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    Growing fodder for chickens

    sorry for your sprouting problems... i quit after a few months. it got really expensive when the squirrels discovered my fodder in my screened in porch and tore the screen to pieces. The expensive part being having the screen fixed. Squirrels really love sunflower seeds! I also had mold...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    all you need to do is go to #1, 2 and 3 of this post. basically dump seed in a bucket of water, wait a day, dump it out into seedling flats (or anything with holes - I use aluminum pie pans) and rinse it off once a day. there ya go. it sprouts and then you feed it to the chickens. you can...
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    Coyotes took ALL MY HENS!

    so very sorry for your loss. a lot of us get very attached to our chickens, believe me. I hope you don't give up and let the coyotes win. nasty creatures. fortify the fences and start anew.
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    Pile of feathers with no carcass?

    so sorry about your baby girl. that happened to me last year with a rooster when i was just in the front yard for a few minutes and left them all in the back. Came around and found a pile of black feathers from my rooster and all the hens were clucking furiously. I figured it was a hawk and...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    I have used various containers for sprouting and one of the easiest is old aluminum pie pans I use a barbeque fork to poke holes in the bottoms. They drain really easily and make a very nice "sprout pie". I even use styrofoam leftover containers from restaurants and they are easy to poke holes...
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    Chickens at night

    some of mine sleep out in the run on a roost. as long as it's predator proof it doesn't matter to me.
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    Snake attack

    wow, great duck! we find rat snakes in our duck nests a lot but i've never witnessed a duck taking them on. that's a great story.
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    Seriously contemplating the idea of backyard chickens in St. Pete, Fl

    yes yes definitely get chickens! i'm a little bit south of you - don't worry about the heat. it's great for when they are babies - they NEED the heat! we have over 100 chickens and have never had a problem. provide shade in their run of course when they get big. buff orpingtons are sooo...
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    Dog killed 3 of my girls

    i can understand your anger as i have had dogs jump my fence and kill my rabbits. animal control did nothing. then i had pitbulls attack my golden retriever (twice!) and animal control did nothing. that time i had to go to court to get my lousy $200 from the owner and take payments and then...
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    Comment by 'chick-in-florida' in article 'Barred Rockers Chicken Coop'

    this is beautiful!
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    What's wrong with my hen?? really weird!

    have you wormed her lately? i would try that
  12. chick-in-florida

    Hang Feeders?

    we put the waterers up on blocks and we use range feeders which are lifted up on pipes off the ground.
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    Review by '' on item '12" Slide Top Feeder - 9814'

    I thought it would help prevent so much wasted food but we have had several hatches of chicks that I tried it with (including quail) and they just don't like to eat from it! I end up just taking the top off and using it like a trough. the hanging feeders are a better way to go.
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    FedEx driver has ticked me OFF!!!!!!!

    yeah report him. and demand a refund.
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    chick not growing!

    I hatched a dozen chicks and one is just weird - it won't grow. the wings grew but he is still little and kind of hunched over. his feet seem ok and he can move around and he appears to eat and drink but mostly he just sits around. now i've put him in with new baby chicks. they don't seem to...
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    How many Eggs did you Sell today?

    13 dozen!! and hatched 12 chicks too!
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    Talk to me about fencing

    never underestimate a raccoon.
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    someone stole my chocolate hen... X(

    GRRRRR. the more I learn about people the more I love my animals.
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    Help!! Urgent!!! *pics post 8*

    well if it was worms it's too late to do anything anyhow. just hold her and tell her it's ok.
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    newbee's won't leave brood box

    several MONTHS old? why are they still in the brooder?
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