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    how much should I ask if selling?

    I was on Craig's list and they seem to be going for about $10.00 a piece. All I know is that I've put some money into these girls with the feed that I have been giving them, plus the alterations I made to our shack to convert it into a coop. I think that I'd be happy with 10 per hen.
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    how much should I ask if selling?

    Hello all. It's been a really long while since I've posted anything. Things have been going smoothly for my hens. I have 8, and they are all about 15 weeks and very healthy. Unfortunately, I am anticipating a move to Texas and cannot take my girls with me. How much do you think I would be...
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    Odd Roosting Habits

    Yes, I agree with you. They need to be in the coop at night. It's just that this one hen decides to be stubborn at times. My roosts in my coop are at two heights- one at about 4.5 feet and the other one at about 5.5 feet. I suppose they are not high enough.
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    Odd Roosting Habits

    Well, I looked and looked in those pine trees and I couldn't find her. Maybe she was up pretty high. Of course this morning, I go out to the coop to feed them, and who is standing beside the coop but my lost hen. She comes running over to me and I picked her up and you could tell she was out...
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    Odd Roosting Habits

    Good evening folks. I have a few questions for you all. 1. Do your hens often roost in odd places in the coop other than the actual roost? Mine are roosting on ledges in groups of three or four at different spots. I built these nice roosts and they won't even use them! 2. I have this one...
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    Do I need grit?

    So for 8 hens, if I have a grassy enclosed area which measures 16' by 16', will that be enough for them to get natural grit? I'm hearing so many different opinions.
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    Do I need grit?

    Mine are 7 weeks. They have been eating the Agway chick starter/grower, and they also have a small fenced in grassy area outside the coop (which is about 12 feet by 12 feet) where they can peck at the ground.
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    Do I need grit?

    So if I give them grit (which I have not yet done...), do you just give them a limited amount in a separate feeder each day, or only every so many days. I read somewhere that they'll gobble it up like crazy and could eat too much of it. Is this true?
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    Do I need grit?

    I want to feed my hens our scraps from the table - apple peels, vegetables, leftover pieces of whatever we might have had for dinner, but no junk food. When exactly do I need to feed them grit? They are eating the starter/grower feed which I know is soft enough that they don't need grit with...
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    Girls got a worm today

    mine love worms! One gets it and the others chase her around trying to get a piece of it.
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    healthiest chick starter?

    Good evening all. I'm trying to raise my hens as naturally as possible without them eating any "junk" feeds. I've been using the Agway Chick starter/grower as I am a novice and not totally aware of what is out there. However, I would prefer to use a feed that is not genetically modified or...
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    Do your chicks sleep on a roosting branch or floor?

    I have eight 7 week old hens, and they sleep in a variety of places in the coop. Three or four pile up together right at the opening to the run. Another one is over in the corner by herself, and two are often all the way up on the ledge. I put one of them on the roost, and she just stood...
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    Will they ever let me hold them? Please say yes!

    I have found that my 7 week old barred rock is actually pretty friendly. I call her Fran because she is the only one out of my eight chickens that I can tell apart from the others. She was not the friendliest at first, but I think she is becoming the most social. She lets me scratch and rub...
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    Freaking out when I close the outside run door

    It's good to know that someone else's chickens act the same way. Like I said, you'd think I was pulling their feathers out. They get so agitated by it. But yes, they settle down. By morning, they act completely normal - ready to go again.
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    Chickens acting strange??

    NO, it is not covered yet, but that is coming in another week or so. I figure that once I have it completely enclosed, then I don't have to worry about disturbing them at night. They can go out and come in at their own leisure without me having to bother with opening and closing the door to...
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    Freaking out when I close the outside run door

    It was about 8:00 and I decided to shoosh my chickens into the coop for the night. Well, I got them inside and closed the door to the run, and they started freaking out. They acted like they still wanted to be outside and were upset. The one was up on the ledge running around pecking at the...
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    Chickens acting strange??

    Good thoughts. I never considered that. We do have some hawks and fox around, though. I'd hate to seem them gobbled up.
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    Chickens acting strange??

    Well, to update my "Strange Chicken" story ( I don't know if you'd call this strange, but maybe more funny...) I went out again to close up the chicken run. I counted them up and could only find seven. Looked everywhere in the coop, but only could find seven. So I went outside around the...
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    A Delicate Situation...

    Good morning everyone. Just an update for you on my "delicate situation" with these chikcs that I helped out of the eggs. I still have this one lone little guy (or girl). This chick has to be a fighter. I can't get over how well he's doing. He's smaller than normal for his age, but seems...
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    Chickens acting strange??

    So basically you're saying that I really stressed them out because I tried to move them after they had settled in to their spot?? That makes me feel better. They were REALLY agitated. This morning they were fine, of course.
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