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  1. Gargoyle

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    Welcome to BYC! Try the Illinois discussion thread, someone there may be help you with the hens. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/37/illinois What do OT's think about just feeling the keel bone, see if it is hard and sharp or if the area is covered with fat, blunting the feel of the bone?
  2. Gargoyle

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    My feed is fermenting and my chooks are happy. Thank you everybody!
  3. Gargoyle

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    I think we should all pitch in and buy a set of these for Bee for Christmas.
  4. Gargoyle

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    A true heroin for sure. A good wife is definitely addicting. OK, I'd fallen 40 pages behind, I just caught up. We get lots of free or almost free veggies from our garden, (or I should say our weeds), a nearby farm, grocery store leftovers, etc... we chop them up and feed them to our chickens...
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    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    Of course you wouldn't hurt a flea. Unless the flea happened to be on the possum's back when you smacked it with a shovel. Poor innocent flea; that's what is known as "collateral damage".
  6. Gargoyle

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    Haven't started on the fermented feed yet, I want to do it shortly. One question- it's dropping below freezing at night here, and pretty soon it will get that way in the daytime. Is the FF damp? Will it freeze out in the run?
  7. Gargoyle

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    That caused a thought to germinate in my brain. If you have a problem Roo that you might need to get rid of, do you name it Jethro Cull?
  8. Gargoyle

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    I have two Columbian Wyandottes that are also about 25 to 26 weeks old, and haven't started yet. They're bigger than our two 20 month olds, so I hope they get started soon...
  9. Gargoyle

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    I hope you're not in an area where the Hwy Dept. regularly sprays chemicals on the weeds- if they do, the bedding could be bad for the chickens.
  10. Gargoyle

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    love things like that. A few weeks ago a county contractor was trimming trees on the road across from us, filling a truck with the chips. I went to the supervisor, asked if he'd like to dump the truck load at my place, save him sending his truck all the way back to their facility to dump it. His...
  11. Gargoyle

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    For two dollars and change it's not stainless. I'll try to find a plastic one to replace it- I'm sure I can slip a razor blade under it to cut the glue. I'm sure I'll be ok for a month or so until I can get the replacement. thanks,
  12. Gargoyle

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    hmm, I don't know, it just started getting cold a few days ago so I only just started using that. I figured since the metal part comes from a standard quart waterer, it's something lots of people are using, so I didn't think it would be a problem. I mix ACV at about one tablespoon per gallon...
  13. Gargoyle

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    Some talk a few pages back about heated dog dishes. I got a cheap one from walmart. I don't want the birds to have an easy time pooping in their water, so I attached a cheap twist on quart waterer: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/21-heated-water-dish
  14. Gargoyle

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    Thanks, I'm going to look closely at that. We have a wry tailed girl, 6 months old, hasn't started laying yet. We only eat the eggs, we don't brood them, so I'm not concerned about her genetics. However, we are concerned she'll have trouble laying or get egg bound, and if so will probably have...
  15. Gargoyle

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    If I note where mine are perched in the evening, then in the morning I know which poop pile came from which bird. Does your setup allow for that? If so, you'll see in the morning what she did all night.
  16. Gargoyle

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    I think Bee can advise you on where to get the best deal on chicken diapers.
  17. Gargoyle

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    I think you've hit the nail on the head. Our other layer (two pullets haven't started yet, and we have one roo) will sit in the nest until she lays, and nothing bothers her. This one, if she's on the nest and hears commotion she'll come running out to see what is going on.
  18. Gargoyle

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    I've mentioned my splay-leg hen before- we made the coop and run "handicap accessible" for her, and the past month we've wrapped her upper thigh with vet wrap for a couple days each week. That has made a big difference, she moves better, doesn't trip and fall as much, and has an easier time...
  19. Gargoyle

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    A new expression has been coined.
  20. Gargoyle

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    It appears they charge $5.99 shipping, so the total is $14.98. The $12.09 Amazon site charges $6.50 shipping.
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