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    Smoked Overnight Eggs

    Ingredients: whole eggs in shell onion shells - just the papery parts, not the fleshy parts oil (I use olive) over safe pan with tight lid or crockpot Cooking Instructions Place a layer of onion skins on the bottom of the pan. Then add a layer of whole raw eggs. Place onion skins between...
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    Amusing pecking order shakeup in my coop

    So, a couple years ago, I had a flock of three EE's and one Red Star. I got two silkie hens and tried to integrate them with the others. Even though I took it slowly, the Red Star, who was at the bottom of her flock, got very nasty and permanently maimed the top silkie's leg. I separated the...
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    This is a way to tell if it is male or female before hatch and is 100%

    Quote: But suppose it told you eggs A and B were male, while C and D were female, and they hatched the opposite? You'd get the "right" count, but the prediction would actually have been 100% wrong. The only good way to test this one would be to separate the eggs into separate incubators, then...
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    pix of chix (or, name that breed!)

    Quote: What a great idea!
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    What Is the best breed to go Broody

    Silkies and cochins were both bred to be good setters and moms. My silkie will start to sit on any two eggs that accumulate, and has even gone broody with no eggs to sit on at all. ETA: And to add to what hinkjc said, I have a few EEs, and the most Ameraucana-type one goes broody a lot, and is...
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    Rob Needs Your Help: Did you get the newsletter?

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    Rice hulls?

    I've seen rice hulls recommended on a few sites for bedding.
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    Roosters

    Some hatcheries guarantee a level of accuracy, like 90%, but even that allows for 2 to 3 in a batch of 25. I'd bet you could find a rescue rooster pretty easily if you end up with none, though.
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    Entertaining my chickens???

    I like to put thick branches or slices of log/stump in the run, then move them around every few weeks. They attract bugs and worms in the places they settle into the ground (and rodents if you're not rodent proofed), which are exposed when you move them, making a great place for chickens to have...
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    Dont no which one to keep?

    Sure you don't want to keep 2? Who do your hens vote for?
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    Need Resources for Rooster "Adoption"

    Hey Keljonma, I am from Lake County too. My family lives on Cobb Mountain, and right now I live in the Bay Area. I don't have any additional suggestions for places to put them, but I think flyering many locations is the way to go. I think Middletown, Kelseyville, Finley, Cobb, Loch Lomond, and...
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