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  1. DianeS

    the most messed up thing I have ever seen

    LOL! Yep, chickens like to eat eggs. If they can tell that there is something edible inside that shell they see everyday, they'll eat it. Especially since you said she laid it while standing up, it probably cracked when it hit the ground, and some white seeped out. That's all they need, they'll...
  2. DianeS

    Ok to eat eggs ?

    Yes, absolutely, you can eat eggs that were sat on for less than 24 hours. No problem at all. You won't be able to tell any difference from ones that weren't sat on at all - they taste the same and look the same. Crack one in a bowl and see!
  3. DianeS

    how to cull without a cone?

    I have used hardware cloth twisted into a cone shape before. I've also used a torn pillow case. Like someone else said, the only point to a cone is to contain the muscle spasms that cause flapping. You don't have to use one at all if you don't want to. The bird is dead before it flaps, so...
  4. DianeS

    I think I've lazed my flock.

    Lock them in the coop for a few days and they'll then consider it home. It can take anywhere from 3-7 dyas, though, so if after three days they still want to sleep outside, lock them in again for a whole week. They'll get it.
  5. DianeS

    When can chicks and ducklings go outside?

    I brooded last year's chicks outside from day 1. I walled off a small area of the chicken run, and hung the heat lamp in it. I know the corners were cold, the "walls" I built were not exactly solid. But the area under the heat lamp was in the 90s, and the area near it was in the 80s. I'm sure...
  6. DianeS

    What do you do while you are at work?

    Sure do. They stay in their run, which is 15' x 15'. IIt's exposed to all the sun and fresh air, and surounded by grass and blackberries. Several areas of sun and shade inside that run, and several "toys" including my old Christmas tree. Their coop (3'x8') is inside the run as well, but...
  7. DianeS

    Processing multiple birds

    I do it in small groups. One time I got in over my head with too many birds I had partway done that I HAD to finish. My hands hurt at the end of that. So now I take maybe 3 at a time through the whole process, then repeat with another group.
  8. DianeS

    Questions about the Liability and Roaming Distance of Free-range Chickens.

    Speaking just from the liability issue, of course you would be liable if your chicken caused damage to a person or property. Why wouldn't you be? If your chickens eat someone's garden or flowers, you'd have to pay for the damages. If your chicken injures a child or pet, you'd have to pay for the...
  9. DianeS

    Anyone feed organs to birds?

    I feed my chickens all sorts of leftovers, so I'm sure they've gotten organ meat at some point. They eat organs when they eat slugs and bugs and flies and mealworms, so getting organs individually wouldn't cause a problem. The general rule of thumb for "extra" food beyond their balanced daily...
  10. DianeS

    How to use chicken guts after processing

    If I'm just processing one or two chickens, then yes the remaining ones get to eat the "guts". (After I remove the delicious liver and heart, of course!) But if I'm processing 10 chickens and will only have 4 left - that's too much for them to handle so most of it goes in the trash or compost...
  11. DianeS

    Raw beef and lamb suet ok to feed to the chickens?

    ...Like any animal product, it can develop harmful bacteria if left outside for very long. So make sure it's an amount that the chickens will eat *quickly* so it doesn't spoil. Also, it's high in some nutrients and low in others, so it should only be a tiny portion of their food for a day. (That...
  12. DianeS

    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

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  13. DianeS

    Magically Appearing Quills

    I had that happen in a crock pot once. Really awful-looking. It went in nice and clean, and when I looked through the lid partway through, it looked all spikey. I wasn't at all sure what the feathers would do to the taste, so I opened it up and skinned it even though it was halfway through...
  14. DianeS

    any partial vegetarians out there?

    Mine isn't much of a meat-light diet, but I do have one practical tip for you - when you decide how many chicks to get to raise up for meat, you want to consider getting a couple more than the number of finished birds you want to have. Chicks are fragile creatures, and you are likely to have a...
  15. DianeS

    What about snow?

    Nope, not a thing different that you need to do in the snow. Some chickens hate snow, others don't care. As long as they have somewhere dry and out of the wind to go to (like the coop), they'll be just fine. Opening the coop and letting them do what they want, just like you do on a normal day...
  16. DianeS

    Which of these predator wounded birds would you eat?

    I'd have no problem with #1 and #2, but I think I would need to see the wounds personally on the others. After all, I'd eat a bird that had bumblefoot, even if the site were red, which is technically a festering infection. So #3 could still be edible if we're talking about a slice to the lower...
  17. DianeS

    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    I have one! I have one! LOL, I've been reading this thread forever but never heard anything worthy of being posted... until today. I was talking with a woman who wants to get chickens for a small backyard flock. A man who I presume was her father, was with her. He pointed out that you can't...
  18. DianeS

    Wanted to raise meat chickens next year?

    If you stuff a Cornish X with as much food as it can hold in an effort to get it bigger faster, and keep it confined to a tiny area so that the meat is less exercised and stays whiter - then yes it will have trouble walking and will have some issues with the heart and liver and maybe lungs. BUT...
  19. DianeS

    Darn it... I clipped both their wings!!

    I have always cliped both wings of my chickens. It works fine.
  20. DianeS

    Can I put my chicks outside?

    I raised mine outside from their second day. I hung the heat lamp about a foot from the ground, walled in 90% of the sides so they had fresh air but no breeze, and checked on them a bit more than most people do. They did fine. With 12 week olds in the same coop, definately separate them from...
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