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    help me compare feed tags, please?

    Our layers are 20 weeks today. We are switching to layer feed. I have one tag for Purina Layena. I also have two tags for local feed mills where if I buy in bulk, the price drops dramatically. I don't know enough about this, though, to know if the feed mill ingredients and the guaranteed...
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    nighttime chicken behavior

    My flock of layers (17--no roos that I can tell, anyway) have a brand new coop with all the recommended suggestions here (well ventilated from the top, sq. footage is over 4 sq. ft per bird etc) , and a large run, and we are in a rural area with few predator problems. I raised them from the...
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    brooding question

    I watched a dvd recently about brooding chickens and there was a segment on allowing a mother hen to brood the chicks and then raise them. I was just wondering...how come the mother hen lets her chicks out in the grass (presumeably not in 90 degree weather, which is what it would be in week 2...
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    question about lice on chickens...

    This is probably a dumb question, but is this the same kind of lice that get into human hair? I have three long haired girls and we have our first layers scheduled to arrive in April. Should I be worried about this at all?
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    fencing for goats and chickens

    I shared here earlier that we are preparing our land for goats and layers. I was originally planning on having separate pasture areas for each, but dh (who is also the fence builder) asked me the other day if they needed to have separate areas. I told him I had no idea! But I am guessing...
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    newbie coop question

    My dear sweet husband is building a coop this spring for us. We saw one a friend has and love it. Its a rectangle shape with two solid sides (one side is the pole barn we already have and the other side is more siding that looks like the pole barn). The roof is the same siding on the pole...
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    Good morning!

    I've been posting this week and just now noticed y'all have a board just for intro's. Oops! I am a full time mom to a busy family. We have 6 kids, ages 15, 12, 9, 6, 3, and 1. 3 boys and 3 girls. Our own Brady Bunch! We homeschool them all. Its been a dream of ours since the first was...
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    Help with buying a dairy goat?

    Hello. I am hoping some of you can help me with something? I was planning on finding two saanen kids this spring to purchase, with the hope of breeding and milking them. I have a couple of friends with dairy goats, and one of them just offered to sell me one of her saanens. Does this sound...
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    Help me choose breeds?

    Hello again, Last fall our family successfully raised 46 meat birds, thanks to your help. Now the whole family is excited about layers (and two kids and 2 bunnies, as well, but I digress...). We know we want heavy breeds that do well in the cold, and all girls. We have 6 children, so we need...
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    Intro and bagging question

    Hello everyone. I've been lurking and learning along with you all for weeks now. I figured it was time to register. I am one week away from our processing date on our very first batch of meat chickens! I am so excited. I've been wanting to do this for years. The place where I have an...
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