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    Okay to feed soaked beans to chickens?

    My mother in law has buckets of pinto beans stored in her basement for food storage. She wants to get rid of them. Is there any way I can use these to feed my chickens? I can't cook them all, but I could certainly soak them. Has anyone ever tried simply soaking beans and giving them to...
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    Bulk feed

    I'm sick of paying through the nose for feed at IFA. I've seen people here locally in Utah posting on KSL 50lb feed bags for half what they charge at IFA. Any idea where I can buy large orders of bulk feed and simply sell what I don't need? I imagine Idaho must have a lot of grains that they...
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    Diet during moult?

    From your experience, do you do anything differently when your hens are moulting in order to speed it up of help them through the moult? Any different diet, anything you add to their water? How long does the moult period usually last for your ladies? With egg production so low this November...
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    Wheat berries for chickens?

    My neighbor gave me a few 5-gallon buckets of wheat berries -- probably 20 years old. They've been stored in his cool, dry basement and seem completely fine. Can I feed straight wheat to my chickens, or will that upset their systems at all? Is there any protein in wheat like that -- can I...
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    When can molt occur?

    I posted earlier this week that my White leghorn has stopped laying and someone suggested perhaps she was going through molt. She is just barely 1 year old and did not molt in the fall, so she's never molted. What is molt like -- does she lose a lot of feathers? How long does molt take, when...
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    White Leghorn stopped laying

    I have 5 hens, 2 of which are White Leghorns. They are all 1 year old. All 5 have laid great last fall and through the winter. Then suddenly about a month ago one of my White Leghorns stopped laying. I get 4 eggs every day, but only one white egg. All 5 hens look clean, no dirty feathers or...
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    Help -- sick bird

    I sprayed 2-4-D-Amine (weed spray) around my yard last night for weeds. I had the chickens all locked up in their coop/run. My sprinklers went last night and I would think washed most of the 2-4-D-Amine off the grass. I let the chickens out this morning and noticed later that one of my...
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    Soft shells -- how to fix?

    I have a Barred Plymouth Rock and a Red Sex Link that are both laying great eggs. I also have 2 silver laced Wyandottes -- all 4 were purchased the same time and have been fed the same. They're all about 22-23 weeks old. The eggs from the 2 Wyandottes just aren't good -- the shells are too...
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    diatomaceous earth -- where in Salt Lake City?

    I've read many of the posts here on BYC about diatomaceous earth (DE). Wanting some, I went to both Home Depot and IFA (Country Store) to find some, but neither of them carry food grade DE. I live in Salt Lake City, UT. Does anyone have recommendations on where to buy big bags of this...
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    Nesting boxes

    What's the best way to teach hens how to use the nesting boxes for egg laying? Mine have tended to sleep in there in the past. I've placed a few golf balls in the boxes, hoping they'll (somehow) understand that is the place to lay their eggs...?
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    Teaching a hen to roost

    My hens are 20 weeks old -- I have a good 4-foot roosting stick in the coop and see them roost about half the time. The other half the time, they like to snuggle up together and sleep in the nesting box, which makes for a mess in there. I've closed off the nesting box to get them to force them...
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    Couple of egg-laying questions

    I finally got my first egg yesterday (hurray!). 1) Is there a certain time of day that the hens typically lay their eggs? Morning, evening, or does it just vary? 2) Once eggs are collected, what's the best way to store them? In the fridge or simply on a kitchen counter? 3) How long do...
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    Integrating hens

    I have 4 hens that are 18 weeks old and 1 that is 5 weeks old. I have my coop and run split in half so that the small chick doesn't get killed by the other 4 hens. Tonight I'm buying 2 White Leghorns -- I can purchase them anywhere between 5 and 14 weeks old. What would you suggest --...
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    Does free range = fewer eggs?

    I have 6 18-week old chickens...I'm getting excited for them to start laying eggs. However, everytime I go to my local country store (IFA) to buy feed them keep telling me the chickens must eat their special protein feed to produce eggs. My chickens roam my backyard pecking mostly at grass...
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    Hen vs. Rodent

    I have something in my backyard where my 6 chickens roam -- it's either a mole or a gopher. Now that my chickens have been roaming the yard for several weeks, what might I expect? Any sort of duel or encounter between the rodent and my ladies? Will the scent of other animals scare the...
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    Keeping steel waterer clean

    With this summer heat, it seems like the galvanized steel 5-gallon waterer gets a lot of gunk in it after just a few days. Any trick to keeping the waterer cleaner for longer? Is it safe to add a drop or two of bleach to the water? How often do you scrub and clean your waterer to keep the...
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    2 free roosters -- Draper, UT

    I've got two 15-week old roosters -- Barred Rock and Rhode Island Red. I live in Draper, UT. They're both healthy, happy, and free-range. If you're interested, please let me know.
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    Come take my roosters -- Utah

    I discovered this morning that 2 of my 6 new chickens are roosters. I live in Draper, UT. If anyone around wants two roosters, feel free to come pick them up. They're happy and healthy free-range roosters -- 15 weeks old. Just started crowing this morning. One is a Barred Rock and one is...
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    Do roosters fight?

    Looks like my 6 pullets turned out to be 2 roosters and 4 hens. They're 15 weeks old and I'm just realizing that the two are likely roosters. If they were, wouldn't the two roosters have been fighting? They're all 15 weeks old and the roosters just started crowing. How early do roosters...
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    Do hens ever crow, at all?

    I purchased 6 RIR and Barred Rock sex link chicks 15 weeks ago and have never heard a peep from any of them until yesterday afternoon -- 2 of them started making small crowing sounds. We didn't think anything of it until 5:30 this morning when we were startled in bed by the sounds of two...
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