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  1. Dawggy Stile

    ~Hens fighting~

    We've got 3 Golden Buffs and 3 Barred Rock (30 weeks old) that have been together since birth. The Barred Rock seem to be the dominate ones, pecking at the Buff's when water melon..corn cobs etc are thrown in the coop but nothing real aggressiveness happens. Now last night we bring home 1...
  2. Dawggy Stile

    sweet corn ~ how much is to much?

    We have a sweet corn grower in town thats allowed us to go through the fields after they have picked through it. There is still alot of editable corn left, some not as pretty as others. We send the spent ears out to the chickens..ones we ate and ones we have cut off the cob for freezing. Others...
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    Dusting questions

    Right now, the girls go into the coop to dust with the wood shavings inside. I have access to alot of spent wood ash, and sandy garden dirt, but to place a box in the open run with the ash and or dirt in it, my concern is after a rain would they still be able to use it? And since their used to...
  4. Dawggy Stile

    First egg!..but..

    We got our first egg yesterday, 3 days shy of their 19 week hatch day. Only thing, the hen that laid it didn't use either nesting box. And today's egg was a soft shell. Now, will they eventually start using the box's? And Im assuming egg size will increase as they mature, right? Also, will the...
  5. Dawggy Stile

    How cold is to cold

    Our 6, 3 Barred Rocks and 3 Golden Buffs will be 5 weeks old on Monday. We have moved the coop to the unheated garage, covered it in clear plastic and zip tied an electric heater to the highest point inside. The last time we checked it was 40 degrees inside the open part of the coop 3 hours...
  6. Dawggy Stile

    Just did my first butchering of 6 meat birds!

    Everything went pretty smooth except the plucking. The birds were exactly 7 weeks old...made a killing cone from a old traffic cone (which worked fine) Sliced the veins in their neck while holding their head till they went limp. Let em bleed out for 5 minutes, then scald in 140 degree water...
  7. Dawggy Stile

    Is this a good idea?

    Nov 16th were getting 6 chicks.. Jan 10 they will be 8 weeks old and ready to go outside. Is it a good idea if I move the coop into the garage to keep the young chickens out of the harsh winter draft and snow? I was thinking of supplementing their light with a shop light hanging over the open...
  8. Dawggy Stile

    Nesting box to low?

    The 4 chickens are over 35 weeks old...they were givin to me a month ago... Is this nesting box to low? I haven't seen an egg yet! Would it help to build a shelf and raise that box? I have two box's for 6 chickens and thought of getting rid of one of em. Thanks!
  9. Dawggy Stile

    Chickens havent laid yet!

    Heres the story. I have 4 hens I received from a cousin who is needing to thin his flock. They were used to 5 acres to run around on with virtually no human interacting. Their now in a 4x8 area with a coop built above it and a 25' length of fence for added room to run around it. All he could...
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