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    Do chickens ever lay two eggs per day?

    I didn't think this was possible either but today my white legorn laid 2 eggs! I know it's her because she is the only hen I have that lays white eggs!
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    I got my first ever blue egg from one of my Easter Eggers on Thanksgiving day! http://amysharvest.blogspot.com/
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    Show us your nest boxes! Ingenous design post it here!

    I found this design on YouTube. This is just my version of it. Here are a couple of photos of it, and I have a couple of YouTube videos on my blog page. http://amysharvest.blogspot.com/
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    Tree Limb Roost

    Thanks Dan! Yeah they love it. I'm getting ready to combine my two small flocks in a few weeks so we built this roost. Its much bigger than the other one I'm using in the other coop. The one I made for that coop was made out of a wooden ladder my dad and I took apart and combined with longer...
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    Tree Limb Roost

    I know this isn't a new idea but here is a photo of the Tree Limb Roost my dad helped me build for my chickens! You can see more of my recycled chicken coops and my chickens on my blog if you're interested. www.amysharvest.blogspot.com
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    DIY Thread - Let's see your "Inventions".

    This isn't really My invention....but this is so easy and inexpensive. Here is my homemade chicken coop cleaner and insecticide made with vinegar and orange peels. Check the link here to see how I made it: http://amysharvest.blogspot.com/2012/10/homemade-insecticide-and-predator.html This...
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    Solar Nite Eyes Pedator Protection

    I have a TON of raccoons, opossums and skunks in my area....I trapped raccoons the whole summer. I bought the Interplex Solar Nite Eyes (4 of them) and I haven't seen any evidence that ANYTHING has tried to get in. I'd buy these again in a heartbeat. You can check out my blog if you're...
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    Help! Heated Metal base waterer and extension cord??

    Hey thanks!! I also called my dad and he said the same thing. He said if I used a heavier gauge wire it would be fine!
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    Plastic Easter Eggs Worked!

    Just thought I'd post an FYI....I could only find 1 golf ball to put in the nest box....but I had a bunch of those plastic Easter eggs...so I put a small rock inside each of them and put them in the nest boxes. One of my hens JUST started laying eggs 2 days ago...I didn't think this...
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    Help! Heated Metal base waterer and extension cord??

    I am about an hour away from Columbus..I'm in Mt. Vernon. :)
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    Help! Heated Metal base waterer and extension cord??

    I have electricity in my coop, but the heated waterer base I just bought online doesn't have a very long cord. It says not to use an extension cord....is there a reason why I shouldn't? Otherwise I'm going to have to return it because its not long enough.
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    My first egg!!! Second photo of it next to a white store bought egg!
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    DIY Thread - Let's see your "Inventions".

    I made a DIY grit station for chickens out of my empty protein powder tub! Go here to see the photos! http://amysharvest.blogspot.com/
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