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    Dealing with chicken leg injury (hanging from fence)

    First of all, thanks to all who have posted previously on dealing with chicken leg injuries - it was a big help to me! I have 26 hens and one of the younger ones decided to fly to the top of the 6' chain link fence section to check things out. Apparently she got tangled up when trying to get...
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    Hog rings, poultry fencing and chain link

    In my never-ending quest to find an easier way to work with poultry fencing, I learned all about "hog rings." Our chicken run is built from piecing together 10' sections of chain link dog kennel. I wanted to attach a shorter layer of cheap poultry fencing to the bottom part of the panels. I...
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    Tips for working with chicken wire / poultry netting? ** updated **

    I have been searching but not finding much. Does anyone have tips for working with chicken wire? For example, we are making a wooden brooder box with hinged lids. The lids have a cut-out and I want to cover that with chicken wire. (I am not talking hardware cloth, with the small squares. I...
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    Built a 10x12' coop from scratch

    Yep, we are officially nuts, ha ha! I finally gathered pics and details and posted them on my page. (Didn't want to post the whole thing twice, figured I would just post the link to my page.) https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=11401-coop-design Note: I'm trying to go back...
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    First loss and a bit of a mystery

    I came home yesterday afternoon and found one of my hens dead in the coop. I have 4 hens (now 3) that live in an A-frame chicken tractor which is inside a very large fenced area. She was right next to the nest box which is in the enclosed half of the chicken tractor with only one way in...
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    Interesting take on processing chickens (no graphic pics)

    I helped a friend of mine process some chickens this weekend. She's expanding her operation and has a rapidly growing number of customers who are devoutly religious and are looking for grain-fed (no pork products) chickens. They actually processed their own chickens and showed us their method...
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    When to get concerned about hen not laying

    I have 4 hens that will be a year old in August - 3 BRs, 1 Americauna. They started laying in early January and have been pretty darn regular, putting out over 500 eggs so far. However, the A. hasn't laid an egg for 3 days (she lays green and the others lay brown eggs). She's not acting...
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    Weird and gross poop question - !

    I've got four 8-month old hens that have been laying pretty steadily since January, no problems. One of my BRs looked like she had a poopy butt one day, and I figured maybe she just had some stick to her, no big deal. The other day there was a poop as big as an egg with some feathers...
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    How much water do chickens drink?

    What made me ask is this. I've got a 1-gallon water thing for 4 hens. I fill it up twice a day. They are either a) drinking like there's no tomorrow, or b) bumping into it all day and spilling it. I can't tell all the time - sometimes there's a puddle, so I know they spilled it. Other...
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    Hurray! First 4-egg day!

    Yay, my girls are all laying! This is the first time I've gotten 4 eggs in one day. I've got 3 BRs and 1 BA/EE mutt. One of the BRs is laying monstrous double-yolkers too (ow!). ETA: They are 23 weeks old, started laying 1/4 and we've gotten a total of 41 eggs to date.
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    3-egg day!

    I've got four 22-wk. old pullets and it looks like 3 out of 4 are with the program! I'm surprised to see it, given the fact that it got down to 9 here the other night. Figured they would be slow starters and all. It's a little hard to see in the picture, but "Slacker" doesn't have as red a...
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    Hey, they're doing it! 2 eggs now

    I got my first egg this past Sunday. My BA/EE? has laid 4 eggs out of 5 days. And finally, one of my BRs joined in! It's like Christmas every day, ha ha! I just have the 4 hens, so I'm hoping the other two catch on too, lol. Green is from BA/EE, brown is from BR and white is from Wal-Mart.
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    How much oyster shell? Can they OD?

    I've been searching the forums but haven't really found this particular question. I've been throwing some oyster shell on the ground for my 4 hens for a couple of weeks as I transitioned them to layer feed, and just got my first egg today. I read about having oyster shell next to their food as...
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    Went to shovel poop, got a surprise!

    First egg from one of my girls! I have 3 BRs and 1 Black Australorp who are literally 20 weeks + 2 days old. Not sure who did the deed but that sure made shoveling the poop a lot easier, lol! It's kind of a weird gray/green color - I thought BRs made brown eggs, so maybe it's the other one, I...
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    feed storage idea

    Right now my feed bags are on the floor just inside the front door, which is not really the look I was going for, lol. I saw these on Craigslist and picked up two for $20 each. They are very durable, thick plastic barrels that originally held 200 lbs. of sodium carbonate (aka washing soda or...
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    Quality cooking knives - looking for recommendations

    We are looking to upgrade from our crappy, decades-old collection of knives for the kitchen and have been looking at Cutco, Wusthof and Henckels. So far I like the Wusthof the best; however, I'd like to hear your experiences and recommendations about quality cooking knives. Also...
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    Anyone buy stuff you see on TV?

    I hate the commercials, but I'm wondering if anyone out there has bought or used the Sham-Wow cloth. Comments?
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    Did 2 roos (non-graphic pics) + very good deal @ Lowe's

    Thanks, frugal! Your posting on how to do it, start to finish, was very timely for this first-time chicken owner. My friend came over to lend a hand. She did the first one to show me how, and I did the second one. (We used the cone method.) I let her take the lead and probably next time we...
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    Crowing - time of day?

    My two BR roosters have learned to crow, and now they won't shut up, ha ha! Do roosters (once they've got it down) only crow in the morning? Mine crow from morning until about dark, just off and on, when they get the urge. I didn't know if it is usually a wake-up thing or just " 'cause I can"...
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    First real crowing

    My BRs are 14 weeks old and I heard my first honest-to-god "cockadoodle-doo!" this morning. The boys have been honking like geese which was just hysterical, but I think they've got it figured out now!
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