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    LP Smartside or HardiePlank

    The cement board siding on our house was not installed properly. Anyway, it wasn't installed as Hardie says to install theirs. Ours may also have been defective. Ours has a different brand than Hardie and one contractor said the kind on our house was discontinued because of so many problems. I...
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    Gerbils

    I'm considering getting some gerbils. This thread is to collect info on taking care of them. nevermind; I found a gerbil forum that has most of the info I was starting to collect here
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    When you don't a wheelbarrow, you may find a better way to clean the coop

    I unintentionally discovered a plastic sheet works much better than the wheelbarrow did to carry the litter out. It was the plastic sheet we have used to clear the leaves from the yard for many years. It worked well when used the same way to clear the deep bedding from the coop. The advantages...
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    Hawk attack

    Well, I didn't find a body, blood, or feathers so I hope Nutmeg is hiding. I was weeding the garden while the chickens were ranging in the little patch of woods next to the garden. I didn't realize it would be so loud! It was a big womp! The explosion of the hens scattering. Coco and Mocha...
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    Blue laced red wyandottes neck colors

    One of breeds I am considering is blue laced red wyandotte. I've been looking at pictures and some hens have very little, is any, blue lacing on their necks and others have so much lacing on their necks that little red is visible. Why is that?
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    Feeding chicks with separated ingredients experiment (title changed)

    I'm planning to get some chicks soon - maybe 3 or 4 straight run heritage Rhode Island Reds and 1 or 2 Cream Legbar pullets. I'd like to try raising them on free choice ingredients - LOTS of different ingredients. I figure if chicks can balance their own diets as discussed here then they...
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    What colors of chick down indicate black chicks?

    If I were to try picking chicks out of a bin of Easter Eggers or Ameraucana, what colors could grow up to be black? I know what color Australorp chick down is, do all chicks with that color pattern grow up to be black?
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    Colorado proposal to tax all pets

    https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1163_01.pdf Yearly $8.50 - $25 fee per pet in addition to any other licensing or registration fees. There is a fine up to $100 per incidence for noncompliance or partial compliance To take effect July 1, 2024 Definitions...
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    Salt water in a bottle in the water bucket. A trial.

    Three containers, each with exactly 10 cups of cold tap water. Three bottles: One with 1 cup of cold tap water. One with 1 cup of cold tap water and one cup of salt, shaken to dissolve all the salt that will dissolve.. One with cold tap water filled to the level of the salt water - about 1 and...
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    Open water in the coop in winter

    I keep an open water bucket in my coop. I often see people say not to do that in the winter because of the moisture it adds via evaporation. I don't think it adds enough to matter (at least in a well ventilated coop), partly because I don't see evidence of it mattering in my coop and partly...
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    Could my hens have started laying a month earlier in the "spring" than I expected? Or Spring in December!!!

    Um. Yes. At least one has. What up with this? I expected them to start laying again about the end of January. If not later because they are older. This is still December. Possibly, the light is enough different. I'm still not supplementing with artificial light but I have been opening the big...
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    Mice are drowning in the chickens' water bucket

    I don't like it much that they are being dispatched rather than excluded. Also, that the dispatching is not as quick as possible. It is, however, very easy in every way and quite effective. I took nearly everything out of the storage end of the coop after I found the first evidence -two mice...
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    Mocha seems to have a problem with her shell gland. What else could it be?

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Mocha is a Black Australorp, hatched May 5, 2021 2) What is the behavior, exactly. She seems to be acting normally, for her. She has always been the bottom of the pecking order in a flock...
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    Osteoporosis

    This thread is to help anyone interested in bone health. Please share and discuss anything that might be helpful.
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    Can a chicken eat too many worms?

    At what point should I intervene so the hens don't eat too many earthworms? My hens are two years old. Until this week, they have never been out of their coop/run combo. I think they are legal but only due to a loophole in very hostile zoning. Likely, the zoning people would not agree it is a...
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    Question

    How many hours of light does a hen need to lay an egg
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    While waiting for feed testing results; how much light do hens need to lay eggs

    I see many places that say hens need 12 to 14 hours of light to lay eggs. Obviously, that isn't the whole of it because otherwise hens would not lay eggs between September 20th-ish and March 20th-ish, unless one lived very near the equator. Last time I researched this, I found that hens need...
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    Boxes for storing canning jars

    Anyone have advice on (non-plastic) boxes for storing canning jars? I've given up on finding grocery store boxes the right size. I tried the heavy duty moving boxes from Lowes or Home Depot. They are almost close enough in length and width; I can make them work by how I make the dividers. I...
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    Can the chick balance its ration?

    In this 1936 study, Link to the results, researchers fed some chicks a standard (for the time) mixed feed. Other chicks were offered each of the ingredients individually. All chicks got cod liver oil in their water for vitamins. Then the amount they ate of each ingredient was measured. And the...
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    How can I improve this roost?

    The end of the roost has been the preferred roosting spot since they were blocked from sleeping on top of the walls. After several weeks of contending for it, Mocha took to roosting on the 1x4 edge of the poop board instead of on the roost pole at all. About a month ago, Pepper joined her. I...
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