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    What's a good Halloween costume for a preggo?

    Still trying to convince my 8 month preggers wifey to paint her belly as a jack o lantern.
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    Something to help them lay again?

    I brought home some new chicks a while ago. They all ended up being roosters. My hens are stressed. I removed the roosters but 2 ladies are still not laying. Is there something I can give them that get them over this hump and get them to lay again?
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    first egg Count Down

    Welp after threatening the ladies with the stew pot on tuesday the first egg arrived yesterday.
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    first egg Count Down

    Good luck.. My mixed breeds are all 22 weeks and red faced, squat when you pet em, and still no eggs.
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    Free 18 Week old BO Rooster - Whitman, Mass

    Just like it says, I have too many roos and he has to go. Buff Orpington Thanks, Dan
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    BO pullet? Cockerall? My wife needs to know...

    Here is another picture. Higher res is available on my picasa page http://picasaweb.google.com/backpack09/Chickens#5366089897499106818 I am just trying to Identify the BO infront of the bucket... But this morning as I let them out of the coop, he stopped in the door and started honking while...
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    Back from the dead.... The ivermectin available for swine on jefferslivstock appears to only be a 1% solution. Is the 5 mg/ml solution what is being called 5% above? If so... with 250 ml of it... wont that last me till about August of 2120?
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    BO pullet? Cockerall? My wife needs to know...

    The bird in the middle. I am guessing pullet...
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    When a hen is not a hen...oh, my...

    Shake you tail feathers.
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    Sexing a few mutt Chickens? large pictures.

    Quote: Thank you... he is 16 months and we had not quite decided yet
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    Sexing a few mutt Chickens? large pictures.

    My signature tells what they could be... I am thinking I have 3 roosters, can anyone confirm this? Rooster 1 and 2 and hen 3 rooster 2 rooster 1 rooster 3 hen 4 hen 5 hen 6 rooster 3 hen 7 rooster 2 rooster 3 hen 6 all pictures are available at higher resolution on my...
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    Free 15 week old Roosters near Brockton, MA

    We hatched out 7 chicks this spring, and wound up too many roosters. Pappy was a Big BO One is half BR I think the other is half RIR. I figured I would try here first before going to CL. Let me know, Dan
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    What time do chickens go to bed!!

    I had to put a nightlight in my coop for a week so they could find there way back in.. now they go in around dusk every night.
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    What to Do With Giant Eggs

    Quote: Mother Earth News says more than 90 days.
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    Squirrels are sure eating a lot of chicken food!

    Cayenne did not stop my squirrels. Unless you have a full time outside dog a pellet gun may be your only deterrent.
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    finding a meat spot...to separate

    Then perhaps your buyers should stick to white grocery store eggs. Do they know the eggs come out of the chickens butt too?
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    Mealworm question - has anyone bought them on line?

    Quote: Shipping shows up as $9 to me on 2000 medium worms.
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    Can used grains from beer brewing be fed to flock?

    The reading I have done says that hops are great for chickens... http://www.grit.com/Daily-Commute/Keep-Your-Chickens-Healthy-with-Hops.aspx Quote: According to a recent ARS report, adding the bitter acid lupulone(hops) to the chickens’ drinking water appears to be a viable alternative to...
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    Ac Added To The Hen House

    Um... Spend a couple $$ and plant some shade trees. You will earn it back in electricity quickly.
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    Do chickens have to be locked in their coop at night?

    Quote: Chicken wire only keeps chickens in. Just about any of the night critters can easily chew their way right through it.
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