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    Photo shoot in honor of my flock's 1st egg.

    I finally found an egg in the nest box this morning! Had to get a pic and while I had the camera I decided it was time to get some pics of my girls. Here they are, they're 26-27 weeks old EE and SLW mixes. (edited to add the egg pic..pretty olive colored egg)
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    Silly chickens won't eat worms???

    I've been cleaning up the last of the garden and let my chickens inside the fence today to help. They free range most of the time and are always scratching around...I assumed finding worms and grubs. So today I was digging up the potatoes and found quite a few worms. Thought I'd throw the...
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    Feeding layer feed to soon (hopefully) to be laying pullets

    I know you shouldn't feed non laying chickens layer feed as too much calcium isn't good for them. I'm having a dilemma though. I only have a few days worth of grower feed left. I prefer to feed organic and can't get that locally (I live on a small island in AK). I ordered and had shipped...
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    Feeding lots of berries

    Is there any reason not to feed the chickens lots of berries? Would too much fruit cause digestion issues? runny poop? I have an abundance of wild blueberries and my chickens love them. They've eaten all the berries off the 5-6 bushes that are in the run area and I've been letting them free...
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    My Coop Build

    I've been working on building a coop and run for my chickens. I currently have six 10 week old EEers. I plan to keep 3-4 hens depending upon how many pullets I end up with. I live in SE Alaska coastal rain forest so it rains here a lot...and I do mean a lot..about 110 inches a year (almost...
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