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    80 Degrees....?

    Quote: Exactly! Let the chicks be your thermometer, there is no better way.
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    New chicken with lice!

    Quote: cedar shavings are toxic to chickens, you might want to change the shavings to pine or something else Please post links to your extreme knowledge of cedar shavings being toxic to chickens. Thank you
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    Poo Poll

    I only have 3 laying pullets so far , but I've never once seen a turd in the nest box. Aren't chickens supposed to know that's not the place to take a dump?
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    non-electric heat in brooder?

    Quote: Thanks Cara! I will send a request.
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    non-electric heat in brooder?

    Cool! I'd love to live off the grid someday. How many Kw are your off grid systems producing? Any pics of your setups? Are you using solar thermal also? How about cooking... propane?
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    protien in feed

    after 8-10 weeks on medicated chick starter, I switch mine to Purina flock raiser, which is 20% protein. Egg shells free choice for calcium. Never had a single soft egg, in fact, their shells seem too hard lol At my local feed stores, chick starter, flock raiser, layena...are all the same price.
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    mating?

    haha, my son always gets mad when he sees the roosters mating the hens. I keep telling him, it's nature But yes, a physical separation is the only solution.
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    Homemade bator builders come here! Need to pick your brains!

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    So when we started this chicken stuff..we decided on 8

    This is a funny thread. When we got our first 6 chicks, I knew nothing, so I said we'll get 3 or 4 to start. The woman we got them from tried to talk us into 15-20 LOL So, after a while, I said: dang, we could have gotten 20 and it would be no problem! later we got 12 chicks from the feed...
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    heat alternative for remote locale

    Quote: This is fairly 'simple' technology. Link is here: http://www.dcacpowerinverters.com/12_volt_power_inverters.html Notice those inverters that have clamp on battery leads. Of course, you'll need to recharge the battery at certain intervals (I didn't do the calcs.), so maybe 2 batteries...
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    March Hatch A Long... anyone with me??

    wow, 650 pages almost! lol I set some eggs on March first under a broody hen. All Black Sumatras. She caught me offguard as she'd only been laying for 4 weeks, but who am I to deny her instincts? So, I pulled 8 eggs out of the fridge and added to one she sat on for a day. She's happy as can...
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    What about the roos

    Quote: I recently hatched 12 White Leghorns. Although they are not typically a meat bird, I will process all but 1 roo for consumption. I'll keep the top roo for breeding. This was the plan from the beginning, so they won't be 'pets'. As far as cornish X (supermarket chickens) go, I'd...
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    What to look for during quarantine?

    I think you'll find this 'poo' link a bit better. You can thank me later http://www.chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0
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    How many chickens do we all have? 60,083 and counting.

    44,987 + 12 hatched Feb. 9 = 44,999
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    Please do not EVER consider this surgical procedure

    As the old saying goes...Only in America!
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    Rooster's response to northern harrier hawk flying

    Eduardo, that's great name for a rooster Sounds like he's a good one
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    Is this broody behavior?

    QUESTIONS: One of my Sumatra pullets at age 6.5 months, appears to be going broody. She has only been laying for 4 weeks, is it still possible for a young pullet to go broody? Yesterday I was wondering if she had a problem laying or something, and needed extra time, maybe felt uncomfortable...
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    White Leghorn, the forgotten breed

    We did what Gryeyes did. Here are our 12 that hatched Feb. 9. We now have more White Leghorns than any other breed lol. The plan is to keep at least 3 hens (think we got 5 or 6) for laying, (maybe) save the biggest roo for breeding, and rehome/eat the other roos.
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    Kill a hawk! Win a $10,000+ fine!

    Quote: You're simply just choosing which 'evidence' you care to support. I'd suggest if you feel so strongly about it to feed it to your family. It's harmless, right?
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    Chicks at recess :)

    Where is it you live, that it's not freezing cold and you have dry grass?
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