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    Hardboiled backyard eggs - trouble with peeling them - help?

    Hi all - I once again made deviled eggs last night, and once again, some of the eggs ended up peeling strangely. I never had this problem with store-bought, so this escapes me. I did nine eggs last night and two of them did it - I did the light smash and roll method to start the peel, but...
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    Can you help me with a school project??? (Ovarian Cancer Awareness...)

    Hi all - I am one of those "it's never too late to go back to school" people. My daughter (who's now teaching English in South Korea and working on her master's degree) talked me into finally doing it. So now I'm taking and Honors English (Argument) class and I have a final paper coming up...
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    Shameless self-advertising here...

    and I'm looking for support... If anyone on here will be on the Delmarva Peninsula on Saturday, October 10th...at around 4:30 p.m....in Bridgeville, Delaware...at the Apple Scrapple Festival... I am a finalist in the Cat Country (radio) Delmarva Star competition! The finalists are judged on...
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    Does egg size change with age?

    Hi all - I'm hoping that you can help me with a question... I have nine Norwegian Jaerhons that have started giving me eggs - wonderful breakfast over the weekend!!! The question is this...I read that the NJs are supposed to lay large white eggs. The ones that I'm getting are smaller than...
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    Saw this on craigslist...Eastern Shore of Maryland

    Saw this on craigslist - in case anyone's interested: Mobile Chicken Coup and Chickens - $1450 (Chestertown MD ) Chicken coup on an older hay wagon. Wagon in good shape with newer/used tires. Decking is 2" x whatever i could find. Sides are new plywood and 2x4's. Roof is a galv steel...
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    Salisbury, MD - Anyone lose a chicken?

    Check this out... http://easternshore.craigslist.org/grd/1282949298.html.
  7. BethESH

    Proud mama!!! 2-month-old roo trying to crow!!!

    Hi all - I remember reading about the fun many of you had with the first crowing - and now I totally get it! I wish I could record Einar's noise to preserve it for future generations. It's is so incredibly adorable...who knew!?!?!?
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    Food and Water - Inside the Coop or Outside in the Run?

    Hi all - Still working on designing my coop/run...and I was wondering...does it work better to have the food inside the coop, or is it cool to just have it outside under some sort of weather protection? (I'm doing a hanging feeder.) I figure (maybe) for the waterers, I'd have one inside and...
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    RIP Flounder

    Hi all... Today is the 2-week birthday of my baby Norwegian Jaerhons. All arrived healthy from Ideal except one pullet, who had a spraddle leg. She scooted and flopped around the brooder, so my darling man named her "Flounder." I tried the band-aid method to fix the bad leg, but it didn't...
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    Roo Runt...Runty Roo...

    Hi All, My FAVORITE baby cockerel (Sam) seems to be lagging behind in his growth. I have 12 babies in all, two roos, 10 pullets. Sam isn't growing as fast as his roo counterpart, Einar. Sam's wings don't seem to be developing as fast, and the feathers aren't coming in as quickly as even the...
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    Yogurt for babies...how much?

    Hi all - I was given the suggestion that I give my babies yogurt to help with pasty butt - it seemed to work, thank you very much! The babies - nine days old now - absolutely LOVE the yogurt. How much is it safe to give them? Thanks! Beth
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    Newbie to chickens with new baby chick ???s...need help from veterans!

    Hi all - Last Thursday I received my order from Ideal at my office. Boy, were these babies CUTE...and LOUD! I have 10 Norwegian Jaerhon pullet babies and 2 NJ roo babies (what I ordered). Ideal also shipped 10 "peanuts" - CUTE, but starting to get aggressive roos - no idea what breed they...
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    DELMARVA Peninsula - Meeting on Monday Night (2/23)!

    Just an FYI - I stopped in the Farmers and Planters Store in Salisbury the other day and one of the wonderful ladies who works there handed me a flyer. Turns out that there's a "Small Flock Meeting" on Monday night (February 23rd) at the Wicomico Library in Pittsville from 6:00 - 7:30...
  14. BethESH

    DELMARVA! Anyone want to teach me???

    Hi - Just looking for locals who wouldn't mind me looking at your setups...I have plans for my coop and babies ordered, but I do much better with seeing things with my own eyes. Thanks...
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    Need insight...chicken run on a septic drain field???

    Hello, all you wonderful BYCers! I need some serious insight. I just ordered chicks (am on waiting list) and will be building my coop this spring. When my wonderful man and I were discussing the location for it, he asked if we could have the run on the mounded drain field in the backyard...
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    Craigslist - Maryland's Kent County - 4 Free Egg Laying Hens

    FYI - saw this on Craigslist this afternoon - Says Pondtown/Millington - here's the URL: http://easternshore.craigslist.org/pet/945918599.html. It was posted on Friday, December 5th... Hope that helps someone who's looking for free chickens!!! (Wish I had my coop built!!!)
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    Sources for CHEEP (think FREE) coop building materials?!?!

    Hi all - So I'm working on designing my first coop, and am extremely frugal...I learned from my fiancee. (I tell him that he puts the HEAP in CHEAP!) He and Gopher Boy are cut from the same cloth...think Red Green Show! I've checked out craigslist and ebay and local papers/websites. Anyone...
  18. BethESH

    DELMARVA!?!?

    Hi there - I'm in Worcester County, and new to the whole chicken thing... We had a "volunteer" chicken show up in our yard about a month ago. He called her a banty hen(?) She had a nest of eggs, then one of the neighborhood cats scared her away. My fiancee was so bummed about it, that I...
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