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    Ancient origins and wilding your birds

    Might be trying this even with the eagles, ravens, and ospreys around our little island. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/raising-chickens
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    how were they fed 500, 1000, 3000 years ago

    What do you folks know about smallholder feeding of livestock? Johanna and I were discussing are chicken's inattentiveness to the laying mash or pellets we buy them as long as they can get out on the grass. Their eggs are as plentiful as during the winter when we rely on corporate grains...
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    can we feed raw flour (wheat, sorghum, rye, etc.) to the ladies?

    We want to rid ourselves of a large bag of mostly gluten free flour to our birds? We've fed them a small amount and we'd like to finish a 15lb. that's left in the bag. We don't like the mix for ourselves, but don't want to waste it!
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    Hen dead, young pullet with poopy vent

    Soooooo. The lovely wife checks for afternoon eggs today, and one of our 2 year old Rhode Island hens is stiff in a layng box. OK, so we're thinking, she was the one with a poopy vent moving slowly for 2+ days now, and there is a pullet from last July ( a lovely Cochin), who has a poopy vent as...
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    chickens pooing in laying boxes arghhh!

    Until we had chicks come along in the Spring, oue hens all layed in their boxes, and pooed everywhere else. But...do to being harassed by the birds,our Miss Jean Broody took her babes and taught them to stay away from the other hens . That included sleeping in the boxes while the other hens...
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    Hen's first hatch, so when or if chicks need starter

    Our hen has hatched her first of 7 eggs. Will the chick (or chicks) need starter feed, or will the hen guide them to the layer mash?
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    Broody hen entering 3rd week with 7 eggs!

    Hello all. We have a year old broody hen. To be precise, "Miss Jean Broody". We've marked 7 eggs since the 2nd of June and have kept the other 16 hen's eggs away from her. We realize it's a bit late, even here on Vancouver Island with our late & cool summer, but it is our first go at having a...
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    Hen has a cough

    Our cochin has developed a crow like cough, or hack. She's a sweetie and we'd hate to lose her, but...Should we be worried about the other 17 birds? Thanks
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    EGG eating hen!!

    I caught her pecking an egg she had separated from the pile in one nest! We have 14 commercial pullets ( about 10 months old) we bought for $2/each back in March). They were in rough shape, molting, living in some old farmer's very dark shed, with a shaded, muddy run. They now have a...
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    transylvanian naked neck

    Hello all. We're interested in the Transylvanian Naked Neck. We live in Mill Bay on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. Is there a hatchery or breeder in Canada? Thanks
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    Seaweed as chicken food

    Hello all. We fed fresh seaweed to our ladies on Galiano Island and now live on Vancouver Island. When we have our new coop ready, we'll be feeding them the seaweed again as it is easy for us to get it. Ocean is real close by. We found that the eggs were bright orange and tasted great, even...
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    Egg cleaning

    Is egg washing simply scrubbing with a soft abrasive or cloth in cold or cool water, with maybe a little dish detergent if the mud/pooh are stuck? Rinsing then laying eggs on some paper towel, letting them dry, and plopping them in cartons? I assume sanitation of the cleaning surface and all is...
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    New layers and they don't know where to lay

    We have 22 pullets who are 5 months old are beginning to lay. How do we teach them to lay in the wooden, straw filled boxes we built for them? They have no older hens to teach them. One of them is laying in a box, but 2 are dropping them in the middle of the coop floor, or in front of a nesting...
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    one chick attacked, bleeding

    We just got our 3 week old layers. 10 Red Rocks, 10 RedSussox, and 2 Araucanas. One of the Araucanas was bleeding at her tail feathers and we're pretty sure she's been pecked by the other birds. We've separated her in a cage with food and water, put goldenseal powder on her wound, but kept her...
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