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    ode to the broody

    Quote: Maybe you could arrange for someone to buy your chicks once they hatch? That way you still get to sell the "eggs" and she still gets to do her thing and you don't end up with more chickens....well....maybe one or two if you kept just a couple new ones for yourself! yeah, that's a...
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    Do Production Reds act differently or is something wrong?

    my red is kinda dumber than the other two too! the others are a black australorp & a barred plymouth rock. mine were also de-beaked as chicks, and the red's beak is the worst.
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    Should I shoo my broody off an empty nest?

    I'm dealing w/ my 1st broody. Been reading a few threads to find out more about it. I can't add to my mini flock, so hatching chicks isn't an option. From what I'm gathering, the main problem is that I won't be getting as many eggs? Any other major problems? Is she at risk from not eating...
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    ode to the broody

    oooh, this thread makes me sad because I have a hen who (I'm pretty sure) has gone broody & I have to look for info on how (or if) I should try to break her of it. But really, I'd love to let her hatch some chicks! I'm just pretty maxed out w/ my accommodations & the city's limit. <--- me...
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    hot weather management

    kipper, aren't you glad those triple digit days are over! For now at least. I'm wondering what August will bring. On the one hand, August is usually very hot here. But on the other hand, our weather's not exactly been normal this year! I learned a lot about coping w/ extreme heat through...
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    Ok its 109 here right now and my chickens are panting?

    Quote: hey! we must be neighbors! I'm just a few blocks from Silver Lake. I gave my chickies frozen corn kernels, they ate it up! I tried misting them down w/ the hose, but they weren't down w/ that. I just threw a bunch of ice cubes around the area in the shade where they're laying...
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    Laying eggs in the bushes

    A little update for today. The weather changed overnight, and I woke up to cool & overcast. I was a little late in getting up, and let the chickens out at about 10 to 9. Rosie had already laid an egg in the coop nest. But when I let them out, Rita ran straight for the raspberry bushes. She...
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    Laying eggs in the bushes

    well, today so far, I've gotten one egg in the bushes, despite leaving 2 in the coop. I'm already resigning myself to just let them lay in the bushes if they want. If that's the only place they decide to lay, then it's not a big deal. I did check the temps as well. It was 84 degrees &...
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    Laying eggs in the bushes

    Quote: This sounds like the best idea!!! We'll see what happens. The next egg they lay, I will put into the coop nest & see what happens tomorrow. They were perfectly content to lay in the coop until yesterday. I'll also look into adding some additional ventilation; can't hurt.
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    Laying eggs in the bushes

    new development . . . I just went to check if there was another egg under the bushes, and the one chicken who laid her egg in the coop yesterday, was laying under the bushes. grr.
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    Laying eggs in the bushes

    Well, it seems that just yesterday, my chickens (2 out of the 3 anyway) decided they want to lay in my raspberry bushes rather than the coop nest box. They had been reliably laying in the coop for a few months now. I did some searching before posting this, and I see that some people have...
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    Just some more snow chickens. ** All Photos in first post now **

    Quote: I know a lot of people must think we're nuts, but I'm ready for the drizzle & 40 degrees again. You know, a NORMAL winter! The snow can stay in the mountains. I know my chickens feel the same way!
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    When is it too cold for a chicken?

    Quote: Love your coop! Did you design that or was it a kit? I put insulation in my coop also- they pecked and ate the shiny side. I turned to the matte side and they left it alone. Hope they dont have trouble passing the stuff! A guy local here raises chickens & builds coops & sells them on...
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    When is it too cold for a chicken?

    Debo's Chickens : I got the insulation put in. It looks like bubble wrap sandwiched between 2 sheets of aluminum foil. I put it on the roof & walls in the main part of the upper coop. Problem is, now the chickens won't go upstairs! I guess they're afraid of the new shiny stuff???? We only...
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    When is it too cold for a chicken?

    I got the insulation put in. It looks like bubble wrap sandwiched between 2 sheets of aluminum foil. I put it on the roof & walls in the main part of the upper coop. Problem is, now the chickens won't go upstairs! I guess they're afraid of the new shiny stuff???? We only have an hour of...
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    When is it too cold for a chicken?

    Yes, they certainly sleep inside their coop! They do not like to go outside! I forgot to mention, their roosts are up top, in the "roof" section of the coop. There are two roosts, which are round (maybe flattened on top?) & about 2" in diameter. I've been reading in the other threads about...
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    When is it too cold for a chicken?

    I'm getting worried about this too, though it's not quite as cold here. Below are pictures of my coop & run from the summer time. It's not very big & I only have 3 chickens. It's cedar boards & comp roofing. Temps have been down in the low 20's, maybe even teens sometimes overnight, and...
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    ATTN: American Pit Bull owners.

    Here is my "vicious" APBT. Notice the napping roosters on the left. For anyone considering a pit bull, or just if you want to learn more about the breed, this is an excellent forum: http://www.pitbull-chat.com/ Very informative & well-balanced. They're a great group of folks.
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    1st egg - can I eat it?

    Quote: I did this w/ the 1st egg, although unintentionally - I was putting them in the fridge & it rolled off the egg carton & cracked. So I cracked it all the way into a bowl. It looks beautiful - orange, firm yolk. So again, the question is about withdrawl periods if the chickens had...
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    1st egg - can I eat it?

    Quote: That was my idea too . . . that if I don't eat them, I could scramble them & feed to the chickens. BF thought that is the grossest thing he'd ever heard - chickens eating eggs. I told him it's quite common, a good source of protein, etc etc, but he still thought it was gross. Oh...
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