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  1. kevinhannan

    4yo g/daughter wants your votes to model kids clothes for UK company

    e2a: Thank you! I have put the link up here to make it easier for people to find it. ***update*** Please be aware this is a Facebook page and I have just been told you have to 'like' the page before you can vote. To be honest, it sounds like a lot of work, but I am grateful for any votes you...
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    Urgent 4 me-please-can I feed chickens boiled rabbit intestines as-is?

    I have an opportunity for some rabbit offal - like now! (Surprise offering!) Can I feed my chickens rabbit boiled intestines with the contents as-is? The gall bladder has been removed. Thanks
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    What kind of plastic is the chicken plucker made of?

    I couldn't think of anywhere else to put this post; would it be okay to have a diy (sub)section? What are those chicken plucker fingers made of? I know it's a kind of plastic, but what type? Or, what types of plastic have the 'grip' to remove scalded chicken feathers? Many thanks for your time...
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    Aren't chickens funny little things with odd quirks?

    It's happened for a while now, but I only really noticed just now... some of my hens get their food, lay it at my feet and then eat it! I must be some sort of Demi-God!!! I'd love to hear of some bizarre/eccentric hen-stuff you'd care to share!
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    Diet and taste of meat.

    When birds are raised for meat, do you find their diet prior to slaughter affects the taste of the meat? If so, what do you suggest feeding the hens, given that they will have only water for the final 24 hours? (I say this because a long time ago I bought a supposedly corn-fed chicken which was...
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    3 Eggs laid today - new low! How can I make my girls happier? please!

    Hey Guys, I got 10 ex-bats earlier this year and they are wonderful girls giving me 7-10 eggs per day. Now we are in Autumn that has understandably dropped to around 6 eggs per day. More than a week of solid rain has meant that the normally weatherproof run has become a mud-pit and is...
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    Chicken poop - how do I 'harvest' it for fertiliser?

    At the moment I use tarpaulins on the floor of my coop. I take it out and wash it down near my flower bordors in my garden and place a clean tarpaulin back in the coop while the recently washed one gets a chance to dry out fully. Up to now, I have been buying buckets of prepared poultry manure...
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    Why would I get a bad link in my BYC email notifier?

    Why would I get a bad link in my BYC email notifier? I was subscribed and posting in a topic, got an email to say an update occurred and then when I click on it, it tells me that it doesn't exist or is a bad link? Has the thread been deleted for some reason, maybe? Thanks
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    Can I feed the rodents to the girls to peck at, to train them?

    Well, my daily check on my coop revealed I have a nest of rodents underneath. (This has given my plans to build a raised-coop a real kick to the GO-line.) Quite frankly, I'm surprised the girls haven't pecked them to death.... I can't imagine what must have happened as some of the girls go to...
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    OMG! I'm so honoured for this award! I'd like to thank the fish/dog...

    I just love all the wonderful awards BYC give out! Can you do one that spots a miserable but affable old so-and-so, like me? Now I'm kinda expecting a 'prefect' award-type person to come along and peck me into line! lol! Keep up the good work, guys. This place is the best! (p.s. No, I'm...
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    Is this a belts-and-braces way of installing windows into a new coop?

    I thought I could possibly post this on a woodworking forum; but I (genuinely) think the kind peeps here are a better bet for more accurate answers given the wealth of fowl-related experience. I'm planning on a new coop build, and taking it by stages to make sure I get it right first time. My...
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    What is the pragmatic space per hen in the coop, please?

    I hope I don't upset people by this question, but I am curious to know... I have seen various 'coop-floor sizes per hen' stated in different places on the 'net but when I see my girls, they are all usually near each other, especially at night. They seem to naturally occupy less space than what...
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    New Coop Plan in progress - will a run under a 8' x 8' coop work?

    I'm planning on a new coop (yay!) and I got to wondering about including an enclosed run under the coop. The basic coop will be 8 x 8 feet by 6 feet high with the bottom coop having the same area but about 2.5feet high (is that high enough?). I'd love to hear from people, please, who can tell...
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    Your thoughts on a temporary chicken run, please.

    I would like to give my ex-bats a larger run-around space if possible. I'd also like to be able to move it around my garden - hence the temporary nature. My materials are limited - I have around 20 metres of 1inch hole, 1 metre high chicken wire which I can use as a perimeter with bamboo...
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    Have you done anything to improve egg production?

    I give my girls what I think is a full scavenging diet; layer pellets, greens, worms, grit, etc, etc.... ...and I got to thinking, what have you given your girls that appears - or has - increased/improved egg production? fwiw; for my ex-bats - I'm currently getting an 75-80% 1 egg/day/hen...
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    Would a multi-tier (multi-floor) shed work as a coop?

    Even though I've only had ex-bats for a short while, I'm thinking of upgrading their coop to cope with future expansion. Right now, I have a fully-kitted out shed (made from pallets) that is 4m wide x 3m deep and 2.5m high and there's 10 ex-bats. There's also a very big run, prob 3 times the...
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    Reducing food bills and cost of eggs...

    Currently I pay around GB STG £11 for a bag of layer pellets. I supplement this with grit, green veg, worms, etc - hopefully to give an all-round diet. How do I go about reducing my chicken-food bill? So far I have friends give me greens off their allotments, grit from crushed egg-shells and...
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    Total Feeding Costs of keeping hens and retiring off query

    deleted and edited due to poor grammar - I'll post again soon. Sorry.
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    New Owner - Pushy Hens!

    I am the proud caretaker of ten lovely little hens. They came to me as ex-bats and after just a few days of carefully-minded manners they are really establishing their pecking order - and that seems to include me! My problem is that while they have masses of room, inside and outside, whenever...
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