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    Keeping Chicken Coop Warm this Winter

    Great idea. I think I will do that.
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    Keeping Chicken Coop Warm this Winter

    I'm wondering the same thing in the winter because mine don't sleep up in their hen house. They prefer to perch on the branch that is out in the main part of the coop. They only go up in the henhouse to get to the nesting boxes and lay. So when everyone says "draft free" I worry that they...
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    Feel worse than horrible...lost my first bird due to my own stupidity

    I didn't mean that to sound heartless. But they either spend their entire life in the coop or they run around our acreage. I realize there are dangers out there to them but I suppose I'm willing to take that chance. I know that we have given them a good life and we take great care of them. I...
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    Feel worse than horrible...lost my first bird due to my own stupidity

    Ok. Thanks. But I just can't imagine my dogs doing anything to them. I guess we'll just have to wait and take that chance. The chickens are SO much happier out and about during the day. I guess I would rather have them living happy. I can't imagine at the end of their laying years what I...
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    Feel worse than horrible...lost my first bird due to my own stupidity

    So do most people worry about their dogs. We thought ours would chase the chickens but they ignore them. ONe of the dogs likes to follow them around and eat the poop, another just lays and watches them and the 3rd dog ignores them 99% of the time but ocasionally will run after them for about 4...
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    can you eat eggs with medicated feed?

    The first bag I had was Nutrena Medicated. The 2nd bag I bought at a Tractor supply and it was labeled "chick starter" and I just mixed them together. I don't know whether it was medicated or not. So it sounds like I may just want to wait till I switch them completely. Do you know how long I...
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    can you eat eggs with medicated feed?

    So we have been getting a few eggs a week from a couple of our chickens so far. Only 3 are laying that we can tell. However I have been "wasting" them. I hate doing that but I still have a bunch of the medicated chick feed left and even though we have been starting to mix the layer feed in...
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    Hen wants me to mount her?

    Oh my goodness. I never thought of "that." My kids have been laughing at one of our 8 girls that squats whenever we are around. We just thought she wanted to be picked up and was being friendly. Now two more are doing it. I think it is the exact 3 that are laying so it does seem to go hand...
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    Sleeping in Nesting Boxes

    Ok, so this height of the perch.....ours is about level with where the nesting boxes are because they are up inside the enclosed little tree house part. They have to walk up a ramp to get there. They don't go up there but we figure they will in the winter when it's cold. So maybe right now I...
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    Sleeping in Nesting Boxes

    I have the opposite problem. Mine love their roost at night but have JUST starting laying---we have 2 eggs in the last 24 hours from our 8 ladies. However we just find them on the ground around the coop. They don't even go up into the top area of our coop where the nesting boxes are. I'm...
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    WILL they go to the boxes to lay?

    So my 8 hens sound like a women's church group at night as they are deciding who is going to roost next to who on the tree branch. So we definitely don't have a problem with sleeping on the roost. They free range every evening when my outdoor cats come in for the night but are up on the roost...
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    Horse Fly traps

    2-300 HORSE flies??? wow! I really don't have a problem with little flies because we use the Fly Predators. So I'm hoping this will take care of my big ones.
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    Horse Fly traps

    Oh Wow! Thanks!! Is there somewhere I can see that picture at?
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    Horse Fly traps

    So what are the bottle traps? Where do you get them? Do they really get the big horse flies??
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    Horse Fly traps

    Hi. Has anyone had any success with horse fly/deer fly traps? Ours are worse than normal this year it seems and I'm hoping to find a way to lessen their population. I've read a lot and know that there is no good answer. However there are a couple of traps out there that seem to promise some...
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    dust bath materials

    Mine are about 8 weeks old now. We've let them out of the coop once this week but eventually hope that they will be out a lot once they are full grown. Their bedding is straw right now on top of a concrete pad. There are pine shavings in the nest boxes but obviously they don't use them...
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    if I let them out of the coop?

    They went out------AND they are now back IN! Woo hoo! They were out for about 45 minutes. Stayed pretty close to the coop which I like but don't like because it is sitting on the edge of our property and even though there is a 3 foot fence between us and the neighbor's driveway I know that...
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    if I let them out of the coop?

    So .....DO I let them out??? I just figured they would have more to do and can naturally get grit by being out in the grass. Otherwise they are on a concrete slab with straw for a floor and very tightly protected against predators. Is it better to wait until they are older to start letting...
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    if I let them out of the coop?

    Our 8 hens are about 8 weeks old now---gosh I'm losing track. They look so big and fluffy now with all their feathers. They've been out in the coop for 2 weeks now---the henhouse is "upstairs" with 2 nesting boxes but they haven't ventured up the ladder yet. That's fine with me and we have...
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    my babies are outside tonight

    OK---I feel better. Thanks. I just keep thinking that since the inside of the coop really isn't done---ie no actual henhouse with bedding and a nice soft dark spot to roost, that we should have kept them in. However they seem so happy pecking around in the straw! I've gone out a few times but...
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