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    Do your chickens like to be sprayed with water?

    Have three 7 yr old birds, they will sometimes just stand in the shade in one of their watering pans, eight 13 wk old pullets do the same. Had almost a month of hundred plus in the sun days (109 the highest so far) put my hose nozzle on shower or mist setting and cool all of them off at least...
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    Rat Snakes

    Just went to one of my two small coops for young chicks, five in each, one missing two birds, opened roosting box found big rat snake and a dead bird almost 7 weeks old, snake's belly showed he's already eaten one bird already! Now it's officially open season on ALL snakes for me!
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    Feed Storage for flock

    Just getting started with birds after 50 plus years, have seen lots of options for feed storage, so far none have touched on invasive insects especially ants gaining access to whatever container is being used. Would like to keep 50 to 100 lbs in covered location near chicken yard. We have lots...
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    Cracked corn

    Growing up, in the 60s, my aunt and uncle had lots of chickens for egg production, they fed their flock cracked corn exclusively.
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