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  1. homestead5er

    Finish this sentence: "You know you're addicted to chickens when..."

    You can't recoup feed prices from selling egg's, but you you keep getting more chickens and buying even more feed.
  2. homestead5er

    Old egg

    That's what I thought, I went camping was gone eight day's came back the 19 egg's. They just started laying three weeks ago so their still small. It won't be as hard to trash them.
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    Old egg

    How long can egg's lay in the nest box before they need to be discarded ?
  4. homestead5er

    Egg size

    Thank's , I made my first egg sandwich Friday and it took four egg's. It was really good.
  5. homestead5er

    Egg size

    When will they egg's increase in size, their at golf ball size now. Their RRR's 19 weeks old.
  6. homestead5er

    First egg's

    their a light brown and small, I only got one today, and its small too. But it was in the nest box.
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    First egg's

    Got my first egg's yesterday, of course they were on the coop floor and not in the nest box. I was on the back deck and all the lady's were making a ruckus so I when to the coop to investigate. There was one hen setting in to corner of the coop, I stayed until she when outside so I could get the...
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    Waterer Question

    http://bragg.com/healthinfo/acvdaily.html try this one
  9. homestead5er

    Weed and grass killer

    Is it safe to use Round-Up around the fence line of my pen/run. I just installed a electric fence, and won't a easy way to control grass.
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    galvanized waterers

    I use a automatic waterier I got at a yard sale. I've never seen one like it. I know it's old because the red color has faded to pink. The weight of the water cuts the water flow off from the bucket I attached to it. When the chicken's drink enough for the valve at the top to open the water is...
  11. homestead5er

    That's it...Hope this electric fence KILLS something!!

    I don't think it will kill anything, but it should chase it off. Do you keep your pop door open at night? I was thinking about keeping mine open.
  12. homestead5er

    New chick with runny poop.

    No, every 8th or 9th poop is runny, my chick's are 7 week's old and it's still happening.
  13. homestead5er

    BLOOD WORMS

    Fish eat them, and I'm sure chick's will. Make sure they have grit.
  14. homestead5er

    6 Week's Old

    They are getting wild, they come when I call chick chick, but run when I reach for them.
  15. homestead5er

    Bed time

    It took nine nights. They are staying out side all day, they go out a 6:30 am.
  16. homestead5er

    Bed time

    I don't have to put the chick's in the coop any more, their going in on there own. All I have to do is close the poop door. They have been in the new home for 10 days. They will be 6 weeks old Friday.
  17. homestead5er

    height of heat lamp

    Oh when its time to start raising the temp. you can put a chair by your brooder and clamp the light to the chair.
  18. homestead5er

    height of heat lamp

    Straight down in one corner.
  19. homestead5er

    height of heat lamp

    Just point the light to the corner, and put to thermometer under to light.
  20. homestead5er

    Chick's roosting

    I went back out to get pictures and they had gotten down, I did catch two at the nest box's. I'll try to catch them roosting later.
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