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« Reply #30 on: May 01, 2008, 09:10:38 AM »
They suck down aphids like there is no tomorrow though.
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« Reply #31 on: May 01, 2008, 10:11:23 AM »
Mata - how do you know they taste like peanut butter?
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« Reply #32 on: May 01, 2008, 10:24:10 AM »
I didn't say they TASTE like peanuts...I said they SMELLED like peanuts...I know that because I've squished so many...they are a PAIN!
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« Reply #33 on: May 01, 2008, 10:33:46 AM »
Yeah, like everyone believes that, lol.
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« Reply #34 on: May 01, 2008, 12:56:39 PM »
Our friend sells his eggs for $1.99/dozen. We save our store egg cartons for him and he sends us home w/ 18 eggs everytime we see him. Home grown eggs are the best.
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« Reply #35 on: May 02, 2008, 04:02:44 AM »
On one of my chicken websites (tail talk?), a lady posted about how there was a 70% reduction in various insect pests in her yard, once she got chickens.


do they eat ants???...our yard is full of ants in the summer....& then there are those damned love bugs....
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« Reply #36 on: May 02, 2008, 04:07:13 AM »
oh....& when ya kill the chickens, if ya sever the spinal chord, it causes distress to the chicken & the meat isn't as good....when I worked @ the chicken place we killed them "humanely" (sp?)why doesn't that word look right??...anyways...we stunned them & then sliced open their throats  to let them bleed......lol....
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« Reply #37 on: May 02, 2008, 06:22:58 AM »
the clock is tickin...........for chicken............
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« Reply #38 on: May 02, 2008, 06:38:27 AM »
I wonder if Mata is having a bowl of those peanut butter tasting asian beatles for breakfast this morning?

I've been up for awhile, discovering new chicken raising websites.  Looks like I got some work to do, they already need more space than I've been giving them, 2 feet per bird...46 sq feet in the basement.  That's a lot of floor space...wonder if I could build a 2 story structure with a little ladder?

More later when the coffee is finished its work.
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« Reply #39 on: May 02, 2008, 07:47:44 AM »
Okay, poultry fans, the score is still 23 live chicks and 2 deceased.

  I read this morning that they need two square feet per chick.  Doesn't that seem like a lot?  They're only 10 days old or so.  I may have to expand their space today.

 I also learned this morning that I don't have to heat the chicken coop in the winter, just make certain it's insulated and draft free.  A concern, however, is keeping the water from freezing up.

 It (the source) also recommends dabbing vaseline on their combs and wattles to keep them from freezing, becoming infected and breaking off.  I can only imagine the Nimblefoot/vaseline/chicken comments I have in store for me.

 That's okay, I also read of a condition that roosters develop called "cranky cock".  Do you want me to spring that one on you?  There are treatments for it;)  Lol
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« Reply #40 on: May 02, 2008, 08:01:51 AM »
Lol!

There's heated water bowls you can get, to keep the water from freezing.
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« Reply #41 on: May 02, 2008, 08:50:50 AM »
us roosters know all about that cranky cock stuff...........just ask our 'significant others'.........
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« Reply #42 on: May 02, 2008, 12:38:51 PM »
Yep, I have heated bowls for the bunnies. The nice $19.00/one quart version/made in USA bowls that I bought have a finicky thermostat. One didn't work from the get-go, one stopped working just before March. I've gotten one replacement. Will have to nag the company for one more I guess.
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« Reply #43 on: May 02, 2008, 01:30:43 PM »
This thread is worthless without cute chick pictures.
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« Reply #44 on: May 02, 2008, 01:38:02 PM »
those are on the old TT Atonement thread...........
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