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    How Much do you all feed your chickens?

    Hello! I am wondering how much you all feed your chickens each day (free choice, 1/2 cup, ect). Any information is appreciated. Thank you!
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    Chicken with goopy eye

    Hello, My chicken this morning has an eye that appears to have a goopy type of liquid on it, and frequently shuts completely, or is squinted. Does anyone know what this might be/how to deal with it? Thank you!
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    Orpington Colors

    Hello, I am wondering how they have so many color of Orpingtons. Also, if I have a flock of Orpingtons, and they were all different colors, and I breed them, would more than the color change? They would still be Orpingtons, just with unusual colors, right? Do all Orpintons breed true regardless...
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    Chicken Genetics

    Hello, I was just researching the origins of chickens and found that they came to Europe from China in about 800 B.C. Then in the 1800s there was the hen fever which resulted in a lot of new breeds( correct me if I am wrong). I am wondering what breeds were commonplace before the 1800s? Are...
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    Meat Bird w/ lots of problems

    Hey, So this is our first time raising meat birds. We were going to do two batches of 15 ( and bc we got them from Murry McMurry we got one free chick with each order). We got our first batch in August and made up our minds to try a home mixed feed which is a 18 % feed and ferment it. We were...
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    DIY meat bird feed

    Hey! I was wondering if anybody mixes there own meat bird feed? I am interested in doing this so they my chickens can be as organic as possible. I am also wondering if you would feed it to them as chicks. I would like to do a non medicated chick feed, but I was reading somewhere that they might...
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    Chicken tractor for meat birds

    Hi! I am going to build a chicken tractor for some meat birds over the summer and I am wondering if not having a floor would let digging attackers in? I know that we have racoons and possums. Any suggestions on what to do if so? Thanks!
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    To much protein

    Hi! I know that this has been talked about in another thread, but it was more of an argument then talking and it never came to a conclusion. I am currently feed my chickens 20% flock raiser ( with some 18% if they do not have the other stuff) I am just wondering if there is any way to give...
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    Raising meat in the city

    Hi! I am a back yard chicken owner who started her flock about this time last year. I would now like to try meat birds. I plan on building a really simple a-frame chicken tractor. But, I am stuck on what breed to go with. I was thinking about the cronish cross, but really I would like to go...
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    Cold, Wet, and Freezing Chickens

    I am not sure if this is an emergency or not, but I could not come up with another place to put it. I live in St. Louis and we are going through a freezing rain spell. We just had a fairly large snow storm, and the snow melting has made the ground a sopping wet mess. When I went out to there...
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    Personal Heritage Bird Meat Experience

    Hi there, I have posted a thread about using Orpington birds for meat just a few days ago, but I wanted to hear some peoples personal storys. If you have used Orpington for meat before I would love to hear about you experience. Also, at what age did you butcher them? I have some idea for when...
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    What is a heritage breed

    Hi there, I have a flock of Orpingtons. I liked them because they were heritage breed, and were not just breed over and over with other chickens. I just found out that actually they are just breed a long time ago. This is fine but then I got curious. I saw that hatchery breeds are not really...
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    Broody Orpington

    Hi there, I have some Orpington hens that should start laying any day now. I was hoping that I will have a broody hen so as to raise more chicks later on. I know that Orpingtons are kind of know for this, but I was wondering if there is anything I can do to encourage this, or is it just luck...
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    Raising orpingtons for meat

    Hi there! I have a flock of Buff/White/Lavender Orpingtons. They should be starting to lay for me any day now. I had the hope of raising some birds for meat this summer and had some questions. 1) How long do you grow Orpingtons before they are ready to butcher. 2) How many meals could you get...
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    My rooster is suddenly acting weird

    Hey! I am sure that I should know this, but here goes. I was working on fixing a part of my chicken run and putting hay into the nesting boxes. My chickens are 21 weeks old, and some look as though they are ready to lay soon. I put some hay into there run just to give them something to peck at...
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    Chickens do not like there nest box bedding?

    Hey! I know that I made a mistake because I introduced the nesting boxes to soon. I built the chicken coop with nesting boxes in it. I then put my chicken who were not close to laying into the coop. Now my chickens are 21 weeks old and some of there combs are turning red. I was getting ready...
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    Painting the coop

    Ok, so is it ok to use spray paint on a coop? It would be on the outside, I do not know if that makes a difference. If you can not use spray paint, are there any other paints you would recommend, or anything that you would strongly discourage using? Thanks!
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    HELP!!!!! Chickens Eating There Own Eggs

    Hello, Ok, so I am not sure that this should be under emergencies but I was not sure what else to put it under! So I HAVE figured out what I did wrong, but my chickens are still trying to eat the inside of there eggs! I have heard that putting fake eggs in there coop helps, but I am not sure...
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    Orpington Broodiness

    Hey, so I am looking at Orpingtons and have a very short question. Is there a more or less chance of going broody depending on the color? If so which one is more likely? Thank you!
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    Light weight and durable chicken tractor

    Hey, so I am trying to build a chicken tractor for my laying hens. It will be only a coop, no run because I want to be able to move then around and just put a temporary fence where they are going to be grazing. I have to many hens too make a coop and run, it would be huge. Never the less I am...
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