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    Hens Stopped Laying

    I thought the same thing. Looked in the few spots where they could hide them but nothing. . . .unless they are buring them in the sand.
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    Hens Stopped Laying

    My hens have been laying 6-8 eggs a day. All of a sudden they are down to 2-3 eggs a day. I fed them some scratch for a couple of days. Someone on the forum said you should only feed them scratch in the winter. Any truth to that? Anybody have any ideas. How many times a year do hens moult? Or...
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    snake bite help!

    Fowlweatherfriends, Just read the sequence of posts concerning the snake bite on your silkie. Is your silkie okay? JC
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    diatomaceous earth - did I buy right kind?

    Are there any New Yorkers or Pennsylanians out there who can give us a good list of Feed/Supply Houses that carry DE in those two states. Those of us here in NJ have to send away for it and it would be nice to go to a good Supplier in PA or NY(neighboring states) and throw a few large bags into...
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    Rats Eating Chickens

    Yonaton, You have a fast aim and shoot with your .22 and flashlight. I tried it with a pellet gun. As soon as I turned on the flashlight though, the rats would scatter and could not get off a decent shot. I just can't get myself to spend $500 plus for a night vision scope for the strong...
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    Rats

    Had a major problem with rats in chicken coop. IN fact I set up an infrared camera right in the coop so I could watch on a monitor in the house. I was taken back by what I saw. When the sun went down, the rats cam out. Not one, two, three, five, ten, or even 20. As my chickens went to sleep on...
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