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    Free Range or Not? What Does Everyone Prefer?

    My 17 birds free range around my rural property during the day. 2 roos and an LGD, plus I am outside most of the time working on stuff, a stay-at-homesteader. We have every predator that the Oregon woods can hold, but since we're way out in the woods, the wild critters pretty much do their...
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    Table foods for chickens

    stale cereals, breads, mushy fruit, but the most favorite human/table food ever is salmon skeletons after the humans have eaten the main meal. We even stop by the docks in Florence and pick up fish heads for them.
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    Oregon

    Howdy Oregon Peeps! Been awhile since I posted, lots of summer work and computer problems have kept me out in the coop instead of online. :) Just an update because you all love hearing about chickens:) My 15 chicks originally arrived from MPC on April 11. Now they are nice fat pullets...
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    Can pullets eat chipmunks, gophers, ect.?

    My 13 week old pullets love young - just-furred or still pink mice. When i find a nest of mice now I know what to do with them. :)
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    What treat did your chickies get today?

    MIne got leftover gristle and fat scraps from the beef barbecue. I've been feeling that they need more protein - they went CRAZY for this stuff. The dog was jealous. :) DOn't worry I never feed the chickens next to the dog or vice versa. That could get ugly.
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    smell?

    I was having that same problem I noticed you are in Oregon like me (Swisshome!), maybe you have heavy soil that doesn't drain well? I have heavy clay that I'm working on amending with lots of wood shavings and such. I rake my chicken area a lot and it does seem to help some, but I'd like to...
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    Comment by 'red hen in the rain' in item 'Avian Aqua Miser Chicken nipple watering system'

    I put mine on the bottoms of 5-gal buckets hung various places; no PVC pipes or pressure. Until the chickens figured it out there was a lot of peck -peck-peck - drop hitting the floor. BUt now that they figured it out, the drop goes mostly in the beak. I still have founts out too, the chickens...
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    Beware the Black and White EE's ;-) Rehoming Roo's in Oregon

    Reporting from their humble new re-home: Manny and OnRay were just the Roos I was looking for: beautiful young brothers. They traveled well and settled in tonight very easily, I spent a long time holding them and talking to them and feeding them sweet corn. They like being held, that's for sure...
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    Comment by 'red hen in the rain' in article 'My Backyard Beauties'

    Oh such wonderful pictures and stories!!!! Made my Sunday morning bright and fluffy. :)
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    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    Quote: I can't stand that crap myself and I'm supposedly a human. I like to run around barefoot in the dirt and sleep outside. Stop jabbering, don't touch me and what's in that cup?
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    you know you're a chicken person when.....

    Every time we get a movie from netflix and there happens to be chickens, or we're driving along somewhere and I spot some, I can't help it, I yell "chickENNNNNNNNNNNNNNS BOCKBOCKBOCK!!!" I live and drive around with other special people so its entirely understood and OK. ;)
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