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  1. grmmadawn

    AHH! How to keep the chickens from eating my hostas?

    I love that my "girls" all free range...there is no off limits areas for them except the vegetable garden-even my flower beds are open to them- mostly-any plants/flowers that i really enjoy, i place a wire cage made of cattle fencing around to prevent destruction from my girls. Its a win win for us.
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    Having problemss with my flock. (Rooster Just died)

    We have learned that our rooster has a much bigger job in our flock than i thought...he protects, he shares any goodies he finds with the hens before he eats, he maintains order among the hens-without his presence outside with them everyday-because he's still healing his broken leg-the girls are...
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    Duck poo right outside the door everyday!!! How do I deter them?

    Our neighbor has a single strand of christmas lights that hang above the chicken & duck coops for lighting & her ducks haven't been on her porch since she hung them. She has a timer on the lights so they come on before dark & shut off after she "puts everyone to bed" & they are safely closed in...
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    Jersey Giant x Buff Orpington growth rate

    We are thinking of growing our own chickens for harvesting. We only have raised a nice flock of egg layers so far (barred rocks, sex links & RIR. All of our chickens are free range and there are acres of space for them. Any tips & or ideas about breed, feed, flock management (my hens are not...
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    Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

    One of our ameraucana hens is "flighty" when she wants to be fed (she flies up to the top of the tractor or bbq and "supervises" the feeding and when she has determined that it is all satisfactory she "flies" down to eat. She can "fly or coast down from a perch & lands about 10 feet away. The...
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    How much should new chicks eat??? TIME SENSITIVE!

    I raised my first chickens ever last year and i was a nervous mess about them. Turns out the little girls just need some warmth,light, food & water,clean paper everyday (so I put LAYERS of paper down so its easier) and handle them often if you want to be able to handle them as adults. I...
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    Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

    Thank you for your help. We wont be breeding these girls. We are only fostering them until they are 100% healthy and then they will be rehomed with our daughter. Our flock is not very fond of these new girls...we had to move them to the vacant pheasant coop.
  8. grmmadawn

    Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

    What breed are these girls? In November we received these two girls because the rooster of their flock had been so rough with them their feathers were almost 60% missing. They have healed nicely. But what breedare they?
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