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    Got sand? You should!

    Better google that. Lime is used in making cement and is caustic. Calcium oxide (CaO). Lye is Sodium hydroxide used in making soaps and is also caustic.
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    Got sand? You should!

    Hi, I'm pretty sure lime is caustic when it gets wet, and not so nice on the feet. Just use coarse construction sand - no lime. sassifrassi
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    Liquid Fence

    Going to try it . I have a small flower beds that surround the chicken patio (used to be MY patio) that I want to keep green by planting ivy ( they didn't eat any of it last year - but their tastes change...).
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    Liquid Fence

    Has anyone tried using Liquid Fence Goose Repellant to keep chickens out of the flower garden or away from an area? Thoughts? Sasse
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    Hen with drooping comb?

    Hi! I have 4 sex links and one of them has a droopy comb. I'm new to chickens but I don't think a floppy comb is a problem as long as there is no obvious signs of trauma. However, I don't think Jasmin likes her nickname "Floppy"...
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    Feeding beef or venison fat

    Quote: Kefir curds eh? Hmmm. Yep my chickens have been pushing the dogs and cats around since day one! Sassi, They love the Kefir Curds best! They dig the whey and they also really like oats, soaked in the Kefir Whey. They like the curds so much they will wipe a bowl clean with the sides of...
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    Feeding beef or venison fat

    Quote: I feed my dogs raw. And I have a hard time keeping my chickens from taking the dogs meat away! Isnt that the truth! If I feed my dogs (raw) in the yard with the chickens loose.... we have to protect the dogs while they eat. Those ladies will back them right off their food dish...
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    What do y'all put in oatmeal for chickens?

    I make them oatmeal porridge when its cold and I add raisins or cranberries and sometimes I add protein powder.
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    Feeding beef or venison fat

    Quote: I feed my dogs raw. And I have a hard time keeping my chickens from taking the dogs meat away!
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    High protein foods for your birds.

    How about whey banana flavoured protein powder added to their morning porridge? Would that hurt them?
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    Advice please

    Hi, I wasn't going to heat my coop as per a lot of the advice on the forum, but as my coop is small and I only have 4 chickens, I didn't think they would produce enough heat themselves. So, I bought "sweeter heater" off e-bay and attached it to the roof of the coop (2'X2'X3') just over where...
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    Automatic feeder!

    Mine still works great. Only problem is when the food forms a funnel inside the bucket and the flat part has nothing to propel forward. I have figured a way to do the same with a teaspoon - works well too.
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    Neighborhood cats bugging my birds

    Quote: Agree. I have 4 cats - tough ones. And they are all scared of my chickens.
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    you've got to see this coop!

    Love it! Might do the same to my 1976 camper when her time is up.
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    Name for a little yellow silkie? EDIT: decided! See post #41

    Charo! Couchie- Couchie!
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    Got sand? You should!

    Anyone have any problems with sand in the run never drying out??? Mine is constantly damp. Mind you we have had a lot of rain lately but even in the summer it remained damp. I have a concrete base that had grooves in it for drainage. Any suggestions??
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    has anybody ever tried this?

    Hi, I personally haven't tried it but I have seen it done before in some old timers coop. He used the old style red christmas lights. Hasn't had a problem. I will be using a "Sweeter Heater" on the coop ceiling ( I have a very small coop 3x3x3 attached to a larger run for 4 chickens which get...
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    My hen laid three eggs in one day

    Quote: I had one do that too! Three days ago - laid a normal egg late in the day for her then at 1:00am I observed her ( with my chicken cam ) lay two more outside in the run. Both were soft-shelled. Next day I was an egg short (3/4). And today all is normal again. Only strange occurances...
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    Beef Soup Bones

    I feed my dogs raw beef bones in the yard as a treat. My chickens will chase away my dogs to pick the bones clean. No problems so far. However it does disturb me...
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    Composting manure

    Hi. I have the same concerns. I have 4 hens on sand in the run and shavings in their coop. They "free range" my little yard about 50% of the time. I sift out the poop balls from the run and pick out the poop from the coop and put it in a large deck box at the side of my house. The "stray " poop...
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