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    adding chicks to a flock

    does anyone have any advise for adding 6 week old chicks to my 19 week old chickens. I put one in there the other day and it was a horrible the 6 week old got roughed up pretty good before i could finally get to him
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    Black Jersey Giants

    Meyers Hatchery in Polk Ohio has day old BJG I got 6 pullets and 1 cockerial there 2 weeks ago and they are perfect.
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    mites

    anyone??
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    mites

    what do mites look like? I have a wooden picnic table and it has alot of tiny red bugs on it. I mashed a couple and the seem to have alot of blood in them for there size Also what do mites do to chickens?
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    easy homemade killing cone (and it's recyclable too! :))

    does anyone just remove the heads anymore like old timers used to in the movies with the axe or is that old school.
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    age for laying

    what age will golden comets, new hamshire reds and black jersey giants stat laying roughly?
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    Anyone ordered from MEYER hatchery?

    I was at the hatchery about 2 weeks ago and they have everything you could want for poultry. The staff is knowledgable and friendly i got 7 black jersey giants 6 pullets 1 cockerial 6 pnew hamshire red pullets and 3 ameracana pullets all healthy and doing good. and there prices are very good also.
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    feeding eggs

    i read alot about feeding hard boiled egg yolks but can they eat the white also? how much and how often
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    Head struck in poultry netting

    The wire kind 1" hexagon mesh And it was a Bearded d'uccle Bantam
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    Head struck in poultry netting

    Anyone ever had a chicken that stuck there headthrough the poultry netting and get stuck? I had one last night that did. I went out to the coop about 11:00 to close it up and put them on the roost (they have been piling on the floor) and as i got to the bottom of the pile I went to grab the last...
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    2x4 or tree limbs for roosts

    I have about 7 inches between the top branch and the wall right now but I'm going to go with the 2x4's after reading about warming there feet in the winter. and i'll move it a little farther from the wall cause they seem kinda hunched over that close I'm thinking maybe a foot
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    New Coop for a New Chicken Owner-Pic Heavy

    Looks great do you know how high your roosts are and how far is the support beams from the wall that is basically how i want to do mine
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    what is DE

    What is DE and what does it do for the chickens and coop PRO'S/CONS'S
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    Roost in the brooder

    HA Ha I'll have to try to dig up a mirror someplace
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    Dust bathes

    Will play sand work? do i need to put anything else in to help with mites fleas ticks and so forth also what is de and do i need that and where would i get it?
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    Roost in the brooder

    My brooder is a storage contaner for a patio roughly 2foot x 5foot and 28 inches high but there only 2 weeks old so theres still plenty of room in there even with 16 birds in it. But on nicer days I'm going to put up a fenced in area in the yard so they can roam around a lil more. just thought...
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    How early do you let your chickens out?

    I let mine out right after i get dressed ussually around 6:30-7:00 the i close up the coop right at dark when they are all in the coop
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    chicken choking

    has anyone ever had a chicken choke on long blades of grass?
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    Could you be so kind..

    How old are your layers? mine are around 10 weeks so im trying to get an idiea when to put the nest boxes in the coop
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    Dust bathes

    What are dust bathes and how would i construct one?
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