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  1. FrostRanger

    Safe Ant Killers for Chickens??

    As for OP's question, any sort of soap will kill them too but it has to be applied directly. You could make a big batch of soapy water and pour it on the mound
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    Safe Ant Killers for Chickens??

    Please don't catch and release rats, especially somewhere like the Everglades. Rats can eat chicks of ground nesting birds are generally harmful to the environment. The rats that usually trouble people also aren't native and are not in short supply. Also if that rat finds its way to someone...
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    Best decision ever! Don't think, just do it! Well i did it.

    You've got 2 pullets. Nothing on either bird says they're a cockerel and the one on the left in fact has a female specific color pattern, the one on the right is red but her coloration is very even (males are more splotchy in their coloration) and most notably neither have the pointy hackle and...
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    Hog feed for eggs?

    As long as their food is providing what they need nutritionally, feed doesn't impact egg laying rate much (obvious caveat being the feed is nutritionally sound as subpar feed will negatively impact egg laying). The age and breed of the hen, the current season (with the changes in daylight that...
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    Best decision ever! Don't think, just do it! Well i did it.

    Are you sure you have a pullet and a cockerel? Both look to be pullets to me (although better pictures would be good just to be sure). In any case, easter eggers are indeed the best! :D
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    Your 2026 Garden

    I mean, a pumpkin is a squash, so either way it's a squash of some sort :p
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    I took in a rooster

    I would also have a plan just in case he doesn't get along with the hens you end up getting since he has a history of attacking hens. Hopefully it was just an issue of him not liking that particular hen, but I'd still be wary. I do think it has a higher chance of long term success than a...
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    Who are these sweet babies

    Much too young to tell, post more pictures when they are at least 6 weeks old
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    Corona/covid vaccine for chicks?

    I haven't heard of it either? I'm leaning towards it being mostly rumor perhaps with a grain of truth to it. In any case I've also haven't heard of covid being a problem in chickens either so barring extraordinary circumstances, I wouldn't get it for my flock - and if it did exist it sounds like...
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    Hen tucks head under other chickens

    My birds do this, they will stick their head under the bird next to them and I once walked out to Lavender with a bird under each wing. I don't think it's a dominance thing, Lavender is somewhere in the middle of the pecking order and I've seen higher ranked - including my head hen Basil - and...
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    Is it okay to not break a broody hen if we don't have fertilized eggs?

    You can leave her but I don't recommend it. As was already said, being broody is hard on a hen and there's no telling how long she will actually be broody for and while not common, some hens will even starve themselves or leave themselves so weak they fall ill to something. Aside from that...
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    Constant Cracked Eggs

    Even so grit is cheap and never goes bad, worst case scenario if they have it is they don't need it and ignore it. Worst case scenario if they don't have it and end up needing is a bird develops crop issues and dies. In theory they should be able to find their own but it's still cheap...
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    Constant Cracked Eggs

    All flock and layer are separate types of feed, layer feed has extra calcium added for laying hens while all flock does not. You can feed all flock to laying hens, but they absolutely must have access to oyster shell on the side (actually a good idea whatever you feed) and they must have access...
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    Fermented feed for chickens

    Agreed, if you ferment, your birds will be fine If you don't ferment, your birds will also be fine Either way your birds will be fine so do what makes you and them happy. Regardless of health benefits it's a fun way to add a healthy treat to their diet
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    Things you wish you could say

    I would disagree
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    Steak

    Well done steak ≠ hamburger I shall keep my steak thank you
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    Things you wish you could say

    Some locations are definitely more chill than others - ours *is* actually chill as well and I've never heard the lunk alarm go off, that said, drinking from a 1 gallon jug was listed on the sign defining what a lunk is in the gym even though in practice I doubt anyone cares, even so it's just...
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    Things you wish you could say

    Lunk alarm, it's an alarm that employees can sound off at lunks. Sure, some of the stuff is etiquette such as not hogging machines which is fine but it also includes stuff like grunting too loudly while lifting and drinking from a 1 gallon jug. It's supposed to foster a less intimidating...
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    Things you wish you could say

    That the gym I go to isn't closing down. Yes, there are 2 other gyms in the area but they are more out of my way and one is a planet fitness..... Granted, ours isn't bad, but it doesn't have the same chill vibes (and individual restrooms with showers) that the gym I go to has, and besides, I...
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    Things you wish you could say

    Chewy has free shipping on orders of 50 bucks or more. I buy 2 bags at a time and whatever else I need for the other animals to get to the order minimum
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