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    Advice on adding to flock

    I've poured over breed descriptions until my eyes blurred over, and I finally decided to ask all you experts for your opinion. I'm looking to add 4 new laying hens to my flock this year and want to get 2 each of a breed I don't have yet. I'm probably crazy but I have enjoyed getting all...
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    % of wheat?

    I've read here in our wonderful forums that whole wheat kernels is good for chickens. Yay, because I was given a boatload of it. I'm wondering if it is appropriate to make it only a percentage of what I feed them, and if so, how much wheat vs. the crumbles I normally feed? (I've been giving them...
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    breed suggestions

    Hi all, I apologize for asking a question that's probably been posted a lot before, but after searching threads I can't find exactly the info I'm looking for. I am fairly new at raising chickens...2 years ago I got my first bunch: 3 barred rocks and a dominique. Last year I added 2 RIR...
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    adding chickens--is young better?

    I've been trying to read up on adding chickens to my "flock" and haven't seen exactly what I'm looking for. I put "flock" in quotations because I have only 4...3 barred rock and 1 dominique that were raised together, all hens. Is just 4 a flock? lol... They will be a year old April 1. I've...
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    Getting used to the nesting boxes

    My chickens have had the run of my back yard until we finished our chicken coop recently. They've been laying in random places since July. Now I'd like to teach them to lay in the nesting boxes. To teach them, the past couple of weeks I've kept them shut in the coop until most of them have laid...
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    Eggs safe to eat?

    I've been watching for my new chickens to start laying, and thought I was looking in all the likely spots. I just found a whole bunch of eggs that have been in my backyard, in the shade, for possibly as much as a week. I carefully cracked and smelled them all, and there is no odor whatsoever...
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