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    azure standard/honolulu freight shipping to OAHU

    so, i'm trying to figure out a way to bring my organic feed costs down a bit, and i keep hearing mentions of azure standard. i've looked into it a bit, but i'm still kinda baffled about how to make it work. from what i could figure out with the lady on the phone at azure standard, my...
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    hen/rooster language

    so, new to chickens over here. i've got a brood of 7 nine week olds and i've been playing the ever popular game, "are you a rooster," like mad. my most suspicious little one started to make an adorable wheezy bok bok bok noise recently, when i would go to pick "her" up. this got me thinking...
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    nutrena organic starter? does this exist?

    out here in hawaii, our feed options are very limited so i can't do too much shopping around. i've called every feed supply shop on the island and i have 2 places that sorta carry organic starter. they sell out quickly and the next container ship with the new supply is inevitably 2 weeks away...
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    BR with blue/green flight feathers. is she a roo?

    hi all, so i have 4 BRs who have all been growing very nicely. they are 8 weeks old now, and i noticed just yesterday that the biggest of them all (she has always been the biggest), Big Bertha, has an all black flight feather on each wing. in the sun it's green/blue. up till now i was...
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    DE as bug control in feed = FAIL

    after really weighing the pros and cons of food grade DE with chickens, we went to a lot of trouble and expense to get a 50 lb bag. we figured that since its hawaii and bugs find their way into pretty much anything, we better, at the very least, be putting some in the food to kill any bugs that...
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    so proud of my babies

    i have a flock of 7 BRs and LBs. they are 5.5 weeks old. we started leaving them in their coop/run overnight as of about a week ago. as dark would fall, there was some serious afraid of the dark peeping, which is understandable since the coop is essentially open air and they hadn't really...
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    Attention poop board users!

    what did you cover your poop board with? nothing, just the wood? rolled linoleum? prime and paint? pictures are always helpful! i know some people use trays, but i'm definitely going to be using a board so i am most interested in what poop board people used and what works best to protect it...
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    light brahmas feathering in

    hi all, so i have a set of 3 light brahmas. they are 2.5 weeks old now and though they are behind their barred rock sisters, their feathers are coming along nicely. however, what i'm finding rather surprising is they are feathering in a lot of black. the feathers are mostly black with white...
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    can i prime but not paint???

    so i'm painting my frames and cut out wall panels before i hammer them together. my question is, can i prime but not paint surfaces that wont be seen? will i still get adequate protection from moisture? sooooo sick of priming and painting. now i know why most people don't paint the inside...
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    storing chicken feed...expiration date?

    how long does chicken feed stay good for? i know at some point the nutrient value is going to start to drop. what's that point though? i presume that this process is sped up in a hot and humid environment? i read about these people buying their feed in 700-1000 lb amounts to save money and...
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    The coop raising begins..(new PICS pg2) Update-structurally complete!

    So, my husband and i just bought our first house, on Oahu, where we recently moved. I don't quite know when or how i came up with the idea of CHICKENS! but it happened, and now we have 7 little 2 week old Plymouth Rocks and Light Brahmas in our living room. So, it's coming up on their moving...
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    natural worm preventer- calling all herbalists!

    hello to all you herbalists and gardeners out there, i'm starting to build my coop and in true get ahead of yourself fashion, i am dreaming about landscaping. i am going to put a nice bed in surrounding my coop to beautify the area and sustain my chickies. i'd like to put in plants that help...
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    babies first field trip outside=DISASTER

    so, my chickies are 9 days old now and seemingly thriving. it's hawaii and it's a lovely 85 degree, sunny day out so i figured today would be a perfect day for their first trip outside. on the grass, i set up a little enclosure a bit bigger than twice the size of their brooder, surrounded with...
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    help! sick chick? failure to thrive perhaps?

    i posted this over in emergencies too but i figured i would double post here. here goes... i have a 6 day old light brahma in a flock of 8 brahmas and barred rocks who hasn't been doing very well the last couple of days. yesterday morning i noticed she was just sorta standing around, eyes...
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    help sick chick? failure to thrive perhaps?

    i have a 6 day old light brahma in a flock of 8 brahmas and barred rocks who hasn't been doing very well the last couple of days. yesterday morning i noticed she was just sorta standing around, eyes drooping, while the rest were going crazy around her. i kept checking back in every hour or so...
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    MPC straw = chick gold

    so in an effort to do anything to distract my meanyface eye pecking chicken, we pulled out some wads of the straw stuff that MPC packs around the chicks in their box and then put it in the brooder with the chicks. they went nuts for it. pecking and scratching and dragging it all over the coop...
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    2 day old chick -one eye closed

    after i got home from work today, i found that one of my chicks is holding (or it's stuck?) one eye closed. she is still moving around and eating and drinking and behaving just like the others. one of the other chicks has been an incorrigible eye pecker so far. she just goes straight for...
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    UPDATE: Babies arrived hale and hearty! One problem though...

    i received my first ever shipment of chicks this afternoon -pretty exciting stuff. my husband and i definitely just spent the last 5 hours huddled over them. we have 4 BR and 4 LB. i've got them all set up in their brooder. red light is on with temps between 90-95 under it. paper towels are...
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    stucco lath instead of hardware cloth?

    somebody suggested that i look into using a product called stucco lath instead of hardware cloth in order to save money. has anyone else tried this? it is a seemingly similar product for a fraction of the cost. it's not as attractive as it's a bit thicker, but i'm planning on just using it on...
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    beach sand in coop

    has anyone tried using beach sand in their coop/run? would it be too fine to do its job?
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