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  1. BarneyChick97

    Has anyone fed uncooked rice to their flock?

    I just had to check this out. I accidentally dumped half a Costco bag of Lundberg rice on my floor. It’s brown rice. I feel terrible just dumping it. There’s nothing wrong with it, other than the fact it probably has a lot of cat hair in it ... I’ll go easy on them, just a little daily. My...
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    Old chickens are fighting....

    My turkey's are all gone.(their the only ones I can relate fighting to) Just the chickens now. Their coop is 10' h/10'w (square)...or 12'.. not sure which, but its big for 3 birds. I'm pretty sure that the feed is about that. Its okay for all birds, but its mostly for chickens, and its a...
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    Old chickens are fighting....

    My run is either a 10/10 or 12/12 ? Its enclosed. They dont go out, because we seem to have some hawk issues. They see a lot of light, and there are only 3 of them. They eat some layer feed made by the local farm supply here. They are coming off of a molt though. They have never done this...
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    Pressure Cooking Old Hens/Roosters

    No its not tough at all... but you could certainly try it. If there was any hope for a tough old bird, its a pressure cooker! ;) My mom always told me, if you cooked a bird for longer than an hour, you cook it to death. lol..you might want to do that. I always add some kind of broth (I like...
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    Pressure Cooking Old Hens/Roosters

    I have a pressure cooker (not electric) and do love it. I have cooked some old laying hens (they were about 3 years old), however, I didn't do that in my pressure cooker. I did use a slow cooker, and it was for HOURS, slow, and I had planned on making them for enchiladas as well ;) ...
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    Old chickens are fighting....

    Hey there.... So Ive had some old(er) turkeys that seemed to of "lost their minds" after a few years, and didn't think much of it. Well, now I'm wondering?? Do birds kind of go 'bat-crazy' when they are old? I have 3 chickens who are about 6 1/2 years old. They came from the same flock. They...
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    Rats in the chicken coop

    Those TomCat bait boxes are pretty nice though. Your birds can't get into them, its a big enough opening for a rat to get into, and you can see how much of the bait is gone. You could put it in the corner of your coop, and just put bricks on top of it and make some kind of a barrier around it...
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    Rats in the chicken coop

    I've searched here, and people have said YES, rats can/would eat chicks. I don't know if there is away to kill them thats not a snap trap or poison to get rid of them? You might not want to take the food out permanently, but maybe consider taking it out for a few days until you know the critter...
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    Hawks :(

    I'm not sure the size of the hen would make a difference? I mean, the little hawk that came down after my ladies was at least HALF the size of my biggest chicken. I don't have big girls, I mean, I have 3 wyandottes, and one of my 3 ameriucana's is a pretty big gal.....and it was after ALL or...
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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2014

    Those wings are HYSTERICAL!!!!!
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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2014

    I don't have a good picture of any of my chickens molting (none have been TOO ridiculous), but I DO have some good ones of our turkey!! She looks embarrassed. I just love it!!!! (she's spared this year ) Happy Thanksgiving!!!
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    Give me the dirt on turkeys

    We've added turkeys over the past 3 1/2 years. Of course, most of all of them do not go past a year, due to their purpose of "thanksgiving". I've almost always kept mine with my chickens (in the yard, but not in the same coop), also with ducks. I would always be extremely cautious if there...
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    TINY EGG!!!

    I found a tiny egg this morning too!! It has to be the size of a seeded grape. My hens are all almost 4 years old. I've never found an egg that tiny, only when they first started laying. So, I was kind of puzzled. Has this happened to anyone with older ladies???
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    Duck Ratio Help?

    Two ladies are perfect! I wish I only had 2 ladies. I have the 3rd ornery drake. He's either "okay" or "mean".
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    Rats in the chicken coop

    I got rid of the one rat, and who knows, its other friends too. That was spring. I noticed rat poo out in my chicken coop again. I have been putting garden goodies out in my coop each day (from hanging bird feeder baskets), and there's so much they haven't been finishing it all. It goes into...
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    Anyone use SAND in the run/coop

    I just emptied 2-50# bags of play sand onto the floor of a 10x10ft coop. Mostly, to level out the holes they've already made. They didn't like it at first, they wouldn't even walk in it. They kept themselves off of it for most of the day. I don't think anyone has 'bathed' in it either? I have...
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    Anyone use SAND in the run/coop

    I wouldn't add any ash to the coop that has had chemically treated anything in it. That's just my opinion. We have a wood stove, that we only would put firewood (not treated, just aged old trees), and maybe some newspaper. That is probably all I would use. :) I'm also hoping that adding...
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    chick behaviour determine sex?

    Well, I've never had any roosters personally. I HAVE had some Tom turkeys (that I didn't know the sex of) that would fight BADLY while they were barely feathered, that I ended up trying to keep them separated. I also had a friend who had some chicks, she said they did the same thing (fairly...
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    Hawks :(

    I am always out with my birds when they free range. Today, I was taken off guard. I'm pretty sure it was a juvenile hawk. I didn't think they were that brazen. I guess I was wrong!!! I chased it off, and lucky no one was hurt. So much for free ranging. I guess the only time they get...
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    Anyone use SAND in the run/coop

    So is there anyone that uses just play sand?? I see that some have used sand from their kids sandbox. I have 2 old bags (haven't been opened) of play sand. My dad used to use them for weight in his little pickup, and my kids aren't playing in sand anymore. I was just thinking of dumping them...
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