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    combs

    Hello everyone, Several of my chickens have developed black sore looking places on thier combs. At first I thought they were places that were healing from where they had been pecking each other for dominance, but I'm not sure of that now. I'm wondering now if it is some kind of bacterial...
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    grit

    good morning everyone, I have a question. What do you use for grit. My birds are in a 50x50 ft. run and no acsses to any small rocks or stuff for grit. What do y'all do?
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    6 week guineas

    I need some advice/experience, My guineas are going to be 6 weeks old next week. They have been in a brooder in the chicken house for about a month now. I would like to let them out of thier brooder because they are getting too big for it and I need the space in the hen house back. Do you think...
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    egg peeling

    I know there was a thread a while back but I can't seem to find it. Would ya'll share with me about how you make peeling hard boiled eggs easyer on these wonderful eggs we get? Thanks
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    he/she

    Hello everybody, I have 24 pullets of various breed. They been laying now for about 2 weeks. When they were younger I had identified several rooster that I gave away because I didn't want to keep any roosters. This morning I go out to the coop and let them out and soon after I see one of my...
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    chicken yard

    Hello Folks, I hope all is well with everyone........... I have a question.......my coop is 10'X10' and the yard is 40'X44'. The chickens roost in the coop at night and they get let out in the morning and go in and out all day to lay and eat. How many birds do you think I could keep in a space...
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    guinea treats

    I was wondering, at what age do you start giving your keets treats like greens and vegatables? I have just cut the grass and the chikens love the clippings and I thought of giving some to my 1 week old keets.
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    chicken door

    Hello everyone, I'm going to install a chicken door in my coop. They are currently using the people door to get in and out. The coop is off the ground a couple of feet so there is a ramp to the door and it gets covered with poop and I'm tired if of walking in it. How big do you think I should...
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    fake eggs

    Hello everybody Last week I think I remember somebody mention golf balls. Have any of you used them before as fake eggs to help pullets get the idea that the nest is the best place to lay thier eggs? Do they work good? Thanks
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    mulch

    My chicken yard is completly bare and we have had so much rain there is a thin layer of alge in places. Poor birds don't have anything to scratch around in. I thought of putting mulch on the ground to give them something to dig around in. Have any of you ever done this or something similar for...
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    chick

    I know this is a stupid question but what does it mean when there is a yellow chick icon in the left margin of the list of posts? Thanks from the unaware
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    floor chickens

    Hello Everyone, A while back I posted about my chickens not getting on thier roosts at night to sleep, but rather, huddling on the floor all together. A couple of people said their's were doing the same thing. Well, mine still are and I was wondering if yours are too. Did you maybe do anything...
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    nests

    Like other folks I'm waiting for me first eggs. I was wondering how many birds per nest yall use? I have 26 large breed and 3 bantams so how many nests are best. Thanks from central Texas
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    no balance

    I have a 14 week old batam that apears to have some sort of neuolgical problem. There are no signs of physical injury. She walks stagering for a few steps and then falls over, she repeats this untill she finally gets to where she is going. She manages to get out of the coop in the AM and back in...
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    onions

    I some times have table scrapes that I feed my chickens. Occasionally some will have some cooked onions in them. What do y'all think of onions in small amounts being fed to chickens?
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    free rangeing

    I have a flock of about 30 birds I bought from MM about 14 weeks ago. They are currently in a chicken yard about 50ft X 50ft that includes a coop. In the past I have waited untill my chickens have started laying before I let them freerange. However, I'm thinking of cutting a door in the chicken...
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    roosting

    I,m new to this forum so please bear with me. I have a new flock of various chickens that are now about 8 wks old. They are not using thier roost at night when they sleep. They sleep in a huddle on the floor of the coop. All the chickens I've had in the past would be using thier roosts long...
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