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    Chicken Survey

    Filled it out n submitted
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    Winter Lighting Recommendations?

    I have a 52watt cfl bulb in an old brooder lamp plugged into a timer. It comes on a little after 5am so I can see to feed them b4 work n shuts off at 8.
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    Fry Pan Fetus!

    You have no worries. I have had fertile eggs since day 1 n never had nothing growing. Unless it's incubated by a broody hen setting on the egg 24/7 it's not gonna develop
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    Feathers, Feathers, Everywhere!!

    Fox
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    red pullets from TSC

    I've never seen the Rangers or the New Hamps before n after looking at breed pics those 2 r as close to looking like what I have. I'm trying to figure out which of these 2 breeds I have. So far they've just laid small eggs every now n again for the last 6 wks which is why I'm wondering if...
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    Help, chickens eyes swelling up and dying

    Holy Crap!! Your first post from a yr ago was about ur flock of 200 birds being diseased n dying. Now a yr. later u still have a diseased flock? Why do u let the sick birds mingle with the ones that don't seem sick? At this point you seem to have a MAJOR problem n should probly euthanize all the...
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    Predator proof snap?

    I have a simple hook n eye latch on my coop and nothing has climbed up n opened the door in 5yrs. Makes it easy 4 me to lock up at nite without a lite. Beeners are fairly easy to open n latch n shouldn't b hard 2 bust open if it's iced up in winter. The double clip in pic 2 can b a bear to open...
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    red pullets from TSC

    LOL! That's my dilemma. I can't tell if they're rangers or New Hamps. When I got my 1st egg at 20wks I thought I had good layers but they are rather sporadic still at 26wks so that has me wondering. Thanx.
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    red pullets from TSC

    Hi folks, I have 3 birds that I bought at TSC 26 wks ago. They will lay once in a while n still sm pullet eggs since they were 20wks. I'm beginning to wonder if I have egg layers or those red ranger broilers. Like I say they were in a tub as red pullets at TSC but we know how that goes.[/IMG] On...
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    Keeping Chickens Free Range

    I see. It's ur call but if I was planning on keeping chickens still I would get them now. To me its not as hard on them being shipped now as it is in spring. Plus u don't have to buy as many now. Good Luck with whatever u choose to do.
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    Keeping Chickens Free Range

    That sucks. What do mean by sale ban? Md.(n other states)banned shows like state fairs but not the sale of birds in state. U still have time to order chicks from a hatchery b4 it gets too cold if u want more birds. This time of yr. the min. order is only 15 not 25 with a lot of hatcheries.
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    help

    I agree with this. If u have a mean rooster attacking the kids they will be tetrified of chickens for the rest of their life. I had a RIR banty roo that would peck my boots everytime. He jumped my 5yr. old son 3 times in 1day. That was it. I got a 1 gal plastic jug n cut the bottom off n nailed...
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    Keeping Chickens Free Range

    Birds don't know boundaries so unless there is a physical barrier they will wind up in ur neighbors yard,even if u 'supervise'them. I don't live in a city but my guess is the predator routine would be more nocturnal xcept for hawks simply because thete is more people around during daylite hrs.
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    help

    Never heard of the orange paint trick so I dunno if that works. If it's not super hot leaving eggs out til the next day should b ok. I have n no one in my family has been sick if unsure then don't eat em ymmv Chickens will scratch straw around but they wont be able to spread a whole bale of...
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    help

    Throw those eggs away. Even if they have not partially developed they have been sitting outside in the heat for 2-3 wks n will likely make u sick. Would u buy a carton of eggs from the store,leave it sit outside for 2wks n then eat them?
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I've come up the driveway at 2 in the afternoon n seen birds scattering n squawking. This spring b4 the beans were planted I followed a fox down the field. He had a hen in his mouth. When that happens I keep them in a few days. It mite be all in my head but I think it breaks their routine.
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    When they r sitting on the nest they will come out to eat n drink at odd intervals. Sometimes u won't even see them. They won't come out to defacate but maybe once or twice either but when they do, phwew!
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    Keeping Chickens Free Range

    Once the birds know that the coop is home they usually put themselves 2 bed. My hens also go back in from where they're ranging to lay in the nest boxes also.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Safe? My birds free range they don't stay locked in a coop or kept in a small run. Short of exterminating every living predator both aeriel and afoot,impossible and illegal, they are as safe as any other free ranging bird. Thanks for the help.
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    As long as she can't get to another nest to sit on but still has food n water she should be fine. My last broody would bite me so hard I had a blood blister in the web of my hand.
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