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I'd like to advise caution when feeding spinach! I fed my 3 girls half a bag of spinach only to have all 3 girls lay eggs with no shell the next day!! research revealed spinach (and rhubarb, white potatoes and almonds) have very high oxalate levels which literally suck the free calcium out of...

I am moving and have a beautiful solid redwood frame with 1/4" hardware mesh, walk-in door plus 12"sq side door to outside pen. 3 nest boxes. lots of room!! I will post more pictures asap! but wanted to get this going (to make sure I could!) I live in Oakland, CA. 94618 area.

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area - sigh! my coop is 12W4D6H!!

where are you located? I need to sell my coop (moving). its 12Wx4Dx6H; solid redwood frame, 1/4in hardware mesh & 3 nest boxes. I need to take some more and better photos!! is there a thread on this site where I should post this? ty. best

what action do you recommend? she sits on the other girls eggs until I take them away and is now starting to get cranky and peck at me as I take away the eggs!

how long does the "broodiness" last? she's still at it!!

chickens do no urinate. their waste is a combination of urine and feces. you should not combine coop flooring material in your compositing - you do not want grains sprouting in your garden, competing with plants; nor sawdust or other bedding materials. macronutrients are: fat, protein, &...

yes, I have seen her get up to eat. I offered her a treat while she was nesting and she ate it. still sitting. when she gets up my other three girls lay in her box, she then sits on them. she does let me lift her and remove the "real" eggs - I have two "fake" eggs in two of the three nest...

returning from a weekend away, one of my black copper marans has no desire to leave the nest box, not even to eat live crickets!! this is day 3. the first day I petted her and she did not complain (she is the bully of the flock - usually on the aggressive side). I picked her up, still no...

oxalates were not mentioned so i wanted to point out that: potatoes, spinach, rhubarb and almonds contain the highest amounts of oxalates which bind with free calcium to create calcium oxalate crystals and stones and robs the body of available calcium for egg shell production (in chickens) and...

crickets? let them chase some around which will tire them out plus they are a great healthy treat

so sorry he gotcha. glad he will soon be a celestial discharge......

ask yourself - how flexible am i today; how flexible will i be in a year or two?

i keep 3 small old garbage cans, fill with water and add poo - using one can per month. after the third month the first can is ready to use as fertilizer. i also keep a small can just outside my kitchen door to which i add: coffee grounds, veggie liquor (the water from steaming or boiling)...

i do this too! i also sprinkle some of the extra vitamin/mineral powder leftover from the scratch&peck bag over the shredded veggies plus i sprinkle on some kelp. i only use veggies & a few fruits - no starches. in season, they get an ear of corn to peck - they love that. i also throw...

thanks so much for posting this!!! great info.

lack of access to feed is a concern for me too! currently i have 3 chickens and 2 cats. i, literally, cannot buy any beef based wet cat food. it simply isn't on the shelf (thank you bill gates!!). my dry cat food quadrupled in price too! that said - i was just thinking about this matter re...

well, i cleaned up my oldest girl who had pasty butt. all is well. no more problem since. thanks for all the help

my girls are all adult; mama ~3, the other two ~20mos

what do you think about feeding unsweetened shredded coconut meat? would that work? and what is pasty butt exactly? a clogged colon - that causes prolapse due to the strain when eliminating? ty