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Any help out there? Looking for some suggestions....
What feed are you feeding? What scratch are you using? In what amounts? What are you diluting the buttermilk with? In what ratio?
You said you added it to their feed to keep them from pecking at each other. Has pecking been a...
I nhaven't been on the thread for a few weeks. Benn busy with other things I guess. I have a question. I have 11 laying hens from last spring. They slowed down laying over the winter months. I had they cooped up most all winter. I opened up the coop and added a run a few weeks back. I've back...
We got 7"-8" here in the Thumb. Near Lake Huron (1.3 miles east) Been snowing since 10:00 PM last night. JUst started to clears around 5:30 tonight. I shoveled off the deck several times today to get to the Satelite Dish. Finally it stopped working completely. I just had the bright idea to wipe...
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I have my nesting boxes in both of my coops higher than the the roost. The roosting bars are almost like a step going up to the nesting boxes. It seems to work OK.
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I have several different types of chicken. They were all pullets purchased within a few weeks of each other. I don't know if that helps them to get along better. Remember that chickens develop a "Pecking Order". They with peck at each others feathers and such. You have to be sure they...
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I want to band them to keep track of age, laying and genetics. My original flock is unbanded, the 6 I added in this spring are green-banded and the pullets that are currently residing in my basement are going to be blue banded and red banded. I like to know who the sire is of the...
I going to have 23 hens in the coop this spring. My 11 from last year and 12 pullets this year. I've seen the bands for sale in a few of the magazines & catalogs. What is the reason for banding your chickens?
I've hunted waterfowl, Geese & Ducks....the DNR & National Wildlife Service bands...
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You all can't stay away...... Why are you trying to fight it..... Just go and purchase 6 Pullets (like I did) then you can say you were good & only spent around $15.00 or so.... They are just darn cute when they are little......
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Tractor Supply Co. Sandusky, Michigan got their chicks in this morning. They have Plymouth Barred Rock & Red Star Pullets. Also Amerucana & Bantams mixed Chicks.... Ducks &
Rabbits...... Way too much fun.......
Here is the link to the story on FOX2DETROIT........ Maybe we should write some letters to the City Manager of Milford?
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/milford-man-fights-for-right-to-raise-chickens-20110302-mr
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How are you going to install the Linoleum.... I have a 3' x 8' wood floor running down the middle of the coop with 2' x 8' of wire running front to back under the roost. I have some linoleun that I could cover the wood plank down the middle with..... Maybe some metal stripping used...
We are in the "Thumb" about 40 miles North of Port Huron. We must have got freezing rain/snow mix. There is a glaze out there. I took the trash out as it was not collected last week because of the storm. Hoping spring is not far off.
Built a coop last (late) fall 7' x 8'. Need to finish...
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By the way.... Grand Daughter is getting better. Back to Daycare today. It was nice spending the day with her. Would have been even better if she wasn't sick.
I sent an Email to MyBackYardChicken.com this morning. The chicks were ordered through them. I'll post their response when &...
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I was just down there and I have one of the Barred Rocks that was laying there and wasn't looking well. I picked it up and moved it over to the water. It got some water standing with one foot in the waterer. Really it took quite a bit of water. She was wet but didn't seem to care. I...
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I was thinking along the line of not enough warmth. I had a 100 watt heat bulb maybe 2 feet above them. I lowered it some and the 7 that are left spread out some. I drove on up to Tractor Supply and purchased a larger fixture and a 250 watt red heat bulb. I've replaced the small fixture...
I lost 3 of the 10 new chicks overnight. I checked them late last night and they seemed to be fine. They weren't drinking any water until yesterday. I am wondering if that may have had something to do with it? The other 7 seem to be fine this morning..... They came from Meyer Hatchery through...
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Hillbilly Hen:
Thanks for the input. I got the Chicks and put each of their beaks into the water & now they seem to be drinking. They were in the pen with a heat lamp on one end of the cage. I was out all day watching my little 2 year old grand daughter. She has been sick as she could...