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Okay, I will try that.  Tomorrow I am going to add electrolytes to her water as well. Tonight my neighbor came and picked up four birds, one of which was my dominant roo. The others, hens, included a hen which always causes...
Quote: Originally Posted by Rhoise  IT IS A NIKE TSHIRT ON MY TEENAGE SON SOME KIND OF SOCCER FREAK EMBLEM??? Okay, thanks.  My curiosity is satisfied.   How are your birds doing?  I just gave...
I happened to read this thread because it looked interesting.  I hope everything is working out fine for your girls now. I have never heard of pinless peepers before.  Learn something new every day. But I just have to ask,...
I am now resigned to some hens laying in the corner, as well as in the nesting boxes.  I just gather eggs from where ever they are.  The hens are consistent about using the same corner of the floor, so I guess they think it...
Hey thanks, centrarchid.  My hen is completely following the pattern you describe, for a hen who went broody probably just before she would have naturally molted.  I was getting pretty worried today, because she is looking so...
This is great!  Both of you are giving me such good ideas.  I do want a chicken tractor, and I see what potential it has for breeding, and for segregating birds.  We are expanding our garden, and I want a mobile coop to...
We do have a pretty good coop, insulated enough so that outside temperatures of 0 F means an indoor reading of about 15 F.  We usually don't get these temperatures, and colder, until December through March, so by then chicks...
This is a very interesting thread.  I have been wondering about what I would like to train my next dog to do, and protecting our property and animals is at the top of the list.  The dog we now have is wonderful about...
Thanks again to both of you, centrarchid and walkingonsunshine.  I will bring a more studied approach to the egg-hatching project this time around.   I would like to give my broody hen another chance, so after a careful...
Quote: Originally Posted by angel8035  Those are beautiful birds. Thanks for the compliment.  We really like our birds, and except when they moult they are very pretty.  When the cold weather comes,...
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