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    Feeding hen that are not layingiva

    Got some good advice here about my hens that have stopped laying. Give a feed with less calcium and a moderate amount of protein. Went to Southern States because you can get some things out of bulk. Only 2 chickens. 50 lbs feed is too much. The girl I spoke to was no help at all. First she...
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    Feeding menopausal hens :)

    Please excuse me as I have not been here in a very long time so Im sure I missed a thread on this. Three year old hybrids no longer laying. Do I switch to flock raiser from layer? Thanks
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    Southern States vs Purina Layena

    Is there any difference between Southern States Layer and Purina Layena. I tried the Countryside Organics and thought things would be fabulous. They didnt like the peas or the meal consistency. They dont really even like the scratch I got from them. It actually had alot of powder in it. The...
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    Fox urine granules?

    Planted my spring garden. Lettuce, spinach, arugula, mesclun, radishes and onions. Got fox urine powder to deter the little ground critters that one year wiped out my fall salad garden. My question is will this stuff possibly attract fox. Not good.
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    Personal message screen

    Whenever I go to the personal message screen it blinks on and off. Tell me it isnt my computer
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    Hybrids and egg laying ?

    I have five red sex linked hens that are one year and ten months. They started laying Sept 20 2010. Layed pretty much an egg a day once they got out the initial kinks. Layed all through the first winter. I gradually switched feed from Purina Layena to Countryside Organics starting Dec 20...
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    portable pasture pens

    I live in the city and have a relatively small fenced in backyard. I do have two side yards and of course a front yard. I would like to purchase a portable pasture pen for my five chickens. Would like to use them for natural fertilization, and pest control not to mention putting them in the...
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    Welsummers

    Has anyone bought Welsummers from the Whitmore farm in Maryland. Do you know that if you go to the farm will they help you sex your chicks or do you have to buy straight run? Thanks
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    Tragedy related to nutrition?

    On Wednesday while I was at work and my husband at home a flock of crows flew low over the house and panicked my chickens who were loose in the backyard. He said they ran around and flew and retreated into the line of Forsythia bushes that border one side of the fence. He told me one of them was...
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    Hay for your birds?

    There was a little thing on Chicken Chat that talked about providing alfalfa hay for your birds. Can and do they eat the stem of the hay or just the sometimes leafy part of the hay. Is this a feasable substitute for grass much like a horse?
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    calcium phosphorous balance

    I asked this question a while back and only got one response. Does anyone feed defluorinated rock phosphate or phosphorous 16 to achieve the correct calcium phosphorous balance and if so where did you get it?
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    feeding egg shells

    Could someone tell me the proper way to clean and prepare eggshells to feed back to the hens.
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    come on somebody

    Is antipecking spray safe and does it work for bullying?
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    Help the natives are restless!

    I have six golden comets that are a year and three months old. I dont know what is going on but all five hens are attacking one. This has been happening for at least three days. This morning they wouldnt let her eat. I put two feed containers in there but whichever she went to they attacked...
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    Molt age?

    At what age should I expect my red sex linked hens to molt? Born May 8 2010.
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    calcium phosphorous balance

    I have Golden Comets that are about ten months old. I have been having a problem with them laying shelless eggs. I am assuming they are shelless unless they have eaten all the shell and left some of the soft stuff. I feed Purina Layena and was considering adding oyster shell but I have read...
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    Grass seed

    I live in Roanoke Virginia and currently have six golden comets in my backyard. I am wanting to reseed the yard and was wondering if there are mixes that are especially healthy for chickens in my area. I found a site that offers mixes for chickens but they are in the United Kingdom and dont...
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    outlaw chickens?

    I presently live in the city of Roanoke Va. They are going to outlaw chickens in Salem Va. These people have been allowed to have chickens for years. Go to www.whattheclucksalem.weebly.com to learn more and sign the petition. I cant imagine what I would do if they tried to change the laws...
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    egg characteristics

    I have golden comets that are nine months old now. I have noticed they have a higher white to yolk ratio than store bought eggs. The yolks are also orange with quite a bit of integrity. They are creamier than regular eggs but sometimes I think they are bland. Maybe I am being overyly...
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    damp bedding

    I have the Eglu Cube with attached run and extension. It is covered in plastic. This keeps the rain and snow out and I am trying to use the deep litter method. When we have wet weather though the shavings feel damp. I am assuming this is simply coming from the earth. I was wondering if...
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