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  1. Johnny98

    Tick infestation.. how to get them off ducks?

    You need Permethrin in your life and in your clothing. And probably in the ducks pen and bedding but I'll let you research that as I am a chicken person not a duck. 0.5% mix your own or buy Sawyers premixed, keeps the ticks off and kills the ones that touch your clothing...
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    Ridiculous: Chicken snake ate one of my ceramic eggs

    I keep golf balls around the coop, run and laying boxes, not to encourage laying but for the snakes. Once they eat enough golf balls they tend to lose interest and don't come around much anymore.
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    What kind of container do you use for grit?

    I use a cement block, grit in one hole and oyster shells in the other. Pretty stationary.:D
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    Layer vs. Grower feed in mixed group!

    Kalmbach starter grower pellets and I dont recall on the calcium supplement but it is the same as you would get at a Tractor Supply type store from the poultry section.
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    Layer vs. Grower feed in mixed group!

    I now feed grower to all, year round. Make sure you are offering calcium on the side so those that need it can get what they want.
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    What do I do with chicken poop if i don't have a compost pile?

    When I clean out the coop it all gets dumped in the run, by the end of the day you can't tell.
  7. Johnny98

    Hello from North Carolina

    Hello from Pender County, NC.
  8. Johnny98

    What temperature is it where you live?

    46°
  9. Johnny98

    Chickens Can Exhibit Flatulence

    #me too
  10. Johnny98

    OPossum and chickens?

    Believe it or not, honey buns work like a charm for opossum trap bait.
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    Chicken Memes

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    Fermented feed

    I use a regular 5 gallon bucket, fill 1/2 with feed, 3/4 water. Put the lid on but not snapped down the whole way so it can breathe through the process. Makes just under a full bucket of the right consistency for us, like oatmeal. No straining, mo muss, no fuss.
  13. Johnny98

    pine straw for bedding

    We live in a pine forest and use pine straw for deep litter in the run. 30" of rain from Flo and no mud. The chickens dig constantly turning it over and eventually into dirt/compost. I haven't bothered using it in the coop, $4.65 every other month for a bale of pine shavings works for me but I...
  14. Johnny98

    My first Silkies... I'm beginning to think they are thick!!

    Better to ask questions than make assumptions, you're off target by a good margin. :thumbsup
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    Is it normal for my silkie to be laying an egg every day ?

    Yeah, it is pretty crazy. She has been fed properly, her 19 other roost mates are doing just fine and are plenty productive. She is healthy otherwise and very active in the flock, but definitely has the smallest little teeny brain out of all of them. Our silkie roo, who has his way with...
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    Is it normal for my silkie to be laying an egg every day ?

    One of my silkies has laid a total of 3 eggs in 1 1/2 years.
  17. Johnny98

    My first Silkies... I'm beginning to think they are thick!!

    I've got a few Silkies, makes all the other girls seem really, really smart though. Dumber than a box of rocks, one and all.
  18. Johnny98

    "Hurricane Cowboy"

    I do believe that it is my vet referenced in this story.
  19. Johnny98

    North Carolina

    Thank you, we are good here, my "compound" is high and dry, 55' up. We might become and island again but we are well prepared to ride it out, yet again.
  20. Johnny98

    North Carolina

    Pender County here, this isn't anywhere near over yet. The NE Cape Fear and Black rivers are in the process of cresting today thru Saturday. Expected to be higher, yet again, than Mathew. Many have gone back to salvage/protect what was left after the hurricane or weren't effected by...
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