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  1. windleysmith

    How much should I feed??

    So 95 oz of food a day... I am already feeding 96 plus 64 at night. Am I overfeeding?
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    How much should I feed??

    They were on starter until about 1-2 weeks ago. They were put out in the run then. Before I had them in my Garage. What a mess. Do they need Grit if they are in a dirt pen? The feed has oyster shell already in it. At some point I will start letting them out in my front yard but was worried...
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    how often to roosters breed?

    New to having Roosters. Is it one breeding per egg or can one breeding be used for several eggs??
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    How much should I feed??

    I have 18 chickens and 3 Ducks. The Ducks are about 3 years old and Quit Laying last November and not an egg since. The Chickens are about 16-20 weeks old. Right now I am feeding 3 32 oz cups of laying pellets in the morning and 2 at night. Is that enough?? They gobble it down in about 20...
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    New to having chickens

    Thank you. I have been doing that and it just will not upload. Stays zero percent then give error message. Have tried about 20 times. I even tried using picture post at top of this page. It ask for URL # but should not because pics are on the computer. Out of the 18 birds I think there...
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    New to having chickens

    Maybe so!!!
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    New to having chickens

    I was just watching my Rooster sitting but I think he was doing a dust bath. He was in the middle of 6 other chickens.
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    New to having chickens

    Thank you. We hope to get the nesting boxes up very soon. What is your favorite type of material for nesting boxes. I have plenty of hay (20 horses), but was not sure if I needed pine chips or other flakey material.
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    New to having chickens

    I have tried for 2 days to upload pictures to help identify the sex of my chickens. For some reason NOTHING with upload. I will keep on working on it and also observing my coop. Is it correct that Hens will sit a lot and Roos sit very seldom? Thank you for all of your help. I was thinking...
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    New to having chickens

    Thank you. I will go to that site and try and download a few pictures.
  11. windleysmith

    New to having chickens

    Thank you. I love watching them. Cant wait until they are old enough to produce eggs!!
  12. windleysmith

    New to having chickens

    So glad I found this website.. I ask my DIL's brother for 4 hens to raise for eggs. I got 20 chickens but lost 2. So I have 18 birds that I have no idea if they are Roos or Hens!!!. There is one definite Rooster who is a few weeks older than the rest and actually looks like a Rooster. I am...
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    Ducks not laying!!!

    Thank you. I look at the duck every time the feed store gets them in. My Daughter who is our "Ranch Manager" just looks and me and says NO!!! She almost died when my DIL brought the chickens from Mississippi and there were so many of them!!!
  14. windleysmith

    Ducks not laying!!!

    I believe it is in good condition. There are several areas that provide a lot of shade. Also the fence is in good condition. There are several smaller srubs around the front of the pen. It is not soggy or wet. We are in Texas and it is hot and dry where we are. Even when it rains their pen...
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    Ducks not laying!!!

    Sorry about all the weird entry's but my computer keeps kicking me out!!! We just added 18 chickens to the pen. They seem to get along pretty good so far. I have to learn to sex the chickens. I ask for 4-6 and my daughter in laws brother sent me 20. It is alittle overwhelming!!!! The chickens...
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    Ducks not laying!!!

    They are in a 30-50 foot fenced pen. We feed laying pellets that has the oyster shell already in it. The white ones are on the fat side. The runner is on the slim side. There is a small coupe in the pen that they go in but don't seem to like it much.
  17. windleysmith

    Ducks not laying!!!

    I am new to this site and would appreciate any help I can get!!! I was given 4 female ducks last spring. They laid a normal amount of eggs until last November when they Stopped.. I understand winter months and all so I was not to concerned. They have not laid since then!!! There were 2...
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