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    Broody Hen? Do I *need* to break the broody?

    I have a cochin bantam who has gone broody and she has spent the past few days in the nest box. I take her out occasionally to forage around and eat something, and I have to take her out of the nestbox at night so she can roost in the coop because my other two hens want to stay with her and are...
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    Your Favorite Nest Boxes?

    Thanks for all the replies!!
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    Your Favorite Nest Boxes?

    What are your favorite nest boxes for larger chickens? I currently have HenHaus boxes, which are great because they are plastic and easy to clean, however, they are not very big and my big Orps are having some issues with them. My boxes are located inside my run. I am looking for 4-6 boxes...
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    Scratch & Peck Now Contains Diatomaceous Earth In Their Feeds

    Unfortunately there is no way for me to update the original post. i don’t want to delete it as I think this thread contains great info. I was thrilled when FeatherAndBloom reached out to them, I normally would have but I think I was having a Demenopause moment and it did not occur to me. I am...
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    White Crested Blue Polish Coloration Question

    I picked up two 2/3 week old WCB Polish chicks today. One is definitely a dark blue, almost black, the other has a lot of white and I am curious if it will keep the white or if it will just end up a lighter grey? I realize the lighter one has a lot of chick down still, but the wing feathers...
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    White Crested Blue Polish Age?

    I picked up this Polish chick this weekend, s/he is supposed to be a pullet and 6 weeks old as of today, but s/he is pretty small and the crest doesn’t look anywhere nearly as poofy as photos of 6 weeks old chicks I have found online. I have never had a Polish before so I have no other...
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    Silkie Guesses?

    Just got this 5.5 week old partridge silkie chick and while I know it is really hard to sex at this age, just wondering if anyone has any feedback based on this comb. I am sending in a DNA test cuz I can’t keep is it’s a roo and I want to know sooner than later. I am worried it’s a roo. Thanks!
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    Roo or Pullet? 11 week Wyandotte

    I wanted to update this post to let everyone know that Ophelia is indeed 100% a girl. Here is a recent pic of her, she has grown into quite the beauty and is starting to give me some submissive squats so I am hoping to see some eggs from her any day now :)
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    Scratch & Peck Now Contains Diatomaceous Earth In Their Feeds

    We all gotta have our neuroses! 😂 I think part of my thing with DE is it seems to be EVERYWHERE in chicken keeping and I just don’t want to be adding it to my coop or run. It’s in dust baths, it’s promoted to be added to food for parasite control, it’s here, it’s there, here’s some DE for you...
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    Scratch & Peck Now Contains Diatomaceous Earth In Their Feeds

    That’s great to hear that your chookies are fine with it :)
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    Scratch & Peck Now Contains Diatomaceous Earth In Their Feeds

    Just for info, silica is bad juju when inhaled regularly. This is a big reason why I don’t think DE is good around chickens. Why You Don’t Want to Be Inhaling Silica. I don’t think birds can get silicosis per se, but inhaling silica is still not good for them. I do understand it is an...
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    Scratch & Peck Now Contains Diatomaceous Earth In Their Feeds

    I actually do feed fermented daily but I also like to have dry in the treadle for the girls so they have a choice :)
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    Scratch & Peck Now Contains Diatomaceous Earth In Their Feeds

    Yay! Glad to know I wasn’t going crazy and great to know it isn’t an added ingredient. Thank you for posting!
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    Scratch & Peck Now Contains Diatomaceous Earth In Their Feeds

    My concern is that even the food grade DE can contain silica, and chicken feed is *always* dusty. Which means the chickens are going to be inhaling DE. Now, the studies show that mammalian lungs can get rid of food grade DE pretty quickly, but chickens have air sacs, not lungs, which do not...
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    Scratch & Peck Now Contains Diatomaceous Earth In Their Feeds

    Yes, please let me know what they say. I am on my last bag of layer and I would really like to continue with S&P. I know a lot of people are ok with DE, but I just don’t feel it is a necessary additive.
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