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Re: free metal garbage cans (for feed) in PDX craigslist

Renee Wrede — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:51:09 GMT

Thanks for the tip! Renee

free metal garbage cans (for feed) in PDX craigslist

keva house — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:10:44 GMT

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/zip/1472461830.html saw this and thought someone on this list could grab them

Re: Winter temperatures

Valerie Sanford — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:03:26 GMT

About Chickens and freezing weather. The cold kills. You can defeat the cold with a draft free location and a place for them to roost of the ground. Heat

Re: Molting Hen photo

Kelly Wellington — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:29:38 GMT

Yeah...My top hen, a RIR, usually looks like a well-built linebacker in a new uniform. Right now, she looks pretty pathetic. That none of my other five birds

Re: Molting Hen photo

crawfordmg — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:09:56 GMT

Great picture! My buff orp- my fluffiest of the three- lost a LOT of neck feathers, and all her tail feathers except one. Her body has no bald patches but she

Re: Molting Hen photo [1 Attachment]

Luis Salazar — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:37:16 GMT

Thanks for posting this, Anne--it's very helpful! Lu ________________________________ From: Anne Barfield To:

Molting Hen photo

Anne Barfield — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:11:24 GMT

I am not sure an attachment will work but here is a picture of a molting hen. It seems the white ones look the worst. The new feathers look like tiny new

Re: Molting for Dummies?

Kelly Wellington — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:38:42 GMT

My Sugar, a gold sex-linked cross, is now at 18 months and no molt. If that means she's an 'early molt' then the claim that they aren't as good a producer is

Re: Molting for Dummies?

crawfordmg — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:02:02 GMT

Interesting! My girls have been laying for a little more than a year, I think, so I guess my buff orp is a late molter- the article said 12-14 months- which

Re: Molting for Dummies?

April — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:22:22 GMT

From Mississippi State U: http://msucares.com/poultry/management/poultry_feathers.html Small Flock Management of Poultry Molting of laying hens Each year

Re: Molting for Dummies?

Kelly Wellington — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:47:57 GMT

I have two biddies. My RIR, Emma, who has been molting now for about three weeks. Her new feathers are starting to open, but she still looks pretty ratty. I

Molting for Dummies?

crawfordmg — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:11:32 GMT

Can anyone give me a basic understanding of molting? Why do they do it? How often and when and for how long? Do all breeds do it? My buff orp has been losing

Re: Help.. another escaped chicken

darjay22 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:15:28 GMT

We keep our silky chickens in the fenced backyard; other chickens are in the side yard. Silky's are the only ones caught by hawks because they are very small

Adding chickens

abroadincostarica — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:39:56 GMT

Good morning, I have my first three chickens, almost 6 weeks old now. I realize I need at least four more for enough eggs, maybe as many as 10 more. I was

Re: OT: composting

April — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:30:08 GMT

Oops! Thought I¹d sent it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/8357134.stm ... Re: [thecitychicken] OT: composting Oops! Thought Id sent