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    What About Fig And Pluot Tree Bedding Chips

    I have heard of using cedar chips for chicken bedding. I have a large Fig Tree and three Pluot (Hybrid Plum and Apricot) Trees. I just finished trimming them and decided to use my Chipper/Shredder to make the trimming into potential bedding chips. I am sun drying the chips currently and I...
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    My Egg Laying Machine Buff Orpington

    I have to share this.... As my first venture into chicken raising, I bought two 16 week old Buff Orpington hens just before New Years. They were beautiful young ladies. Three weeks later the first BO laid her first egg. She then laid two 3 day clusters (3 eggs...in 3 days...then a day off)...
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    Grit....Needed Or Not...Where Can I Get It?

    I have two Buff Orpington 4-month old hens. I do not free range them and they don't have access to dirt. I am feeding them a 50/50 mixture of Purina Chick Starter/and Flock Raiser. The question is ....do I need to feed them Grit...and where can I get it? The local feed stores only sell...
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    Feeding Hens....14 to 20 weeks old

    I have just acquired two Buff Orpington 4 month old hens and these are my first chickens. They were being fed Purina Layer Crumbles. My question is what do you feed during the 14 week to 20 week age. If I understand it correctly, Chick Starter should be fed until 14 weeks old and Layer...
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    Hello

    Hello... I am a new member to this forum. I am ready to start my flock....in the San Francisco Bay Area...and would like to get two Buff Orpington (point of laying) hens. Does anyone have any suggestions on "how to" get them??? Stan
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