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    Buckeyes from Welps Hatchery ?

    Can anyone tell me where welp gets their buckeyes ? Thank you
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    6 eggs from 6 hens. YAY. these hens began laying about 4 months ago. They were about 9 months old. But they are making up for lost time. 3 black orpingtons, and 3 Rhode Island Reds
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    6 eggs from 6 hens. YAY
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    Comment by 'laura625' in article 'Australorp Black By Littlecreekfarm'

    mine arent quite as friendly as my RIRs but the austrolorps have the Softest feathers! so nice to pet
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    Comment by 'laura625' in item 'Red Sex Link'

    PS I still think its a nice review. and it Was helpful to me in that I was thinking about maybe trying some soon, and finding out that there is a possibility of the drawbacks CC mentioned reminded me to be careful where I got them.
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    Comment by 'laura625' in item 'Red Sex Link'

    One of the reasons you may find your mileage will vary,( Velvett fog, Melabella,) has to do with them being hybrid birds. It means they have a father of one breed., and a mother of another. There are several combinations of Parents that can produce offspring that are Great Layers and "sex...
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    Comment by 'laura625' in item 'Red Sex Link'

    This was helpful info. I have been considering getting a few because they are Such prolific layers. It's good to know about their vulnerabilities. I would just add that sex link chickens are Hybrids, meaning their mother and father were of different breeds. Certain breeds are mated to create sex...
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    2500 sq ft pasture, 18 chickens

    Thanks FeniKT!!
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    2500 sq ft pasture, 18 chickens

    oic, animal lover, thanks. Thank you, FenikT, very helpful info. how do you know it's 400'? thanks, each of you. hmm, gonns be a little tricky finding room now....
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    2500 sq ft pasture, 18 chickens

    I probably will, aart.
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    2500 sq ft pasture, 18 chickens

    Well, I sure liked that answer Animallover. but, it's not looking great...
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    2500 sq ft pasture, 18 chickens

    will they devastate it? If I let the chickens out into this yard when the plants are tall enough, and leave them there through fall, will the yard become a barren mud pit? looking to plant it with a foraging mix. I've been searching but cant find out how many birds( standard size)can live in a...
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    Chicken coop directly over compost bin?

    another way to think of "roughage" is high carbon stuff, to balance the hi nitrogen of chicken poop. or you can think of "brown (carbon) balanced with Green,(nitrogen)./ so, dried leaves, straw, hay, Old grass clippings, shredded cardboard... for coop plans, I can only recommend google...
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    Chicken coop directly over compost bin?

    I like the idea even better now, with wire floor just under the roost and a trapdoor floor on the rest! maybe the chicken wire with smaller holes would be ok. Some manure would stick to the wire, so you'd need to be able to get to it to scrape it clean once in a while. Rats are the only think I...
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    cracked eggs.

    @ YayChicks and JGFolk, Yes, They all are young. (Well, not so young 9 Mo!) but just beginning to lay.I guess they'll get the hang of it. @ TheReadyboys. Now, that makes sense. It was Cold in that coop. I ended up cooking the eggs before they thawed and giving them to the dogs.
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    Chicken coop directly over compost bin?

    This is a cool idea. I like the way you are thinking . People do this with rabbit cages over worm bins. Fresh chicken manure is too Hot for worms though. The thing is, you couldnt use chicken wire,(well, I wouldnt anyway) because predators could get in. Also, I'm not sure how comfortable it...
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    cracked eggs.

    Apparently someone of my birds has been laying her eggs from the roost. they fell onto the litter/poop, Cracked, and froze ( High temp today was 14F/-10C) one looks like it may have fallen unbroken, but cracked from freezing. My first question is: Will These Be Safe To Eat? the shells were...
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    Think it's too cold for your chickens? Think again...

    Twice this week my chickens roosted high up in a tree and I could Not get them down. a few were in the coop,so I couldnt leave the coop door open, for fear of predators. So they stayed up there all night. One night it went down to 16F and the other night down to 11F ! I do think the rooster got...
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    Looking for Inspiration...Show me the layout of your coop :)

    I love the light fixture too. Do the chickens use the nest boxes? I have a bucket with straw in with my oullets but they Havent started layingyet. I didnt think of tilting mine up like yours. If you like how yours work, think ill do that tomorrow..
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    graphic slaughtering question

    Clucky charms. It was brave of you to watch the video. If you want to be able to keep buying meat from the store ,Dont watch anything about commercial chicken industry. I'm serious. Knowing about the commercial meat industry is what made me try raising my own. So far, I have neen able to...
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