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  1. Chilebound

    Crabs!

    Yes, I said crabs! I live in Maryland and we eat Steamed (not boiled) Blue Crab here. I have always been upset by the waist of all the stuff (shells, guts etc) that is a by product of cleaning crabs. I used to bury them in deep in the garden...... Now that I have chickens, I save the lungs...
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    Of What Quality is He?

    Here is a photo or two of my Roo; I am fairly certain that he is an Americauna......BUT I am interested to know how good he is? I worry that he is a little small(?). The reason why I ask is that next spring I hope to enlarge the flock by natural means--and let the Hens do the work of keeping...
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    Cross Country Move on tap; Bring 'em, or Start Over?

    It seems that I may soon be facing a cross country--or nearly so--move soon. I just started the chicken thing this March, and I currently have one standard and one bantam rooster, five bantam hens and twenty four standard hens all different breeds. They give us tween 10-20 eggs a day. I hate...
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    Laying While Roosting at Night?

    This morning when I let the girls out, I found two eggs under thier roost on the bedding. I am certain that they were'nt there last night when I locked them in. I have 15 mixed (two of these, two of those) six month out pullets, until now they have all layed and used the nest boxes mostly...
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    What is the BEST LAYING breed of Bantam?

    My subject line says it all. I have a few Banty's and think they are fun, and I want to justify having more......hence, in your opion and experience, what breed, type of Bantam hen produces the most, best and most interesting eggs? (any excuse for more chickens!)
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    two flocks merge?

    I have two flocks one of 10 that free ranges and sleeps in a tractor, and the other of 16 that lives in a coop and run. I am fearing that the tractor wont be warm enough as the insulated and well built coop. I am considering combing the two flocks in the coop for the winter.....what are the...
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    Bantams laying

    I have a mixed flock of 25 of various breeds of standards (one roo) and a roo BEGC-black, and two golden Seabright bantam hens, a white wynndote bantam hen and one what i beleive to be a porclin D'unclle. Any way--the standards have been laying for well over a month--they all came on March 1st...
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    missing only the head, in broad daylight!

    I have searched this and found some hits--but I just dont get it! I went out this afternoon to collect eggs and found my only Welsumer hen missing her head. These chickens are in a tractor that is surrounded by a "Poultry Net" that shocks me hard when I forget to unplug it...... They free...
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    boil fresh eggs?

    We are new to this chicken thing---we are now getting over a dozen fresh eggs everyday! We are not used to real fresh eggs, and we have heard a rumor that they need to be 'agged' before one can make hard boiled eggs. 1) is this true 2) if so how long should one 'age' a fresh egg before boiling?
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    How to add height to existing fence so the flock can have more room?

    I have a good run that is fenced well etc--but I could use existing split rail fences with heavy grade wire mesh that are on two borders of my property. It is 4' high. I think that it should be 6' because anything less the chickens jump/fly over it. If I can make those two fences two foot...
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    TSC "Reds": what might they be?

    FIrst, I know, I know PHOTOS! will do. But I purchased six 'Reds' at TSC this spring. I have three hens left of these. I assumed that they were either RIR or NHReds, but the lady there said no- 'Reds'. they are all three lanky-ier than my hatchery birds, and tall three have slightly different...
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    How Many Can I Have?

    I have an 8'x8' coop has a 9' ceiling, and an attached 50'x 40' pen. How many chickens can I have without affecting life quality? (Thiers or mine!) I think I read how to compute this somewhere before, but can't find it now. THanks for your patients: a 'new egg'
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    Meyers: Positives and Negitives--what's your experience?

    I am new to chickens and have only pruchased day olds from MPC (last year), and from Meyer. I am pleased with Meyer; My first order of mixed egg-layers with them are now four months old, and they look like quality birds. (they are just starting to lay--first egg last week-- a BR) I am already...
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    Take the Plunge: jump from perch

    My chickens love to roost high, I had a step up roost with three rungs but all tried too fit on the top one. So I made more and higher roosts for them and gave them a latter to climb to get up to the top. In the morning they jump off instead of climbing or hopping down one rung at a time. The...
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    Guinea Hens

    I am new to the chicken thing, this is my second year, and second try. Last Thanksgving my neighbors dog killed my whole flock. I now have two seperate flocks, one in a tractor and freerange, and the other in a coop and run so if dog comes again I will have some left. Anyway I started all this...
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    where will they lay?

    I am in my first full year of chicken: My second try flock (the first flock was whiped out last fall by a neighbors dog) arrived March 3 from Meyers. i have a little over thirty chickens split into two flocks. Twelve or so are in the tractor but free range all day and are locked back up at...
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    Whimmpy Roos

    After several years of study and contemplation, this is my first year of chicken. I order 25 standard day old pullets (some of these, some of those--six different breeds) from Meyers. I am mostly very pleased, they are healthy and seem to be of decent quality--they even tossed in a few...
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