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  1. MarkRainbolt

    Community Nesting Box

    I am getting ready this spring to build another coop. Just got done with one last year and now I need another one. I was thinking of doing a community nesting box instead of individual 12x12 boxes. It seems they will all try to fit in the same box, the other day I went out and there were 3...
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    The Girls Are On STRIKE!!!!!

    The last couple of weeks we have been getting very sporadic egg laying from the girls. I have 12 hens about 14 months old. I usually get 10 to 11 eggs a day, but the last 2 weeks the most I have gotten is 5. Yesterday I got 1 and today I got 2 most of the eggs I have been getting is from the...
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    Freak Size Egg

    Got this huge egg today. The egg next to it is a large egg. I get one this size every few years. The hen that layed it is a Plymouth White Rock. Mark
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    Free Plymouth White Rock Rooster

    I have a 23 week old White Rock I am wanting to rehome. There is nothing wrong with him, I just have 2 of them and I only need 1. I live in Saint James Missouri you will need to bring a cage to transport him in. Just send me a a pm if you are interested. Mark
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    Easter Egger’s laying.

    Was wondering when I could expect my Easter egger’s to start laying? This is the first time I have had EE, they just turned 21 weeks old yesterday. Thank you for any information that you can supply. Sincerely, Mark
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    UPDATE: They are finally home!!!!

    Well the Boys and Girls are finally 16 weeks old. So this morning I took the board off the front of their nesting boxes so they could examine them and get used to the wooden eggs that are in the boxes. So hopefully will will start getting eggs in a few weeks. Mark
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    BIG SURPRISE!!!!!!!

    Went out in the woods and picked up one of my shooting houses to use as a storage building. I am going to use it to store chicken feed and other items for the chickens. I opened the door and found this waiting for me. It has to be one of the biggest I have ever encountered. There must have been...
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    List of Vegetables

    Does anyone have a complete list of what vegetables that are completely safe for chickens to eat? I can’t for the life of me remember all the vegetables that are safe. And I get tired of looking up every single vegetable. Thank you for your help and time. Mark
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    Red Chili Pepper Flakes

    Was curious on how many times a week you give your chickens pepper flakes? I was reading a few articles from the Missouri agricultural college about some of the benefits of pepper flakes in their diet. But it did not mention the frequency on giving them the pepper flakes. So I figured I would...
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    Coloring

    I was wondering if the coloring of the down on a chick will be any indication of the color of the feathers? Because some of the White Rocks I have yellow and black and some are all yellow . Mark
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    Treats for Chicks

    Was wondering if anyone gives their chick’s treats? I bought some freeze dried mealworms and was going to boil up a couple of eggs for them. At what age do you all start giving treats to your chicks? Mark
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    Well they have Arrived Home!!!!!

    The wife and I drove to Cackle Hatchery this morning to pick up our chicks. We ordered 9 females and 1 male White Rocks. We get there and they also had Easter Eggers so I got 3 of them as well. But to my surprise they gave us 1 extra of each breed. Cackle hatchery is TOP NOTCH in my book...
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    Puppy pad changing

    Was curious about how often do you all change the pads in your brooder’s? This will be the first time I use these in my brooder. I will use the pads with a small layer of pine shavings on top of the pad. The brooder is 3 foot deep and 4 foot wide, and 3 foot tall. I will have 10 chicks 9 females...
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    Grass in the brooder

    Was wondering if anyone put grass clippings in their brooder for the chicks to scratch through and to eat? And if you do what age did you start this? Thank you. Mark
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    What to put on the floor of a brooder!!!!

    I know this has been discussed extensively in the past, but I can’t seem to find the threads. I thought about just leaving the floor of the brooder uncovered with out any type of covering the floor is plywood and the brooder is attached to the coop off the ground. Aka: pine shavings, news paper...
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    Outside Brooder

    I built a new coop it is off the ground for extra space underneath for the run. I am going to add a 4 ft x3 ft x 3 ft brooder to it I was wondering if the brooder needs to have ventilation on the top the same as the main coop? Mark
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    Ordered my chicks today

    I called Cackle Hatchery today and ordered my White Rocks today. I will pick them up June 15. Was wanting them in May but they were sold out till June. Mark
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    Chicks and mealworms

    Was just wondering how young chicks can be when you can start giving them freeze dried mealworms? Thank you for your input. Mark
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    Broody Hens

    Just curious why such a big deal about broody hens? I keep reading post after post on how do I stop my hen from being broody. Chickens are going too get broody so just let them if you don’t want to hatch eggs just take the eggs away and eventually they will quit being broody. Mark
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    Is it wrong ????

    I was just curious about how I feed my chickens if it was the wrong way. But to me my method works for me. I have always fed my chickens purina chick starter medicated feed. From day 1 they have been on this feed. And I never had the problems that seem to pop up here on the fourm. So for 6...
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