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    brooder bedding

    An adult incontenence pad, plastic side down, paper side up, covered with a 2 inch layer of Bermuda Grass hay works well im a plastic tub, and the brooder box. That will make the box absorbent and nest like. To clean, just pick up the pad by the sides, roll it all up and put it in a garbage...
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    Nesting materials

    I have good luck using Bermuda Grass hay. It gets changed a couple of times a week, or more if the eggs get dirt or poop on them. It is not as coarse as straw, and the chickens seem to love it. They only pull out a little. To save money, we use the hay that falls on the ground around our stacked...
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    Covid-panic-induced chicken keeping?

    My chickens are getting older, so I decided back in January to hatch more chicks this year. St. Patrick's day saw my first batch hatch. I've had two more batches since then. I am only a small flock, chicken hobby breeder. I've had chickens for five years. They are my exercise plan. When the...
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    New Member

    I see you have Cream Legbars. I recently "inherited" a couple of young Cream Legbar Roosters, from a local merchant. Finally, a friend said she would sell me two pullets that are three months old. They are from respectable bloodlines. The boys are looking good, so we will see what happens. One...
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    New Member

    Thank you for making me a member of this group. Hi Everyone, I am a recently retired teacher, who lives on a small ranch in Southern California. Since my husband passed, I have been looking for something interesting to keep me busy.We had a few chickens before, but I was a bad chicken...
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