thanks for anwsers. i see frost on cement block walls inside . wont work to well with cardboard. i just changed out shavings because they were all damp. i have vent fan in ceiling , which i covered didnt wont to suck heat out . but i guess that kept moisture in , which is why shavings damp. i...
  15. Chicken Rob

    card board on walls

    cardboard wont hurt my girls right ? been very cold heat lamp just not doing trick . coop is cement block building 10 by 10 . i got some 1/2 inch thick packing cardboard . going to glue to walls and ceilings ,... have 18 girls getting 12 eggs a day .
  16. Chicken Rob

    Help in Maine

    i was out working on coop and it got very dark quick , i picked up before downpour started. . chicks 4 weeks now need to get coop buttoned up . i noticed shipping for DE cost more then product , thats why i was looking local. ... well time to go clean chicks water dish again for the 10th time...
  17. Chicken Rob

    Help in Maine

    were is good place to get DE in maine . will agway no what i am looking for ?, sometimes they arent very bright about there products they have .
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