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  1. papeine

    rainbow chicks

    dang.. then they are roosters
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    rainbow chicks

    yes Dixie rainbows.. they are 12 weeks.. if it is obvious by then...then they are roosters because the other two look quite a bit different...
  3. papeine

    rainbow chicks

    I have 4 rainbows that are about 12 weeks old.. I am afraid I have 2 roosters as they have larger combs and a bit of a beard, the other two do not.. is it possible to tell at this age??
  4. papeine

    americauna stopped laying

    over all my chickens have slowed down with the winter... I have light for 14hrs and heat when it's really cold.. but my 2 americauna totally stopped, now eggs for about two weeks now.. they will be 2 years old in May.. any ideas as to why they stopped?? and any hits to get them laying again??
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    how many chickens can I have

    Quote: probably 24 by 50... they are out of the coop when I have home.. so mostly weekends and evenings.. although with the time change they don't always get out at night...
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    how many chickens can I have

    I have a 12x12 chicken coop with four nest boxes.. what would you guys say is the maxium chickens I could have? currently I have 12
  7. papeine

    nest box material

    thanks all of you for your replys... I don't think the alpaca fiber is the problem with getting less eggs.. I found two smashed today.. They have access to oyster shell.. I don't find eggs with cracks.. the ones I find are totally smashed. I think I will try some carpet or cardboard. Shaving...
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    nest box material

    I am having an issue with cracked or smashed eggs in the next boxes.. I have tried shaving, straw and grass clippings.. the chickens push that out.. .Now i have alpaca fiber (from the first shearing.. apparently not good for making yarn).. any way, since I did that, they have really slowed down...
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    Increasing daylight and some odd light related behavior

    Quote: I thought the reason for the light was to keep them laying...
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    Do any of you not lock your chickens up?

    my chicken run is preditor proof.. so far anyway.. so they are locked in the run at night...not in the coop.. unless it's really cold, sometimes then I will lock them in
  11. papeine

    Are We Crazy?

    every book I read on raising chickens said don't name them, they will turn more into pets.... I did.. and they are!!!
  12. papeine

    De-worming chickens.

    Quote: If they free range in a variety of forages, they may be finding enough out there to keep their load down. You could get a fecal done. See if your vet will do one on a poop sample you bring him; many will, for $10 or $20. Or you could just worm them and see if your feed consumption...
  13. papeine

    Heat lamp for winter!!

    I live in Minnesota.. get's dang cold in the winter.. I did not heat my coop last year and don't plan on it this winter either.. I just have a pretty thick base of shaving on the floor and they do just fine...
  14. papeine

    Partial Free Ranging

    mine will come running for meal worms.. I started letting them out just an hour or so b/4 dusk.. would call them and give them meal worm.. gradually increased the time out.. now they come running when I call them..
  15. papeine

    De-worming chickens.

    I have never wormed my chickens.. they are about 1 1/2 yrs old... never had a sign that I needed to ... should I (they are egg layers)
  16. papeine

    when to get new hens

    Quote: The production reds and sex links might need replaced, but the rest should keep going for another couple of years at least. You have 8 heritage breeds and get about 4 to 8 eggs out of 12, which sounds like the production hens have layed themselves out and the rest have slowed down a...
  17. papeine

    when to get new hens

    Quote: no haven't tried coffee.. I am not a coffee drinker.. but I suppose I could give it a shot
  18. papeine

    when to get new hens

    thanks for the replys.. I have 3 production reds, 2 black sex links, 2 barred rocks, 2 buff oringtons, 1 black australorp and 2 americana's
  19. papeine

    Darn you, BYC!

    you made me laugh... I hope that baby comes soon!!!!
  20. papeine

    Nest box sleeping.

    when I first got my girls they were doing the same thing. They tend to roost in the highest spot possible. I but a board up, higher than the nest boxes and for a few nights I would go in and move them from the nest box to the roost. They eventually figure it out and quite sleeping in the nest boxes.
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