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  1. BriardChickens

    Peas

    So my ducks love peas, but for the amount of ducks we have it would run the costs quite high to keep buying the frozen peas from the grocery store. What are your feelings towards dry green peas? We have a seed cleaning plant not far form us that sells them. Just to clarify, the peas make a...
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    Should I let her sit?

    My black Orpington pullet has decided to sit on the nest. She will not move and when I stick my hand in the nest/under her she "gurrs" at me with her neck feathers all up. I've tried taking eggs from her but she just tucks them back under her belly. Should I let nature take its course? The...
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    Keeping eggs from freezing

    I am located in Northern Alberta, Canada and are expecting more snow and a colder winter then last year. Last year we had snow from middle of October until May. Temperatures drop in February/March to ~-30°C plus windchill, those temperatures lasted for close to a month. The rest of the time we...
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    No Mouse Problems in the coop!

    Last night when I went to check the chickens I noticed a dead mouse in the coop. It looked pecked flat, but no blood. I guess my chickens just protected their food/home but no more then that. The mouse met the compost pile this morning. I am quite happy about that outcome, I won't have to...
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    Eating Fresh Eggs

    I have a silly question: Well as I had previously posted in another thread my chickens started laying their first eggs yesterday. Someone mentioned you shouldn't eat fresh eggs right away, give it 2 or 3 days. Is that true? I am not planning to hard boil them but was going to do them as sunny...
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    skunks, thread level?

    Well we had a skunk show up on our porch last night. How big of a thread is it to my chickens? Should I be concerned? I did try to scare it away, but I am sure it'll be back.
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    Storing feed/seed in winter

    At the moment my chicken feed/seed is in clean garbage cans outside beside the chicken coop. Our winters here are extremely cold and long. Winter is ~6 months long and it can go down to -35°C (-31F) easily. With the current feed storage solution should I be concerned that the feed will loose...
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    Ameraucana or Orpington

    Sorry not the best pictures.. but what breed are those 2 roosters? Ameraucana or Orpington. It's hard to tell with these pictures but feet and legs are black/blue and feathers have a green shimmer to them. Thanks
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    What breed & gender?

    We picked up 6 chickens a few weeks ago, I was told there are 3 different breeds, but who is who? I think they are ~6 weeks old I am thinking rooster? it has blue legs. breed? Pretty sure hen This one has started turning red in the last few days... Wyandotte? Roo? Thank you...
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    1st time for worm treats!

    Well our chickens are between 3-4 weeks old now. They don't have much interest in "food treats" yet. Since our chicks have been excellent mosquito hunters I thought i'd get them something with protein such as worms while I was in town today. The pet store only had tubs of 100 kingworms, so...
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    Hi from Northern Alberta

    Hi from Northern Alberta! My name is Iris and we just got our first chickens ~2 weeks ago. They are now between 3-4 weeks old. We have 2 Ameraucana (one of which I think is a rooster), 2 Wyandotte, and 2 Orpington. My choice of breeds was based on our cold and long winter climate. Hubby built...
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