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    Whose at the bottom of your pecking order

    My Speckled Sussex is the whipping post. She sleeps in the nesting boxes, eats like a pig, took five months to molt, knocks the water bowl over, and only lays 2 eggs/week. Talk about a recipe for freezer camp!
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    Magical egg?

    This morning I head out to the coop and to my delight there are four eggs waiting for me. I am all the more impressed considering the sub zero temps. Sadly, one of the eggs had frozen and cracked. I brought all four eggs in the house. The three good ones went in the fridge and the fourth...
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    Houston - We have Frostbite!

    17 degrees below zero this morning. Had the heat lamp going which kept the coop at a balmy 1 degree. Looks like the red star has a bit of frostbite on her comb. Not a bad case, just the very tips, maybe 3-4mm. She has a freakishly big comb, so no surprise that it was her. Well, she'll be...
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    When do RIRs begin to lay?

    I have 2 RIRs that are 7+ months old and haven't started laying yet. Combs are not yet developed and are still pullet pink. They eat like hogs too! Of course it is also December, but I provide light starting at 2AM. By the time March rolls around they better be on board or else they're off...
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    Coop collapsing under snow and ice!

    12" of snow yesterday and 5-10" more forecast for tonight/tomorrow. Roof is clear. My hens free range during the day. My coop is a 8'X3' with a slanted, hinged roof. I prop it up and all 10 birds sit on the sill and stare at the snow despondently. the australorps are the only ones that hop...
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    Free rangeing in winter?!

    I don't want my girls feeling "cooped up." 4 below zero this AM and all 10 came out .
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    anyone know of a fox deterrent?

    Voltage. Bullets
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    anyone know of a fox deterrent?

    We've lost over a dozen to foxes. I've probably peed around the yard enough to fill a swimming pool, but to no avail. I've got some friends that had similar problems until they got some Maine Coon Cats. These things are 20lb cats with attitudes. Foxes won't mess with them. Normal cats are...
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    Protein % of feed.

    Stopped by the feed store and inquired about 20% feed. He asked "Why?" I responded that some of my hens have stopped laying this winter and I wanted to maybe jump start them back into action w/some extra protein. He asked about lighting & coop temp, to which I replied a warm coop and 5 extra...
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    nighttime chicken party in an unlit coop? Is this normal?

    I go out at the crack of dawn, sometimes just before, and my one hen has already laid. Every day - same thing. I'm thinking she sleep walks, or I guess it would be sleep laying.
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    Feeders, the good and the bad.

    No pictures but this should be easy to envision. 1 - 5 gallon bucket with a 3" hole drilled into the bottom. 1 - 14" section of pvc pipe 3" diameter. 1 - standard dog bowl. The bucket stands 16" off the base of the coop. It rests on a cross beam and on the end of the roost. Sturdy - can't...
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    What's the weirdest thing your chickens like to eat?

    Slugs. My strawberry patch gets them bad. Chickens keep them in line.
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    Exactly what are each sex-link's parents?

    This topic has sort of taken over a couple other topics unintendedly, yet I still hear a lot of disparity on the answer. The question is: What are the Rooster & Hen for each of the sex links? This is what I always thought: Any other sex links? or different variations on the ones I listed...
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    best egg layers of brown eggs ??

    Oh, btw, the only chickens I have ever had go broody were buff orpingtons, and they were religious about it. LOL
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    best egg layers of brown eggs ??

    Hmmmm. 50 mi SE of Denver, puts you down around Hugo. I'm in Fort Collins. R
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    best egg layers of brown eggs ??

    Someone further up the thread asked what breeds make up sex-links. So far as I know: Red Star: RIR Rooster + Delaware hen (not LH) Black Star: RIR Rooster + Barred Rock Hen Some sites say that a NH Red Rooster is interchangeable with the RIR. Forgot what the name is for the RIR rooster and...
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    Chickens & Coffee???

    We have a compost pile that the chickens think is the greatest smorgasbord ever invented. Typically, I throw my spent coffee grounds from the percolator into the compost along with all the other scraps. Coffee grounds are a pretty optimal compost. Well, the grounds are interspersed with other...
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    best egg layers of brown eggs ??

    I track my girl's output. I don't count molting time. They go back on the clock when they're done molting and start laying again. Red Stars 98% Black Stars 97% NH Reds 93% RIRs 88% Australorps 82% B Rocks 75% B Orpington 67% S Sussex 67%...
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    From the UK...wanting info on preventing badger and fox attacks

    Norm, I have lost over a dozen hens to foxes over the past year and have learned a ton. 1. I peed all over the bloody yard, to no avail. 2. I had the chicken wire buried 6" deep and tent staked @6" intervals. They tunneled under it. 3. I surrounded the coop/run with railroad ties. They...
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    Grandmother's trick for curing a chicken killing dog.

    Once when my mother was a little girl in the 50's, the family dog got into a neighbor's coop and killed a dozen chickens. My grandmother's solution to this problem was 1. get new chickens for the lost ones, and 2. get a dressed bird from the market and tie it to the dog's neck. Summer-time=hot...
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