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    Price for polish hens

    It's a long stoy It's a long story but I have too many chickens for my little run. They are 6 months old and all hens. Will people buy them, and if so at what price? Should I just give them away because people won't buy them? Please chime in.
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    Best material for a chicken run

    When my dad and I had chickens we just used standard chicken wire for the run which is very hard to work with and seems to rust away to dust in a relatively short time. I'm thinking of rebuilding the run that was attached to a solidly built coop that could hold 70 chickens, if I can rodent...
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    I've got the grit, now what do I do with it?

    My dad always fed the chickens oyster shells and he just left them out in a special container and they seemed to know they should eat it. Is that all I need to do with grit?
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    Insulating a chicken run

    Thanks so much for the help. I'm pricing it now. Does the coroplast have to be protected by anything else or is it good as a stand alobw insulation material?
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    Baby chicks are here

    I did mine with the one light and we only have one window in the barn, it doesn't let in much light and mine did just fine,
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    New waterer

    I wanted a 2 gallon waterer and the only thing available was one with the nipples. How do you teach the chickens how to use the new waterer.
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    Insulating a chicken run

    I have gone into my profile and added quite s bit of information, including the fact the I live in western WA and am 1 hour north of Seattle. A really cold day here is when it gets down into the 20's or high teens.. My flock are different than any bird I have raised. Unlike most flocks they...
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    Raising Polish Chickens

    If that is the case then I have four roosters who look very similar and the other 6 are hens. That would be perfect. I hope that I am seeing what you are seeing.
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    Raising Polish Chickens

    This year is the first time I have attempted to raise a flock made up entirely of Polish chickens. I have several chickens that looked exactly alike. It is amazing, but they are absolutely identical. The chickens are straight run so surely I have some roosters. The problem is that, unlike...
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    Raising Polish Chickens

    This is the first year I have attempted to raise a flock made up of Polish chickens They are about 6 months old and are quite different in their activities than standard chickens. My problem is that many of them look exactly alike and they are straight run. Clearly I must some roosters...
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    Insulating a chicken run

    I have to insulate a portion of my chicken run. I have checked all over the internet and apparently I am the only person on earth who has ever had to do this. My problem is that I basically know what to do, but I don't know what kind of insulation would be safe for the chickens if they got to...
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    Ground and above ground coops

    Don't be fooled. I had a rat infestation and they took down several chickens before I knew what was going on. I too thought that rats were too small to harm a full grown chicken. Enough rats and they will devour anything. The rat infestation is what forced me to sell off my entire flock a...
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    Grain Scratch

    Is grain scratch good for the chickens or is it just a marketing idea from the animal industry. I have always give the chickens cracked corn but the scratch looks more nutritious to me.
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    Medicated crumbles

    If I use medicated crumbles for the chicks, at what point is it good to put them on a non-medicated diet?
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    Chick Mortality

    It has been my experience that when I have purchased chicks from the local feed store, or a large hatchery that does mail order, I can expect a few of the chickens to die in the first 48 hours. I put 10 chicks in the brooder and 8 ran around eating and drinking as healthy as can be. The other...
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    Ground and above ground coops

    I had a coop built on the ground and had no problems for many years. All of a sudden 2 years ago we had a rat infestation and had to give away the flock before the rats destroyed them. Now, after 2 years, I am ready to raise chicks again. I have purchased an above ground coop with a large...
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    Polish chicks

    After a 2 year hiatus I am going to raise chickens again. I love exotic chicks and I have decided to go with an entirely "Polish/Crested" flock. Just a small groups to start, 8-10 chickens. Is there anything special I should know about raising these breed as opposed to any other standard breed?
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    They aren't laying

    After a dog attack a few months ago my hens stopped laying. I have 16 hens and am only getting one egg per day. What can I do?
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    Somethimgs coming up through the floor

    Everyone asks about skirting but my coop is built on the ground, literally just like a house. Is was built by a carpenter and he framed it, etc as you would a regular building. Does a coop like that need skirting? We do have a major Mole issue. Can they kill chickens?
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