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    How often do you clean your waterer?

    For those not using nipple or water-cup systems, how often do you clean out the waterer? With the colder weather and busier season, I guess I'm going through a bad attitude period regarding water chores.
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    Please help me decide which of these methods to use for RATS

    I. Miscellaneous background info: At night I can see half a dozen rats crawling around our run in the beam of my flashlight. Between my dog and me we've scared a fair few but they persist. I have tried: snap traps, electronic trap, cat, and various products from predatorpee.com. These...
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    Broody -just want to know: will she starve?

    Background: My broody Buff Orp. has been glued to the nest for over a month. Might be close to 2 months even. She is very young (April 2015) and was sickly in the first couple of days after hatching. (We fed her with a dropper.) Not sure that matters, but might be relevant. So every day, I...
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    Roo gotta go...

    Hi everyone. I am new to poultry this year. We got 10 layer chicks who are now 18 weeks old. One of my Americaunas turned out to be a rooster. I thought I'd keep him at first. But he is becoming a bit aggressive and I want to cull him. I have seen so many methods proposed. I like the idea...
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    Embarking on the journey...

    Hi everyone, We just moved to 11 acres in Western Washington and I am busily preparing for my first chickens! Right now I'm in the planning/graphing/constantly-drawing-stuff-on-napkins stage. We have a lot of woods (and predators!) but the garden area is very extensive, though neglected. I...
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