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    You know you are "Country" when...

    I want one of those egg gathering aprons with all the little pockets for the eggs
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    Coccidiosis Help!

    Read this whole thread, https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/818879/updated-corid-and-amprol-amprolium-dosing/0_100 and see if you can message Kathy casportpony (sp?) for more info, if needed. I had to keep dipping my girls' beaks in their water every hour or so to get th to drink. You...
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    How Much DE (Diatomaceous Earth) Should I Feed My Chickens

    Or you can give daily at 2% year round.
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    You know you are "Country" when...

    I've always used my car for hauling hay. If I fill the back seat and the trunk, and the trunk won't shut, I balance another bale in the v between the slanted open trunk lid and the rear windshield.
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    How Much DE (Diatomaceous Earth) Should I Feed My Chickens

    Evidence is what I witness from first hand experience.
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    How Much DE (Diatomaceous Earth) Should I Feed My Chickens

    Again, I am not opposed to using chemical wormers, so I am not biased towards DE. I have witnessed many times over the years that DE is an extremely effective wormer, so I don't believe any study that says it's not. That study could have been paid for by a corporation that makes big money on...
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    Chicken math

    Coyotes can easily leap over a six foot high fence, some hot wire on top would be good. I've got three strands of hot wire around the bottom of my run, one 4" high, the next is 8" higher up, and the top one is 8" above the middle one. I still have to do the top. I might do one on the very...
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    How Much DE (Diatomaceous Earth) Should I Feed My Chickens

    I've watched it kill tapeworm a few times. It takes a week or two, but it kills every kind. I'm not against using chemical wormers, but with daily DE in my dog food I really don't have to.
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    Chicken math

    Can you lock them up in a secure wooden coop at night? I am so sorry for your tragic loss.
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    How Much DE (Diatomaceous Earth) Should I Feed My Chickens

    DE has been proven extremely effective as an internal wormer. It doesn't kill internal parasites by dehydrating them, the microscopic sharp edges kill them somehow. It's very effective as a dog wormer even when I mix lots of water into it and their food. In dogs, it mechanically kills every...
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    What do I need to start up my chickens?

    No more than 6 to 12 your first year because if you get too many you can feel overwhelmed and a lot of anxiety, but with a smaller number you'll really enjoy them. With six to twelve you'll get more than enough eggs
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    What do I need to start up my chickens?

    MyPetChicken.com has a "Which Chicken" link on their home page, so you can answer a few questions and they show you the chickens that fit your preferences. The only breed that doesn't show up is Golden Comets, which I think are one of the best chicken breeds for beginners. They lay the most...
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    Hello from Seattle!

    Welcome! :-) I used to live in and around Seattle.
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    What do I need to start up my chickens?

    This blog has the info you need: www.The-Chicken-Chick.com
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    Coccidiosis Help!

    Sevin is okay to use around chickens and even on chickens that have mites. It will show up on Search. The medicated food helps them build immunities to cocci and gives them a little bit of protection to ciccidiosis, but often doesn't totally protect them from it. Corid will work fast. Your...
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    Coccidiosis Help!

    Call all your local farm supply stores within 60 miles until you find Corid. Around here, I get it from a small family owned farm supply, or Atwoods, Orschelns, and I'm sure others have it too, although TSC has been sold out of it for months. The cocci live in the dirt ground, so moving the...
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    You know you are "Country" when...

    The cabin idea is cool. Three acres is a very nice size for your startup. To get what you were originally looking for you would probably have to buy just a piece of land and put a small dwelling on it. It's common now for people to divide their farms and sell off parcels of land. I've even...
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    You know you are "Country" when...

    I'd love to get Kinder goats and Assaf sheep. Google them. I think it's ridiculous to have a big house and tiny yard. I'd rather live in a small cabin/shack/hut/cottage/yurt on big land.
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    Chicken math

    I've got 2 Welsummers and can't wait to see their eggs! Next spring, after I feel more confident in my ability to care for all my chickens, I'll consider getting Wheaten Marans from a local breeder, who's got them laying eggs as dark and darker than his French Black Copper Marans. Or, I might...
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    Chicken math

    I've read that they are very good foragers.
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