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Thanks for the links. Very interesting even to experienced bird owners.

That's one of the best things about BYC...no smartalecky responses to what appears to some of us not so bright questions. We all have been there somewhere sometime and it sure doesn't hurt just to answer the questions nicely.

I am trying the deep litter method with pine shavings. Now I do not have nearly as big a coop as you have, but what I have done is every few days is take the pitchfork in and fluff the shavings. Everything was fine until last month , then there was a mild ammonia odor that I couldn't track...

Quote: Wanna rent her out for a month or so? I have a load of gophers I'd like culled. Me too!! Next!! I'm NEXT!

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While the hens are in the coop laying my bcm roo is there. Like someone said (sorry, I can't find who it was to credit the comment) when they come off the nest he mounts them which my thought on that was, "OUCH!!" . It also seems he is mounting guard while they are laying. During the time...

In the 70s I had a mixed flock of chickens...RIR, BO, BR, EEs, games, etc. and I always knew when an egg had been laid. Some of the hens would carry for about 15 minutes afterwards. Now I have rsl, bsl, Indian Rivers (Delaware x NH) and a lav and a blk. am hens. One of the bsl starts carrying...