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    Treating Icy Walkways with Free-range hens

    I don't see what's so funny about my post. My hens are free to roam as they wish wherever they wish. If I put down salt and they eat it then they die or become seriously ill. My walkways can be very icy in the winter. I don't want to slip and fall on my a$$, but I don't want to risk harming...
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    Treating Icy Walkways with Free-range hens

    How would I be able to prevent icy walkways when my hens free-range? I don't remember doing anything last year. We usually shovel as it's falling so it doesn't compact and become ice, but this year it's colder and it's icing up plus we have the snow melting off the roof and right onto our...
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    Need help choosing a MP3 Player for teenager

    It's great that your daughter seems to have such a wonderful friend. I would be on the cautious side tho. I don't have children, but I do have a 12yr old niece. She had two "friends" that would hang around a lot. It took my SIL an entire summer to figure out what I grasped in just a few...
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    Dog.....Rooster...Run! Must read!

    When it starts to get dark everyone will go back in on their own out of self preservation. The rooster will always follow the hens. Just let them go in on their own and pay attention to the time so you know the following day when to go out, count everyone, and lock up the door. That's what...
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    Need something soft to line the nesting boxes

    I do the same thing Ohhhdear. I shred up old newspaper doesn't matter whether it's the sales ads or the regular paper. I shred it by hand. I had an incident once when I jammed it too much. I wont do that again so I do it by hand and it tears easily. It's cheap especially when I gather it...
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    My vet is bleeding me dry!!!

    I'm sorry to hear about your pain with the vet. Unfortunately it happens all too often. I cannot read through all the replies at the moment, but I would highly suggest shopping around. We have a local vet here in town that bleeds everyone dry too. I will drive 15min away to a country vet who...
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    Im new to raising chickens and may have a problem and need help

    ...better for a while, but you'd have to rebuild her bond with her fellow chicken hens so that they may fight for her as a group against the guineas. *shrugs* Maybe someone has a better idea. I hope things get better for you and keep perusing the forums. This forum is rich with information...
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    Free ranging in the winter?

    I shovel or snowblow pathways through the yard that I would use anyways and they walk in those. They won't go in the deep snow, but they'll walk up the pathways. I shovel close to the grass enough to walk on and that's it. There isn't much snow up against the house so they wander all around...
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    feeding pumpkin to chickens?

    Last year I fed my girls butternut squash and they wouldn't touch it so hubs microwaved it until soft then let it cool. He brought it back out to them and they devoured it. I guess they prefer cooked to raw.
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    18 month old hens molting question...

    Well after having put her in the nest box for one night, I found her in it again last night as I was shutting the door to the coop. They free-range and return at dusk. I put them all to bed and came back in. When the news came on at 11pm and said we'd be having near freezing temps that night...
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    18 month old hens molting question...

    She's still wide-eyed this morning, but still hiding from the rooster. They're free-range so she hides from him. Last night I had to put her in the nest box so she could stay warm and away from his incessant pecking on the roost.
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    Has Frontline NOT worked for anybody else?

    ...I've been looking for something to use on the dog and the cat before I set off the bomb. A bath isn't working because the furniture is infested. *shivers at the thought* It's funny that I find this post after losing my top over the Frontline Plus not working anymore. I just thought it was...
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    Farm puppy needs a farm dog name! UPDATE: We named him! PICS!!

    OOoo. So many good names. When I name a pet it has to fit the personality, color, breed, etc. There are some good ones that would fit both a yellow lab mix. I knew someone who had a black lab named Zeke. I called him Zekers. They also had a Doberman named Q short for Quentin. I had a cat...
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    My coop caught on fire!! *Pics added in Post 15*

    Quote: Thank you for posting this info. When I saw the title of the post I yelled out. The dog ran to the window and started to bark. I'm so glad that the chickens are ok. This is such a good lesson to all of us who haven't been around the block several times. This will be my second...
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    18 month old hens molting question...

    I've had them all(I think)molt over the summer and my last one is now naked. Unlike the others, she's blown 50% of her feathers. She has like 2 tail feathers, nothing on her butt, only a small stripe down the center of her chest, much of her head and neck feathers gone, and she has lost most...
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    How to Prepare Your Flock For Winter 101 *Official Thread*

    Quote: That sounds doable. I'd house the pump in something to keep it safe and dry and use the silicone tubing and not the cheap stuff so it wont crack and be sure to use a check valve. Has anyone tried one of those pond deicers that stays just warm enough to melt a hole in the pond ice...
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    Tell me something happy.

    Quote: Now *that* is funny! I can't stop laughing. Rats make good pets, but I'd call the vet and ask them if they can vaccinate it or something. People say rats are nasty and sure they are, but as pets they're great. Highly intelligent. I remember them as a kid when I visited COSI in...
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    FED UP with Impy!! Where can I buy a rooster leash?

    ...why Impy likes em. That is awesome! We just need a bowing on the knees smiley. Imp what did you say to have a humpy rooster named after you? *giggles* I used to have a male cat that would do horrible things to socks if left on the floor. To this very day I will pick up socks by their...
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    Help! Gummed up/prolapsed vent. Graphic

    Quote: It can be very discouraging. I thought that no matter what I tried or the 100 questions I asked that I'd never treat my hen in time to save her. It took me 10 days to get her to the point of being released. 2 days before I found her in distress in the yard I had lost another hen so I...
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    You're joking me, right?

    I think that family since passed would be happy knowing that their family members are enjoying their lives instead of being sad that they're gone. I for sure would want my family to keep on celebrating the holidays and living life. As for Christmas decor being sold now I think it's...
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