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    HELP Needed...My Rooster REPEATEDLY ATTACKED ME

    I have very limited experience. Had a farm and my daughter, about three at the time kept saying the rooster would chase her. Actually saw it one day and tried everything to break him but he would only go after my daughter. He almost got her one day and was soup the next day.
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    Newbie getting ready for winter - Insulating? Closing down Windows?

    We live in Texas and only have three chickens in town. We have a small coop that has an outside roost as well as one inside enclosed near the nest boxes. Last winter we had an ice age for about a week. While the chicken water stayed frozen for a week we had to move to relatives and check daily...
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    Alfalfa cubes soaked with crumble overnight

    If you have too much use it to add nitrogen to the garden. Bury it and let it decompose and your garden will love it. That is what i have it for and will now think about giving my chickens some.
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    Plants for Shade

    You will be limited by the shade. Trees do not grow well in shade always stretching to get the suns rays. Many have suggested dwarf trees but dwarf trees have shorter lives than regular size ones. Best to get a normal tree young and when planted trim it back to about knee high just above a bud...
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    Horizontal Nipple Waterers... in your opinion, yes or no?

    We use a 4 inch pipe with an ell on it reduced to 2 inches that hangs outside the coop and the smaller pipe extends into the coop. I have three chickens and one nipple. Filling the waterer about once a week works fine although in summer I top it off daily. I hang it about their height and they...
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    Where should my baby chicks be at?

    We have raised many chicks in just such a setup. There is plenty of room in there. Not ideal but they will make it. If you have cats in the neighborhood you have to get some wire netting and put over the top or else they will feast on your chicks. You can't scrimp on that. The wire will also or...
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    How do you keep your nipples from freezing?

    I have horizontal nipple waterer and i am in Texas....Waterer frozen solid this morning at was only 27 degrees.
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    Help! My wife is mad at me for feeding the chickens pizza!

    Our chickens get all our table scraps. Pizza, lettuce, vegetable trimmings, apple cores, watermelon rinds-you name it. They go crazy over them.Have had them for 2 years and no problems whatsoever. Are they getting the bet nutrition possible? Probably not but they are chickens. Does not seem to...
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    Not getting enough water from nipple waterer?

    Or just continue using the nipple waterer and your water stays clean instead of having to wash the bowl hourly. Brilliant idea.
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