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    White pullets...brown eggs?

    ok. I know white chickens are supposed to lay white eggs... these are white pullets, no other color except for their combs & wattles - their 'ears' are white...there is no indication that they will lay brown eggs, but I think they are !!! We have seen each of our 3 white pullets in the nesting...
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    Fresh egg benefits

    We are close to having enough eggs to start selling.... I get a lot of questions from family & friends... & comments like "my cholesterol is already high enough"... I want to make available a 'flyer' to put out w my eggs to provide info to my egg buyers... What would you include in a flyer?
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    Frozen Sweet Corn

    I had bought some corn early in the season & it wasn't that great, hubby said just pitch the rest (was tough & not very tasty) Of course I could not throw it away when i know the chickens would love love love it !!! so I tossed it in the freezer. On those terribly hot days we just had, I...
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    Leaves from garden plants

    I've searched a bit but I can't find an answer to my question: What plants can the chickens not eat from the garden?? I'm not talking about the vegetable, I'm talking the leaves ..... I just pulled up some beets & I know I can feed them those.... can I give the stems too? and we'll have...
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    Secure roof/cover for run

    Need ideas. We need to cover our run. It's appx 16 x 20. Husband wants something that will not require a lot of lumber as we are almost out of what we have. It has to keep out hawks, raccoons, etc. We are going camping for 5 days in July and want to leave the chicken door open so the...
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    10 chickens in a nest !

    so, we've integrated three 8 month old RIR hens into our young flock. The other chicks are: 6 pullets almost 3 months, 2 Cornish Rocks about 3 months old, and 3 Barred rocks about 6 weeks old. anyway, they are all getting along very well. So well, in fact that last night when I went to close...
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    Cardboard brooder box

    I know some are not big on a cardboard box as a brooder, but ours is working well. We keep a nice layer of pine shavings down and have had no trouble with a wet bottom. I wanted to let others know where we got it.... for free I might add ! At a furniture store! Our local furniture store...
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    do you use DE ?

    Was wondering if anyone uses Diatomaceous Earth ? How and to what extent ? How old do chicks need to be before I could use it with them ? I've read a bit about it, but can't seem to find how much to use in feed, in their dust bath, etc..... I have some I bought to get rid of ants in the house...
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    Medicated food AND Sav-A-Chick - bad idea?

    Hellllooooo!!! I am so happy to be here!! This is our first time having chickens and we are so excited. I was raised on a farm & we had chickens then, but this is my first experience on my own. We got our chicks Sunday from TSC. I mixed Sav-A-Chick to help with stress and feeding a sample...
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