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  1. mossyroo

    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat - Part 2 : Chicken Boogaloo.

    I remember when margarine first came out up in MN. Because of the dairy lobby it was illegal to sell colored margarine so you got these white sticks with a package of yellow food coloring included that you mixed to make it more appealing.
  2. mossyroo

    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat - Part 2 : Chicken Boogaloo.

    I went to 13+ yrs of public school and struggle with many social aspects of life. I think I am friendly but I have a lot of trouble interacting with others.
  3. mossyroo

    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat - Part 2 : Chicken Boogaloo.

    I bought a moldy bag of horse feed at TSC which I dumped on top of 2 good bags in feed can. TSC replaced all 3 bags, no questions.
  4. mossyroo

    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat - Part 2 : Chicken Boogaloo.

    I've milked a horse for pretty much the same reason but never thought of drinking it.
  5. mossyroo

    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat - Part 2 : Chicken Boogaloo.

    Maybe they just died and no one realized it was from an allergy.
  6. mossyroo

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    When I go out about 4:30 AM there are roosters crowing all over the neighborhood. They don't wait for the sun.
  7. mossyroo

    Keeping Chickens Free Range

    I think you have 2 separate issues - roosting and laying. The easiest solution to the roosting would be coxing them in with feed or treats every night and then locking them in until they get used to that area as home. The hard way is to pull them off their chosen roosts every night and put them...
  8. mossyroo

    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat - Part 2 : Chicken Boogaloo.

    Don't have the horses any more but the chickens used to love following them around. I always said the good flavor came from eating horse poop. Haven't noticed much difference in taste but I think the chickens miss it.
  9. mossyroo

    Keeping Chickens Free Range

    Just a few points: 1. Unless you are an exceptional trainer, it's kind of a crap shoot as to whether or not a GSD will ever be OK around chickens. 2. If you get a pup, it could be up to 2 years before it can work as a reliable guard without worrying about what it will do to the chickens. 3. If...
  10. mossyroo

    Super Jumbo

    I have 3 groups. A dozen adult hens that free range regularly. There are 8 chicks about 2 MO that were raised by 2 of those hens - 4 each. 5 of the chicks go out with the hens and 3 seem to have no interest in leaving the coop/run. Then I have 13 of what I call the tweens that are about at POL...
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    Super Jumbo

    Thought new layers were supposed to start small.
  12. mossyroo

    Super Jumbo

    The egg on the left is a jumbo from the store and the one on the right is one of ours. If we had ducks I would suspect 1 snuck in to the chicken nest.
  13. mossyroo

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Does this have anything to do with that lovely big butt in your avatar?
  14. mossyroo

    Things You Wish You Would Have Known?

    The only thing that would bother me is that 2' under the coop the chickens have access to. That can be a real pain when someone decides that would be a great nest box.
  15. mossyroo

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    No, I have a crappy coop. A low electric wire will do a lot to protect from predators. A charger could cost as much as the extra hardware cloth though unless you can pick something up fro CL or Ebay.
  16. mossyroo

    Broody Hen Thread!

    This is my first try but my 2 broodies have been with the flock all along One of them has been taking her chicks out in the pasture since about week 2, the other seems more hesitant although I did have to round up 2 of hers last night. Don't know if she had them all out or not. They are all 4...
  17. mossyroo

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Teaching them that their spot is on the top roost.
  18. mossyroo

    Broody Hen Thread!

    They can start anytime from about a year to whenever. Some never do and some never seem to stop. It varies by breed and individual chicken. Has your BA been stuck to a nest pretty much 24/7 for 2 weeks? If yes she probably is broody and either needs eggs or to be broken soon. There is lot's of...
  19. mossyroo

    Things You Wish You Would Have Known?

    I like to wait until 10:00 or so. Some of the predators have finished browsing the poultry section by then.
  20. mossyroo

    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    I stole this and put it on my FB
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