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    Hens sleeping in nesting boxes!!

    I have a few questions?? I have had chickens for years....all of the sudden I have two hens that are not broody wanting to sleep in my nest boxes at night! They were hatched by a Mamma and she taught them to roost in my hen house when they were little. For the last month or more I have to go...
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    Mites

    I am sorry to post again another mite question!! I have a hen hatching eggs as we speak and she has mites!! The red ones. I was shocked to see them today in the daylight. It has been so hot here 107, I have been checking her and the day her eggs are hatching I see them. I moved her and one chick...
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    Are you having trouble with hens sleeping in your nest boxes??

    I have been reading about some of you have trouble with hens sleeping in your boxes. Well I had trouble in the fall with my new layers, it was a real mess and a pain going out with a flash light to toss them out and put them on the perch. So I brainstormed and came up with am idea that works...
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    permethrin??

    I could not find the frontline spray in my dirt water town but i did find the permethrin 10%. Anyone have any good info I will follow the directions. It also does not say anything on egg withdrawl. I know all of you have so much better info. Thanks
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    Frontline spray

    can you eat eggs after using it? Or is there a withdrawl time? Will it kill mite and lice both?
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    Organic egg cleaner

    Hello I have a question, I just got the new Murray McMurray catolog and it has an egg washer pro that is organic. During the summer I get very few dirty eggs, But with all this snow mud and ice I am getting a few more dirty eggs. Does anyone have a home made eggwasher that is good. I thought...
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    What breed lays first??

    That my question, I am already planning on what kind of chickens I want to hatch in the early spring. I feel like I have been waiting for my buffs to start laying FOREVER. What breed starts to lay the early? I have 36 hens and half of them are molting and the others have not started to lay...
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    When will my 24 week old buffs give me an egg??

    I thought I had had it planned so well, when my other girls went into molt my buffs would start to lay(hatched June 3). Well how wrong was I!!!:hit 36 hens and I got 2 eggs today. I am giving some more light in the early am. They have tons of windows in the coop. They spend all day outside...
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    What is a good winter coop temp??

    What is a comfortable temp to have in the hen house at night or during the cold winter days?? What is too hot or too cold?? I have no babies, pullets and hens 6 months to 1 1/2 years old.
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    Why are my yokes not as yellow??

    I have noticed my hens yokes are not as yellow as they use to be. I have not changed there diet. They are also getting veggies from the garden. Is it the heat?? It has been 90 ++ for weeks now, could it just be the stress of the heat, or am I doing something wrong??
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    I have decided I want to be a chicken.

    At my house my chickens have a wonderful life, just as so many of all of yours do. So just think if we had someone doing this for you everyday. 1. Fresh food and water everyday, ice water on hot days delivered to you. 2. Cool melons and homemade yogurt, and many other wonderful treats. 3...
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    When making coffee don't forget to put pot under

    Just want to let you all know what a huge mess it is when you make a pot of coffee and forget to put the pot under. Thank goodness I only made 6 cups not a full pot. Boy what a mess I had to clean up, and that was the last of the coffee. What a way to start the day!:thIs it Monday??
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    Please don't make my mistake if you have a water trough chick proof it

    Well here is my STUPIED story, we have a water trough because our chickens share a 1 acre area with 2 goats and 2 sheep. I don't know how many time I have told my DH we need to chick proof that I swear I have said it 50 times and thought it in my head a million. Well we waited on day to late...
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    Puppys head covered in gum!!!!!!!!!update gum is gone you guys rock!!!

    How my puppy got gum all over his head I have no clue. Well how do it get if off, he looks really silly and he has stuff sticking to him like leaves, dirt, my others dogs hair. Anyone know anything that is safe for his face? My family is coming in 3 days and have never met the dog, and he...
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    I have a molting, broody, leghorn.

    I noticed a week or so ago Snow face my white leghorn was looking different, and lots of white feathers laying around, her feathers are very thin looking she is looking funny. Well now she is BROODY. She is so mean she would bite my finger off. Well I also have 3 other broodys. 8 broodys so...
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    No food choice! Now what?

    Hi all, I live in a small town with one feed store, they have no grower feed. My choice is medicated starter or laying crumbles. That is it, they have meat bird grower or scratch. I swear these people think I am nuts they all just say feed them the starter till they lay or they will be fine...
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    Would this work for leg mite prevention?

    I have been doing some reading about leg mites and prevention. I was reading about putting olive oil on there legs or some sort of grease or mineral oil ect. Would it work to use like a cooking spray and just spray there legs?? We dust with DE for bugs why could you not just spray legs down...
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    I found a chicken processor

    Hello, all I have been thinking really hard about my roosters(they are only a month old) They are buff orps I hate to just give then away and I don't want to cull and pluck and feather them all myself. I would really rather eat them. I have been raising them. Well I found a processor about 1...
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    People who work at feed stores are not always so smart!!

    I went to buy feed today at mt feed store, I have talked to this guy who loads the feed a few times. We were talking about our chickens and and chicks and I asked him what do you feed your chicks? He said he starts them on chick starter for a month and then he just gives them scratch till the...
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    Little roo finds best friend!!PICS

    This is what I found today when I went to check everyone.Back off she is my friend!!!!
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