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  1. Chickiemama1010

    May have to throw in the towel and give up the chickens..*updated!*

    PS i used romex staples to attach the cattle panel to the lumber base. (pound em in with a hammer, just like nails, but they look like mean, heavy duty staples)
  2. Chickiemama1010

    May have to throw in the towel and give up the chickens..*updated!*

    you should try to make a hoop house style run and connect it with your coop. Its super easy. Cattle panels, chicken wire and a storm door. Thats what my run is made out of. Search "hoop house chicken tractor" on byc and you should find a pic. I modified ours a little, but its the same concept...
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    No Yolk in some eggs, WHY?

    Oh wow. Never heard of that except with "fart" eggs, which are usually really small. I never had a fart egg myself, but read about it on here from others. On a side note give eggs to friends and fam sometimes when i have surplus & one of my friends always boils the eggs and tosses the yolk, or...
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    Ever seen a chupacabra?

    look up "sampson fox" online. Its a RARE genetic mutation(like birth defect) that sometimes affects normal red foxes. It is very uncommon, but the genetic flaw prevents the fox from being able to grow fur. Sometimes they are completely furless, and sometimes they just have fur patches or a ridge...
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    Crowing hen -- caught on video

    I had a crowing hen too. Its common for a lead hen to assume the role of the roo in a rooster-less flock. They sometimes crow, and also may mount other hens, lead them to food when free ranging, look out for danger, etc. Just like a rooster does. Its not unheard of. Since you dont have a...
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    holes!

    At least Im not the only one then with hole issues.
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    holes!

    My chickens dig the worst holes! Is that common? my golden comets never did this,but my australorps are hole-digging maniacs! they have dug a hole so deep that they can get UNDER the coop now. I swear the hole and trench they made is a foot deep and 3 feet under the coop, which is actually an...
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    Warm Food - Makes hens lay more eggs? Is this true?

    right. HaPPY hens. Of course extremely cold weather will slow em down. Extreme heat too. Your hens will lay as many eggs as their hormones allow. some breed such as australorps, RIRs or delawares lay daily. Others like onamental breeds lay 1-2 eggs/week. I had a silver EE bantam hen that NEVER...
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    Warm Food - Makes hens lay more eggs? Is this true?

    False. hens ovulate just like any other animal. they just do it on their timing/cycle. Its hormonal. some hens lay more frequently than others, but none the less hormones are responsible for ovuation. As they age, they go thru a period of inconsistency and stop laying, kindof like ...chicken...
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    City attack half my flock gone :(

    my "coop" is an old shed transformed. We had a coon problem too, and its fixed now. I learned the hard way.... I could not figure out how they were getting in, but every day for 5-6 days I had a dead chicken INSIDE the coop, missing head, missing crop, big mess. I thought it was a weasle or...
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    which bird has made the most money for you?

    not really huge "profit" per se, but my golden comets are laying machines, sometimes giving me 2 eggs a day each. I used to have more of them, but as far as eggs go, I sell more of theirs than any other. Being hybrids, they dont get broody, so no lack of production there, they are not bothered...
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    Culling a 4 week old, UPDATE

    I have never culled a bird before, and like the previous poster, rely on DH to do the deed. I have read posts on this subject, and I believe decapitation is fastest, and instant, although very "hands on" and difficult for the administrator. But if you cant handle it, then search BYC for...
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    Which Rooster

    I have a black australorp roo, and so far so good. He is a good rooster, kind and gentle to the ladies, but keeps his eyes on the skies for hawks, and sounds the alarm when he needs too. he is still pretty young, and my lead hen helps keep things in order too. She is his senior, and she...
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    City attack half my flock gone :(

    be aware the raccoons will be back-probably tonight. City coons or country coons, either way, they will use a food source till its exhausted. They are crafty little critters, and they will return every night till you have no chickens left. You need to get out there and fix - and I mean FIX the...
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    plucking /V/skinning

    She wants them plucked because she wants the skin intact probably b/c she already has dinner plans. Its tricky at best to fry, grill, bake, roast or broil chicken that is skinless, AND keep it juicy. She may change her mind for the next round though once she sees how thick and rubbery skin on a...
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    Im In Love! (Greenfire Farms Sweedish Flower Hens)

    Call me crazy, but I dont see what the big deal is. I would NEVER spend $400 on a pair of chickens. I wouldnt even spend $50 on a pair of chickens. Yeah, theyre pretty. But are they useful? My flock is expected to work to earn their keep in the form of eggs, bug and weed control, and eventually...
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    This is supposed to be a Golden Comet but... looks like a male!

    We got an Amish man that does it for us for a buck a bird. They were bony, and absolutely zero fat. skin is thick and tough. They are better suited for long slow cooking, like a crock pot. Not great for roasting, fried chicken, grilling, etc. They are tasty, but chewy and you cant really eat...
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    Ohio folks... have a route I-77 question...

    if you stayed on 71 theres no reason you would have to go anywhere near pittsburgh. You take 71 to 271 to 90 pretty much all the way into buffalo. Theres a toll for I-90, but even so, Pittsburgh is 2hrs or more south of 90. Youre pretty much following the lake. So unless you consider "near...
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    Chewy Texture

    we are getting some meaties eventually, likely in the spring, unless I can convince hubby to get that meaty pen built for me before the weather gets too cool. And yes, the skin was really tough and rubbery. we left it on for moisture retention during grilling, since there was literally NO fat...
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    This is supposed to be a Golden Comet but... looks like a male!

    Actually, I just sent the spare cockerels to the freezer, last week. I was going to keep just one, I did have 7 all together. Unfortunately, the one I was going to keep got eaten by a raccoon just the day before they went out, and the coon got another 2 the day we sent them to process. But...
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