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    How do you manage your compost to stop your chickens eating rotting food and getting sick?

    I'm interested in hearing from people who allow their chickens to free roam on their compost heaps as I'm confused about the risk posed by them eating rotting or mouldy food. I know we aren't supposed to allow chickens to eat food like this, but I'm completely confused about how to prevent it if...
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    Is this worms in her poop? *Photo included*

    I found this poop on our path this morning, so I'm unsure of which of my three girls it has come from (could also be a wild bird as we have a LOT of big, wild birds where we are - galahs, cockatoos, corellas, crows, magpies etc). All overnight coop poops are good (firm, btown with white cap...
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    Tiny birds pillaging feed from my automatic feeders - how can I stop this?

    I have a couple of the Dineachook automatic feeders, and I'm pretty happy with how much our feed bill has reduced since getting them. Prior to getting these, our biggest issue was doves stealing the feed from our old feeders, but they obviously cannot get into these. Since installing them...
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    Leaner hens since increased ranging space:

    I have three brown commercial laying hens (two of which are laying, and one who is likely about to start laying in the next few weeks, as she started to molt right around her point of lay time). As on a little over a week ago we took out the fence of their run (a space of about 10 sq metres) so...
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    Free ranging around citrus trees: is this a danger?

    We have just started free ranging our ladies in our garden, and we have a mandarin and a lemon tree, both currently with fruit. I know feeding chickens citrus is a no no, so I'm wondering if we need to put up wire around these trees? Or do they know that eating them is bad, and just stay away...
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    Will she lay soon?

    Hi, I'm an almost total newby, so I'll apologise in advance at my lack of knowledge - and my questions might be a bit silly. Background info: We have three ISA Browns (well, commercial brown layers - from what I've been reading on here, it's unlikely they are actually ISA Browns as they came...
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    Hello - my introduction:

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Whilst I am new to owning chickens (just a couple of months now), I used to spend my holidays on a farm as a kid, and spent a lot of time around the chickens taking care of them. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have...
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