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    Can I crush oyster shells I find on the beach?

    Here in the PNW oyster shells don't cost this much. Walmart has two different kinds. I only buy the little bags when I need them but, I have only four hens at the moment. The small bag I have right now I bought last year. We have them at wilco our farm store in town.
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    Personal hygiene when owning chickens and other animals

    Y'all I wear gloves inside and around the crew. I have five pair's of gloves that I wash all the time. Someone will laugh but, I wear my four year old shoes that is coming apart on both sides of the shoes. Yep, I know I need new ones but, someone hasn't fixed my car after he had a accident with...
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    Hi everyone hope this is the way to make a post

    Thank you all. We were thinking about that. I just thought maybe something wrong with her legs and feet. She has been a great Grandma to a few of the new girls the last few years.
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    Hi everyone hope this is the way to make a post

    I have a question ? My senior Wyandotte had a problem getting up off the ground in the run two or three days before the end of February. I told hubby about her so he would know. Anyone know why she was having a hard time getting up off the ground in the run? She finally got up and went into...
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    Solved Dark Mode: Can We Have It?

    Sometimes the white is a little too much on the eyes. I have dark mode on three forums, facebook, and Mozilla has dark mode also. Anyone that has never used this mode I can't bet you'll love it. Some people I know is just the opposite.
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    Feathers in the coop

    We had a bully a short time after 2012. I was so busy protecting the one getting hurt all the time. The bully took out all the australorp girls. Don't wait too long. We put the bully in another area two weeks at a time, brought her back in and the cycle continued for over several months. After...
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    Anyone else do this?

    I sleep really good as soon as my head hits the pillow. Don't think of anything prior to sleeping. Try a nice warm cup of tea or a peanut butter sandwich. Sometimes going to sleep keeps people from sleeping if they are hungry. I do this every night with tea, sandwich and milk sometimes. Don't...
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    Is this normal?

    I trained our young stud last year. Make him think you are taller, take anything with you all the time around him. One thing that helped me train our guy is he was interested in the new chicks so, he became the chicks babysitter at the time. I use to carry a tall rod with me. Don't get trapped...
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    Help identify what attacked my chickens

    Possum come out right about sundown or after. In our case the young possum got into our coop. Now, the crew is locked in at night. Possum was little and young. Hubby thinks the young one was looking for eggs. Fooled it though. Most are molting right now. All of them were on the floor behind the...
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    I bought all flock and my birds will not eat

    We get Purina flock raiser in crumbs. I have oyster shells on the side Ones that need this will eat them. Oyster shells I have a funnel. I fill the funnel twice a day for the chickens. I used to just throw them to the birds but, now I go into the run and hand out seeds to all of them. I make...
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    do chickens talk back ?

    Yes to your question. Chickens can talk to you. We picked up a sex-link when we first picked up our ms chicky from a woman that did not want her. She was a talker that was mostly around a little boy every day. She was about three months old. The enclosure she was in she could not walk around...
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    Broody or sick?

    She looks like a lovely lady. I too have Welsummer. Most of the time she has speckles on her eggs but, not always. I have a Welsummer Rooster and a mixed Australorp/Welsummer Rooster and Hen. You can blame hubby. He wanted to see if mama Australorp could hatch some eggs. She was our brooder for...
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    Hens won't eat any food, cry on and off all day

    We use Purina feed in the crumble form We only use pellet if the farm store doesn't have the crumble The reason for crumble is because squirrels will take the pellets and stuff their mouths and take back to the others. I we use a serving tray for their feed and oyster shells. I have different...
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    I need a rooster!

    I will say be mighty careful. My Roo years ago trapped me in the coop behind the laying boards. All I could do is yell for my husband at the time. After that we started training the Roo's. As of now they don't bother us at all. Don't run in run that is what started them going after me. I started...
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    skunks living under coop and stealing all the egs

    We live in rural in OR. Skunk will dig under the fence. I remember this day the smell was bad for months. I could not wet the clay dirt because it made the smell worse. It was in the coop and all chickens and Roosters come running out at 4 am. in the dark. All the outside lights on the coop...
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    What's the temperature where you are???

    Second day with high temperatures. Day before yesterday it was hot. 94 yesterday and 88 in the shade. Monday we lost a hen. Not sure what happened but others are fine. When I found her there was no blood. I checked her out and didn't see any stuck egg at all. She was not stiff either so it must...
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    New to chickens, Oregon

    Hi Eric, We are south of you. We are in Lebanon, OR. We are not in the city but in rural. I have Welsummer, Australorp, and Wyandottes plus two crowing kind of Chickens that are Welsummer and a Welsummer mix.
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    What kind of egg holder do you use?

    My husband made a egg holder out of wood for me when I'm putting them in cartons for the fridge. I use this if I have two dozen. I don't store them on the counter.
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    Dying chickens

    Keep your buckets and bag of feed away from the coop expecially if you have squirrels. Ours is on our deck that is enclosed. No way for them to get them. Make sure nothing can get into the bag or the buckets. We have five baby squirrels with their mama still. So cute to watch them.
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    Dying chickens

    In the summer I change their water often. Two to three times a day if it's really hot. I'm talking about 90 and 100. Feed ours goes through about three fill ups a day but, I have nine chickens. We use Purina feed for the chickens here. Never had any problem with this. What I do is I am always...
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