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    Egg laying through winter?

    What breed are your chickens? Are they molting? Some do better in the cold than others our EE stop when it was down to 10* at night. Austrlrop, Cochin & Barred Rock & Morans still laying some we had a light on to give them 12-14 hrs. a day. No heat lamp on them however.
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    Teaching a class about urban chickens and could use a little help!

    They are very entertaining we all enjoy them help with stress relief for us. Grand kids are learning a lot having these chickens here for us it's different than pets. Chickens are good 4-h projects. I like them for the exercise and as a hobby it gets me outside and off the computer chair...
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    5 stages of chickens life? - Help with a project

    Adult comes before death
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    Ideal Flock for Laying?

    I was at the store yesterday and asked when the chicks would be in they said mid Feb. 2-17 was the exact date I think it was. So now is the time to be deciding this I've been thinking this over. It's time to think about this. Have EE's for the green ones and the BR, Australrop sp? we have lay...
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    Crowing questions

    I would love to know what the different calls mean we have two roos at the moment and I've seen them do the egg cackle they answer the roo up that way at 4 a.m. and crow off and on all day long. There seems to be the wake up call round up for feed time and after nap call and oh look I found...
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    Ordering more chicks - which breeds should I get?

    I too am trying to decide what breeds for the addtl. hens as replacement stock. I'm thinking RIR Rhode Island reds, and more clean legged Morans b/c I like the darker brown eggs like we used to get when I was a kid. I love the colored leghorns also would like some that lay white eggs. Have...
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    Pros and Cons of Roosters...

    When I got some hens there were only two in the batch. Kept a couple and one we will keep for the 11 hens in the back yard but having two is one too many. The loudest one was going to be in freezer camp but he got away to live another day.
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    Egg Tracker!

    I just sent my pm with a request love that idea!
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    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    Yesterday a noon I noticed that the chickens were all in their pen after I'd let them out a couple hours before I thought to my self "that's odd" they are usually out in the yard running around. Then I heard a loud chirping sound so I went out to investigate thinking that maybe one of the...
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    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    Memory lane: blue & white speckled turkey roaster, too sm. for the turkey we would get so had to retire and declutter that one. This mo. I found a black and white speckled pan big enough for any bird at a yd. sale for 50 cents! Looking forward to using it one of these years. Not this yr. as...
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    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    I went out today to knock the dirt off my shoes whack whack and by the third whack they had all come running like it was dinner call or some thing so funny to see! I gave the chickens some squash seeds today. And some bacon drippings with scratch it's we're supposed to get our really first...
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    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    I saw on U-tube some thing about a roo giving a special call for grasshoppers that hen preferred these for treats so maybe that's a bug call a roo was giving some one was mentioning! It's so funny when we open the door they run out in a mad dash to get under the grapes their favorite treats...
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    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    Back from dumpster diving for pumpkins! LOL! I got some for the chickens after I spotted 'em on my walk; it was past dark so I came back for the stroller as it was a big one that I spotted & I did not want to lug it home. Grabbed a bag and snagged two of 'em so the chickens will be happy with...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    After reading the BYC newsletter and watching P. Allen Smith's bro. winterize their chicken tractor. I Got some plastic to winterize hen pen with; I'm so glad I did b/c a roll of that [it's like the size of trash can liners] and it fits in the car SO much better! LOL!!! Chickens will be...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Today I got my catalogue I ordered from Meyer Hatchery and I am having a blast looking at all the breed of chicks for next round of hens choices choices! Hoping to go with a place in Ore. [can't remember the name of] that moved in Woodburn. Or maybe out of the one in Napa Id. just because it's...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I was asked this q. and thought you folks here could weigh in on it. Quote:
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Thanks for the welcome to this thread I'm trying to catch up got to post 71 or so. Today I've fed the chickens they got cooked pumpkin that I put in the freezer last year before I had chickens some folks gave me their Halloween decorations. This year I am getting the straw too for the nest...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Checking in from Clarkston [Eastern Wa. across the river from Lewiston, Idaho.]
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    Idaho?

    Across the river from Lewiston.
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I enjoy this thread I'm learning so much!
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