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Need a broody hen? Free

I have a BO that hatched in march of this year and started laying in August. This is the third time she's gone broody since then!!! She lays beautiful eggs when not broody. I'm not interested in hatching eggs and want to give her away. I also have an

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Egg Cartons

I have WAY to many egg cartons that people have been giving me since I've had my ladies. I'd like to give them away or trade for... whatever. Doesn't matter to me. I'd just like these to get some good use. I'd say I have about 150 or 200 to spare.

 

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free 4 year old hens

My 3 hens are no longer laying. They have had a fine life, a nice sized coop, organic feed, plenty of pre-composted fruit & veggie bits from our gardens, yard time every day to run around, misters & fans in the summer. They are about 4.5 years old, h

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Irrigation

I am doing my homework on possibly starting my own flock. I have a question that I can't seem to find any info on. I am on an irrigated lot in central Phoenix. My question is about mud control. I would berm up an area of the yard and make sure the co

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chickens and fertilizer

I have had chickens for 4 years now (nope, not getting so many eggs anymore but that's the way it goes). I used to have such a lovely rose garden in the back yard and used commercial fertilizers. With the chickens I moved to compost tea and added com

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dust bathing

I just found my three ladies dust bathing in an area that the cats use as their litter box. I shooed them away and was going to put chicken wire over the area to prevent the chickens from dust bathing in there again but I'm not sure of all the other

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pullets anyone?

I need to reduce the size of my flock. I bought too many chicks this spring thinking that some may turn out to be cockerels. Well, they're all hens..........

I have 1 buff orpington and 1 barred rock I'd like to sell for $15/each. They hatched March 2

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Baby rooster

He's so little, I feel weird calling him a cockerel.

I was the victim of a drive-by roostering a few days ago.  He looks like my ameraucanas but has some yellow on his face and has yellow feet.  He still peeps.  How he eluded by dogs I'll never know.

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Chickens and snakes

One of my chickens caught a small snake (about 10" long) yesterday and ran off with it. She was chased by the others so ended up dropping it and it escaped into the grass. I just wondered if she would have killed it and or eaten it?

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