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    NE Ohio zoning laws - Suggestions??

    I'm moving to Poland Village from my farm up in Trumbull County. I'd love to move 3 or 4 of my chickens with me. The yard is completely open to those around it, so this is not something I could sneak by the neighbors. I'll be renting and the landlady is fine with it. Did anyone figure out the...
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    Heat lamps are confusing chickens

    She picked them up yesterday! My troubles are solved AND I made $50. Yeah!
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    The All Round Flock

    ^^^I don't know anything about showing. However, when I was at the Canfield Fair this summer, I don't think there were any Welsummers. That's a pretty big county fair, so it gives you an idea how rare they are.
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    Heat lamps are confusing chickens

    Thanks for the suggestion! I listed them on Craigslist about an hour ago (though for only $10 each, prices are much lower here) and I already have someone who is interested in picking them up this weekend!
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    Heat lamps are confusing chickens

    Well, I do have a second chicken door that I don't really use. I could cover it with hardware cloth. That's not a bad idea. Yeah, I probably should list the extra 5 or so on Craigslist. I think I'll get on that. Why didn't that occur to me???? Oh, yeah, I'm the almost 40-year-old...
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    The All Round Flock

    I love my Welsummers. I keep a Welsummer Roo with my hens. Both roosters that I've had have been protective of their girls, but not overly aggressive. They lay a decent number of eggs that are so beautifully dark. I have a few Speckled Sussex too. They're probably my second favorite. I just...
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    Heat lamps are confusing chickens

    I have ventilation at the top of all of the walls. I really can't do anything to add more right now, other than open the windows, but I was afraid that would be too drafty. We've been getting wind chill factors as low as -20 this year, last year as low as -45. I'm afraid to leave their door open...
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    Heat lamps are confusing chickens

    I hadn't used supplemental heat in previous years, but with our first below zero cold snap this year my rooster and several hens suffered frostbite. I added two red light heat lamps, like I used when they were chicks. Unfortunately, this seems to have them confused. I thought the red lamps...
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    Price for Processing - what do you pay?

    Thanks for all of the compliments on my pooch! He's a sweetie, but it was challenging having a clumsy Dane and a newly walking toddler. Now that my son is almost 2 it is, thankfully, getting easier. Processing went well. We just ate our first of the bunch tonight and we are now believers...
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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    SIL: Where is your hubby going? Me: To pick up my new chicken tractor! Yeah! SIL: How is a chicken tractor different from a regular tractor? Me (As I was about to explain how it worked): It's powered by the chickens.... SIL: That's not true! Their little legs are too short! I...
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    Opossum and raccoon prevention - cat food

    Argh! So, we just figured out why the water is still dirty every morning. There are 3 young raccoons living in the rafters of the "new barn"/garage. We'd only caught raccoons at the old barn, and opossums at the "new barn". So, time to set up some live traps. We'll have to put the barn...
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    Price for Processing - what do you pay?

    Okay, it sounds reasonable. Like I said, $1 a bird sounded crazy low and $3 makes more sense, I just wanted to check and compare. I don't have a problem paying that, because I do know how much work it is. Thanks!
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    Price for Processing - what do you pay?

    I just ordered my first round of meat birds - just 11 because I wanna start small (and I'm ordering a few layers for a friend, so the meaties round out my minimum, but they will need to be processed right when my 7 dual purpose cockerels are ready. In the future we'd like to do 25 birds, once a...
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    Recipe ideas for 16 week old dual purpose birds

    We use our dual purpose birds to make things like chicken and noodles since there is minimal breast meat compared to Cornish Cross. We usually cook them all day in the crockpot so the meat is tender (though this guy will be young enough that you shouldn't have a huge issue with him being too...
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    Turkey Tractor??

    I've been raising chickens for a few years and love it. Mostly layers, but will be starting some Cornish X for meat next month. I'm looking into raising a few turkeys next year for meat - Midget Whites, if I can find somewhere to get just 4-6 poults. I just had a chicken tractor built that...
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    Opossum and raccoon prevention - cat food

    We have barn cats. The opossums and raccoons keep finding their food and water. We've gotten rid of 2 opossums and 2 raccoons in the last week! Is there any way to make food available for the cats, but not the wildlife? My current thought is to start putting the cat food out in the...
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    Welsummer vs. Buff Orpington vs. ???

    I love my Welsummers, but my rooster got eaten by something (fixing that situation) so I can't breed for more like I'd planned this summer and I am down to 2 Welsummer hens. I also have 2 Ameraucanas and 1 Buff Orpington. So, I tried to order 10 more Welsummers through a local hatchery and...
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    Eggs Getting Smaller and Lighter?

    I'm not a terribly experienced chicken owner, but I believe it is pretty normal for eggs to get lighter from spring to fall. That is definitely true of my girls. However, it sounded like it happened really quickly for this pullet. Makes me wonder if she's about to molt. Sent from Sarah's iPhone
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    Chickens roosting outside of coop

    After treating for mites and lice with no change in behaviors (and never seeing any signs of parasites), my husband brought up another possible cause. The outdoor roosting all started after we lost our rooster. Not right after (I would have thought of it sooner if it had been right after), but...
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    Chickens roosting outside of coop

    Okay, I've tried just about everything. I cleaned the coop out thoroughly. I sprinkled it with Sevin Dust to treat for mites. I treated the chickens and didn't see any mites or anything on them. I kept them locked up in the coop day and night for the last week. I let them out on a trial run...
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