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  1. justchookin

    What shell grit?

    Have the option of buying 4kg all shell grit for $8 or 40kg bag that has shell grit and a lot if sand and is sold as shell grit mix for $17. Is there any reason I should or shouldn't buy either one?? Opinions please.
  2. justchookin

    Does bran and pollard go off?

    Went grain store yesterday and bought 25 kg bag of bran and pollard for $24.95. If bought in smaller quantities is almost double the price at $1.90 a kilo. Brought it home and put it in my plastic Hills dog food containers. I assume they're airtight as I no longer have a problem in summer with...
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    Are foxes definitely nocturnal?

    I live in Adelaide South Australia and have never seen a fox around here but have heard there are more in suburbia than the country due to more shelter and food availability. They are definitely nocturnal r they. I let my chooks out about an hour after sunrise (from coop to run) and they put...
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    Removing food at night

    I have only just got my girls 3 wks ago and they seem happy and healthy. I feed the eight of them in two troughs that are about 2-3 ft long. I give them grain and seed , bran and pollard, scraps, silverbeet from garden, seedy weeds and grass from garden. The grain and seed troughs I remove...
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    Our first eggs

    Hear he! Hear ye! My 8 girls have just laid 8 eggs with nice firm shells. Their very first. Had em 3 weeks n theyd b 20 weeks now Medium brown in colour n not too shabby in size. And they laid them in a nice little pile where I can open the door and collect without stepping into coop (is a half...
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    What do u call a Leghorn x New Hampshire hen

    I recently bought some Leghorn x New Hampshires as pets and for eggs. Absolutely gorgeous girls. Is there a particular name for this hybrid mix? And has anyone got this mix and can advise an idea of how many eggs they should lay first year. Roughly. They are now about 20 weeks old. Can't...
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