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Quote: I don't know about stimulating them, but I've read of people using cayenne pepper in the feed to keep other animals, like mice, from eating it for the same reason you mentioned: that chickens can't tell when something is spicy. I've also heard of cayenne being used as a natural wormer...

Quote: Then, that wasn't half-baked at all, was it? I actually thought about doing that, but ended up going with wildlife netting. I've also heard that you can hang foil pie pans from the fishing line and/or netting as extra deterrant to flying predators. I haven't tried this, so don't know...

Quote: Would I feed my chickens mouldy food and food so old I wouldn't eat it myself? NO WAY! I do if its raw meat that has turned, some of it will go to the dogs. Everythinh else goes to the birds. If I throw it in the compost, the birds eat it there. *shrug* I do, too. Unless it's...

Jackie B. : Free Range Chickens only need scratch. Told to me by a feed and seed store. Yikes. Actually, this can be true if you have enough forage available on your land to provide most of the chickens' nutritional needs. The birds would also need to free range pretty much all the time as...

My mom once told me that when she was growing up she was told that if you have a hen that starts crowing, you need to kill it because it's bad luck. I have no idea where this old wive's tail originated, but it's pretty amusing. We did have a hen that started crowing after her flock rooster died...

Quote: I apologize if I came off as rude. I was in no way trying to portray myself as an expert; I was just relaying a question that I found funny, which I was asked by a friend and that I felt was related to the above discussion another poster had had with a coworker. Since I was just...

Quote: I had a friend ask me where the rooster's "man parts" were once, and I had to explain how birds didn't work like that.

Fred's Hens : Well, back in the day, that "curtain" was just a flap of burlap. Not burlap bought off a roll at JoAnn Fabrics either. lol! chicken privacy flap

Quote: Safe to say you don't have curtains over your nest boxes so your chickens will lay then... Woo Hoo!!!! Another logic based chicken owner!!!! Ohh but wait... This is a half baked chicken advise thread... DANG IT!!! Do people actually do that? I love my chickens, but I have a feeling...

Quote: Mine either. I often get eggs after I've done my 1 pm check (which I haven't done yet today-oops). As far as chickens being simple, it all depends. If you're worried about adding heat to henhouses, wrapping runs in plastic, washing out water dishes daily (or even several times daily...

My dad has told me that my chickens didn't need different varieties of feeds, like layer, just scratch because that's what a farmer we know feeds his birds, scratch and whole corn. That may be fine for that guy's chickens; they free range 24/7 and probably get the majority of their nutrition...