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  1. Bard Shamrock

    Height of artificial lights?

    I see in Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens they talk about using artificial light to lengthen the day to keep the hens laying eggs as the days get shorter. On page 126 of my copy of the book, they also show a table giving the maximum height of the lights above the birds for various wattage...
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    Can adult roos be trained not to attack other birds?

    Hello, all, I'm a rank newbie to chickens, and I suspect this has been covered before, but I'm not finding a lot on it. This past weekend, I bought a beautiful 3-year-old BPR roo and two BPR hens, and added them to my 8' x 10' coop which contained 6 adolescent Guinea fowl that have lived there...
  3. Bard Shamrock

    eating fertile eggs?

    OK, I did a search and hunted and pecked around but didn't find an answer... I just bought my first chickens, two BPR hens and a roo. I want to eventually breed more of them (that's why the rooster, and he was also a beautiful bird, and I couldn't resist) but also plan to eat the eggs (if they...
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    New Roo Missing One Spur

    I bought my first chickens over the weekend, including a beautiful 3-year-old Barred Rock rooster. I noticed yesterday that he only has one spur. Do spurs get knocked off? Do they ever grow back?
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    DE -- Must it be "food grade"?

    Hello, all. Yesterday I bought three chickens (my first chickens) and put them into the coop with 6 Guinea birds that I bought about 6 weeks ago (also my first) and now I feel like I have some kind of fleas or lice or mites crawling on me. I can't see them but I can sure feel them! So, I read...
  6. Bard Shamrock

    Hello from VA

    Hey, folks, I'm new here and I've been roaming around the forum and learning a LOT. This looks like a great forum and I appreciate the chance to listen and learn. About 6 weeks ago I bought (my first) 6 Guinea fowl and I'm just about ready to let them start free-ranging from their coop, but...
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