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    Can my chicken be friends with a stray cat?

    That's really the best way to deal with the stray. Some shelters have a program called TSR trap, spay or neuter and release. They will notch a cat's ear or tattoo them to indicate they are not reproducing. Thank you for your remarks. Just releasing them is actually cruel. Thank you for educating me!
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    Showing off my new large waterer I built, also looking for advice on large feeders.

    I use a 35 gallon plastic trash can with the ports that screw into them on the lower area of the can. It's elevated so it's easier for them to reach. I can put in about 150 pounds of feed and it will last over a month. With new chickens integrated into my flock, they might use that feed in three...
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    New to BYC

    Welcome from NM.
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    Chicken Math is real. 0 to 10 in 72 hrs.

    My babies get raised feeders and waterers. Eyeball a level waterer by looking in the tray. I keep bits and pieces of things around to level up their caterers. I may use a brick or inverted plastic dish to raise them slowly as the chicks grow. I'll use a couple of bricks around food and water...
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    Question of the Day - Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024

    Soft drink or coke.
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    Washing eggs question

    Our eggs are never washed. Thr last stage as it is laid is a protective coating. They go on my counter top. No chilling incase I have requests for hatching eggs or for egg glassing. Never wash before these two uses. I will gently wipe the eggs with a dry paper towl if they have any dirt, poo, or...
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    No identification on invoice. Please help me identify my chick.

    Yep! Being so handsome makes it difficult to choose the main roo of at least 4 of the 34 chicks!
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    Storing grown potatoes from the garden?

    Short Story... In 1978 my first views of The County (Aroostook Co, ME) made me feel sorry for those poor people! I grew up impoverished in SE Arkansas and after seeing their houses, I felt rich! It took a couple of weeks living there to realize what I thought were houses were actually potato...
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    Storing grown potatoes from the garden?

    BTW I'm not sure how long he cured them before storage.
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    No identification on invoice. Please help me identify my chick.

    UPDATE!!! She certainly is a He! My most recent photos will attest to your discoveries folks!
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    Help me figure out this Bantam breed please?

    My chick looked the same. Some said sebright for weeks. It has grown into a Bantam peabrain...Oops! Peacomb rooster of the Spangled Hamburg sort. Seabright said several folks for weeks here on BYC. Its markings were identical to yours. My chick is a Bantam Spangled Hamburg roo. Here's his most...
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    Storing grown potatoes from the garden?

    Growing up in SE Arkansas, my uncle laid tin sheets under the 2-3' raised part of our house. He'd spread the potatoes out there with all sides open to cure. Then storage became the well house for winter. That cure time is most important. Best to you!
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    UPDATED w/pics - Pls Help - Adult chicken slipped tendon? Leg goes sideways in 2m New Hampshire. Can I fix it?

    I sometimes had meat chickens who displayed a splayed leg after a big growth spurt. I'd put them in a cat kennel the hard case type for airplane travel to restrict movement. It would have a the food and water needed and within a few days it'd be back to normal. Glad yours turned out ok...
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    Leghorn hen has been laying shell-less eggs for two weeks

    Hope it's so. No one wants their babies to be ill. Best to you!
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    No identification on invoice. Please help me identify my chick.

    Here's several more recent pics I took today. Enjoy!!!
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    No identification on invoice. Please help me identify my chick.

    I've been thinking he lately. That rose comb is very prominate!
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    Leghorn hen has been laying shell-less eggs for two weeks

    Do you have very long days, like I did in the far north where summer days are very long? I often had hens who laid twice e a day at mid summer.
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    What do you do with extra eggs?

    Waterglassing! I do that like you, but in plastic gallon tubs with lids.
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    Topic of the Week - What do you do with all those eggs?

    When young, we'd put raw egg in our hair while shampooing. We also used rainwater for hair and almost everything we could. I've made my own maple syrup but have not had birch syrup! I love molasses! Gotta look for some now! Thanks@
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    Topic of the Week - What do you do with all those eggs?

    I do the same feed back, too. My girls won't touch them in the nest or even one laying on the ground whole. When I go into the nest box area they come running! They wait expectantly at the doorway. If there's an especially nasty looking egg I toss it out into an empty feed pan just for that...
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