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    Pure Cottage Hills Wheaten Marans question

    I am interested in buying the darkest producing Black Copper Marans. I have some now that produce maybe a 5-6 egg with dark specks. Where can I buy the darkest producing pullets? Thanks Elena Lamberson Silversmith Egg Farm Johns Island, SC
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    *** I FOUND AN ORGANIC nonGMO CHICKEN FEED YOU GUYS!!! ((VIDEO)) ***

    I found this at Tractor Supply today. This is new and they asked if I would let them know if I was interested in their stocking it. http://www.mannapro.com/products/poultry/organic-layer-pellets/ Elena Lamberson Silversmith Egg Farm JOhns Island, SC
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    Comment by 'eslamberson' in article 'Love my Hen House!'

    Yes, the folding roosts are REALLY nice when we clean out the hen house! And I LOVE the exterior nesting boxes. So easy to gather the eggs and so easy to clean the nests. We have a horse/chicken poop pile of compost to the right of the nest condo, so we just pitch the old nest on the compost pile.
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    Love my Hen House!

    Yes, I posted it under Coops rather than on the Forum Hope you guys/gals will check it out! Elena Lamberson
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    Love my Hen House!

    It is under coop designs, I think
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    Love my Hen House!

    I posted photos and write up all about our cool hen house on I guess the wrong forum as it appears under an "article" Can someone move it to this forum? Thanks Elena Lamberson
  7. Love my Hen House!

    Love my Hen House!

    I designed this hen house with my friend Alonzo who built it for me. The exterior "Nest Condo" makes it very easy to collect the eggs and clean out the nests. Alonzo came up with the 7' tall portable "ladder" like roosts. We have 2 of them in the hen house. These fold toward one side when we...
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    Wow!

    Is it common for them to have purple head like this? I have seen many chickens but have never seen one with a purple head. Very interesting!
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    Wow!

    I saw this hen today at the county fair! She is white with a dark PURPLE head! It is not dark red, it is actually PURPLE. I could not find the owner and waited around to find out about her, but had to leave with hubby. Does anyone know what breed or cross she might be? Thanks Elena Lamberson...
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    Breeding for Meat

    I met two chefs at a local farmers market. They raise meat chickens for their restaurants. They were looking for Black Copper Maran roosters, and I happen have a couple that are only about 6 wks old. They said the BCM produces the best "physique" for meat chickens. I am a novice but I told...
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    White Araucana pullets

    I have a variety of pullets (~35) that eventually will lay colored eggs this winter. Among these are 2 rumpless, tufted white Araucanas hatched 4/29/14. They are the most aggressive of all my hens! At only 3 months they are attacking the other hens. I cannot stand to see them brutalizing...
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    Dust bath?

    I got the 30 lb bag of DE from Tractor Supply.
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    Dust bath?

    I am also a new backyard chicken owner and I am learning lots! One thing I learned was to use Diatomaceous Earth for their dust bath. I have 9 2 yr old hens. I put a tub in their covered area about 2 x 3' and about 8" deep. Then I put a bag of DE in it and they LOVE it! I also use it for my...
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    Bob White Quail eggs

    I have around 50 (~38 females & 10-12 males) left over BW Quail from bird dog training. They are healthy & happy and on 4/8 they started laying eggs like crazy. We let them keep 10 eggs in their single large nest (there are many boxes for nests but they only like this one). We marked the...
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    Newbie on Quail varieties

    I meant to include that I have read all the info posted re: restaurants buying from hobby egg producers.
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    Pulp/Paper Quail Egg Cartons

    You can get them on EBay. Just Google Quail Egg Cartons
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    Newbie on Quail varieties

    I train my dogs for bird hunting and after this season I ended up with about 35 female and 10 male Bob White Quail. Recently a friend who owns a local restaurant and asked me if I could supply him with Quail eggs. So, I said I would see if they would lay eggs. I extended their light, mixed...
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    Pinless Peeper question

    I bought some pinless peepers from Randall Burkey and also some leg bands. I hope the peepers will "heal" my 3 aggressive hens! They already killed one hen and had started on another when I caught them in the act! Elena Lamberson
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    Pinless Peeper question

    I bought some pinless peepers from Randall Turkey and also some leg bands. I hope the peepers will "heal" my 3 aggressive hens! They already killed one hen and had started on another when I caught them in the act! Elena Lamberson
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    Has anyone tried these to stop aggressive chickens?

    http://www.nationalband.com/gamebird.htm We have 10 hens - plenty of room, food water - semi free range with large completely wired (chicken wire) to protect them from all the hawks we have around our farm. I have identified 3 aggressive hens (2 Ameraucana and a RIR) who have already killed...
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