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    Redness of skin

    I have the same thing and i belive it is depluming mites . they burrow under the skin and cause irritation . you will need to spray you coop good to because allot of mites stay in the house.
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    Does anyone actually clear a profit with their chickens?

    With the cost of the coops , wire , feeders, feed , birds themselves and all their other must have stuff i figure they need to lay gold eggs for 6 months and then i'll turn a profit. ( if the price of gold holds up )
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    do you eat chicken? just curious....

    I know what you mean , i don't care for eating birds i have to kill and dress either. ( you wonder why it is called dressing a bird to take off the feathers? shouldn't it be undressing )
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    small eggs

    Hi i raised some marans, and buff orpingtons this year and gave them scrambled eggs every day. they grew i think too fast and were grown at 4 months and trying to lay. I have had the bo pullets since Oct. and their eggs are still small. I feed oats in the morn and scratch at night and they have...
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    question about pullets egglaying.........

    redder combs are a sure way to say, that cackle fruit is on the way!
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    Hey, Southerners - got dumplings?

    Quote: My grandmother used to make a flat dumpling with rolled out biscuit dough that she cut into strips and dropped into boiling broth. I can NOT make these like she did. My dumplings fall apart. I don't have any recipe for conrmeal dumplings. Sorry. I've never had cornmeal dumplings '. I...
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    Mean roo

    i don't belive a rooster can tell a hen from a rooster until the hen acts like a girl. My rooster treats all new pullets as young roosters until they prove to him otherwise. Maybe that pullet gave him the " i'm a rival" impression by mistake.
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    My Chickens are eating the House!

    i don't know what styrofoam reminds them of but, they think it is yummy and eat all they can get.
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    The REPORT button

    The black color of the report button makes it look like it's not a working link when the working ones are blue. just my 2 cents worth.
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    Tennessee?

    McEwen , TN West of Nashville
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    Flea Market Encounter with Chick Seller-ARGH!!

    Quote: Of cource we do . I get almost insulted when someone calls my kids " chickens"
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    Orpingtons Leaping for Blueberries

    Great photos ! They will trim a blackberry vine the same way.
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    HELP!!! Whats wrong with my Chicken?

    Glad you found us kittenchick . Just make sure your hen can get to food and water some birds are very timid.
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    How big should the opening of the nesting box be?

    My girls seem to like a small place to squeese into .
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    Can Chickens Smell?

    I don't think God put nostrils on them as a prop , i know they can smell cause they know their favorite goodys sight unseen.
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    why are my white leghorns slowing production?

    I have two fans blowing in my coop and the hens still pant sitting on the nest but, i'm sure they help. This heat slows production.
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    STOPPED BROODY HEN CYCLE

    Quote: I dunked my 4 broodys last night with ice water and this morn only one is still clucking. I held their legs and just put their bellys , sides and wing pits in the water. I belive it is the cooling that signals her brain that her eggs are ice cold and won't hatch anyway so, it's time to...
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    how to round up escapers?

    We use a fishing net to catch ours.
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    I'm Feeling So Bad,,I had to put a hen down today,,Help!!

    I had a beautiful and frendly pullet that kept prolapseing so, we had to kill her . yeah i hated to do it but, i did not want to see her suffer any more.
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    STOPPED BROODY HEN CYCLE

    I dunked my BO hen the other day and she just got that AHHH look on her face and ran back to the nest. I don't think it works as good in 100 degree heat
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