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    FOR SALE: Laying hens, roosters and supplies

    GROUP #1: We have 5 healthy laying hens just turned 2 yrs old. One is a buckeye, 3 are black australorp, 1 is australorp/buckeye mix. There is a rooster who is 5 months old he is buckeye/ australorp mix that is with them. These know how to free range, Friendly hens will come for treats...
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    ewww mites!

    Thanks, we shall look into all this info and see what we can do, hubby is handy so building one is a good possibility.
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    Scaly Leg Mites - Need Best / Easiest / Quickest Solution - Scaley

    Ok update, We had a warm day drop on us, in the 60s so we moved everyone outside and washed it all down, sprayed liquid seven on all surfaces. After it dried we dusted with diamataceous earth and put down fresh bedding. Then applied Nu Stock on the legs. So far so good. That stuff stinks...
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    Comment by 'thewobsers' in article 'Encouraging Or Discouraging Broodiness In Your Hens'

    Very nice article. My Buckeye hens are the broodiest i have ever had. Have one right now that wont give up. Silly chickens.
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    Scaly Leg Mites - Need Best / Easiest / Quickest Solution - Scaley

    AMAZING thread!!! read every post all 16 pages and have a game plan and gonna give it a try. Will let ya know what we do and how it turned out. wonder how Niftys chickens turned out anyhow? Its always something. thanks everyone for sharing your experiences.
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    ewww mites!

    i am also thinking we have mites... havent seen any on them but the eggs have funny reddish spots on them and i was told that means mite activity. these are buckeye hens and comet hens. We have a real problem with sparrows coming in daily to raid the feeders and they are in and out of the nest...
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    In Ohio!! 6 month old bantams-- 2 hens laying and 2 roos

    The coop is crowded and need to home extras. 2 hens and 2 roos all hatched this spring and raised together. The roos are multi colored green, white, black, red flecks, and the hens- one is black with white flecks(part goldenlaced wyandott) and other hen is part old english bantam. Hope to...
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    Comment by 'thewobsers' in article 'Six Tips On Breaking Your Egg Eater'

    We have used these great suggestions and going down the list. 1. Tried increasing the protein-- no change. 2 Added oyster shells-- no change. Gonna do the curtain thing next. We know which ones are doing it as we set up a motion sensored camera and dvr player too so we record and playback later...
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    How to tell which hens are laying well?

    WOW! Thank you so much for the pdf info on how to know which hens are producing eggs or not. Such a great help!
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    Free australorp roosters - Washington

    i wish i could have one but i am in northwest ohio...
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    Adding wheat to chicken feed?

    We have been given free wheat from a farmer it is good and clean. SO we feed it to the chickens and let them run out of their commercial layer feed, now they are laying less and we wondered what to give them to help resume egg laying. Should we use a game bird layer feed since it is higher in...
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    Where can i find DE in central Ohio?

    i have been searching for some time now online and am struggling to locate a distributor near northwest ohio for this food grade D.E. anyone have any information to share on that??? Thanks.
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    Need help! Chick injured by hen, chest swollen, white clear liquid poo

    Wow, sorry to hear about the little chickie. Hope it will be back to normal soon. You know, recently one of my hens about 1 1/2 years old grew a bulge on her front chest... its so big and when i feel it, it feels like it is full of air... she eats and walks around normal and even lays eggs but...
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    Homemade Yogurt **Updated** Cheese and Buttermilk

    Just wondering, if anyone here has made kefir? I started making it with organic cows milk and am also using homemade almond milk too since some are lactose sensitive in my home. Suppose to be good source of probiotics and protect the gut from certain bacteria that causes food poisoning. All i...
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    Anybody else fluent in ASL?

    My husband and I learned ASL 4 years ago and teach it to our small children. We love that language!!!! We use it frequently and have friends who use it daily for interpreting and religious services. The deaf culture is neat, and we hope that in the future we will be able to increase our vocab...
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    Buckeye Breed Thread

    Hi all i just bought some buckeye chicks, they are 2 weeks old. As this is my dream come true now and i have not had this breed- have/had RIRs, delawares,barred rock,golden laced wyandottes, comets, bantams, black australorps and white javas so i am learning about the buckeyes... I...
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    Triming/Removing a rooster's spurs...

    Thank you for posting the videos of removing the spur shell or casing. It looked very easy and seems minimally painful to the roo. Our 3 year old roo has spurs that are about 3 inches and we found him one day bleeding and his spur shell missing. SO we need to do his other spur. THis...
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    I love my clothesline!

    Had my clothes on the line a few days ago. I was wearing a winter coat with the fur lined hood cinched tight and people were driving by slowly as i was hanging clothes, they probably thought i was insane. Thats ok there is peace with Insanity... HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEEHEHEHEHEH~ Anyone else...
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    Favorite ice cream flavor??

    I saw a recipe once for rose petal lavendar ice cream, anyone ever tried it? Didnt have the ingredients so couldnt make it.
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