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So I had 7 losses, it was heartbreaking but everyone has done great all day, went in this evening, one is rocking it’s dead as it stand still, eyes close and it’s almost like a tick to the side and snap back to center. Like we we start to nod off. But this is to the side. Otherwise, latest...

They won’t really go under brooder plate, they lean against it. It’s hot today, 83 in this room. Just found three laying down throwing head back and breathing hard when I pick them up

Hatched Monday, received in Tuesday with 18 others. This one. Is tiny. 36 hrs ago saw she will stumble, has hard time getting back up. Runs backwards but can also go forwards. This morning the bubble at crop area showed up. Comes running out from heat plate, (in extra brooder with a...

Hatched on Monday, received on Tuesday. Had been in a seperate brooder now for 24 hrs with a friend. Won’t eat or drink on it own. But happily drinks till slurry if I hold the cap with it in front of her. Won’t peck ate anything to eat. Stumbles and walks backwards. Now all bloated under...

Suggestions on how to move with 5 hens and one rooster, driving my SUV and will also have 5 cats in carriers. Have to stay in a hotel halfway. How do I do this? mostly worried about waking the entire hotel at 4am! Although mine crow through the night! But it gets more so near dawn. I will...

I had posted another thread last Friday and everyone has gone quiet even though I have kept posting needing some help. Never had that happen here and I am really not sure what to do. Friday...two eggs, looked rather crushed, but chicks inside, its was day 20, one alive for sure, another one...

Two are hatching, but are flattened, is that normal? Are they okay. This is both Pru and mines first Hatch!

I lost a Blue Ameracauna Roo suddenly. I had two broodies, a Blue Laced red wayndotte and a silkie, quickly grabbed the eggs I knew would be his offspring and we are 2 days away from 21 days. Suddenly the Wayndotte has decided she is done. My poor little silkie is on 12 eggs. I keep finding...

Question, I have been told this is from a "bad": egg Comments?

I read for many months before going to fermented feed. I am fermenting all whole grains. I have been so doing for 3 weeks. I have three bucks going and feed out of one, then that night add new grain and move to the next one for the next day. Literally over night I got this white film with...

I have a flock of 18 just over a year old. This spring added 14 new girls with their own small coop and addition to the original run that is temporarily divided with hardware cloth. They have been living next to each other almost three months and my gentle big girls, about six of them have...

They are 14 weeks old Vote: Adelaide.....or....Abe? Nellie...or...Neil?

Is this a Roo? - 14 weeks old

Here are pictures of my coop from the East (where the run and large window are) and the West. I have been reading about open air coops and trying to figure if I can convert this as soon as spring hits. First mistake we made but cant be changed is we faced it north. I have a 4" area at the top...

From bottom to top or vents only across the top? I live in North West Nebraska, last night was down to -14, Coop went down to -6 with 81% humidity, frost on only one of three windows and not the one next to their roost. Over the last three weeks have frost bite tips on everyone that has...

Wanting to know how this works on the inside, where are the roost placed so there is no direct draft on them? How do you keep snow from blowing in? I have snow going in my coop as we speak, humidity in there is 81% and 13 degrees, the snow is blowing in every single vent as it is blowing hard...

Okay I posted that I had put the heat base from a heated waterer. Under my bucket with horizontal nipples. It has done great to about 15 degrees or so. But after that the water that is left in the little cup freezes and locks up the nipple, even though the water in the bucket is not frozen at...

Okay I am trying to figure out the balance of all of this. 8x8 coop, 4" vent all the way across the top front which is the highest point at 8 feet high. (single slope roof front to back). Window 2 1/2 feet above roost which is a cut out about 2' X8" with hardward cloth and wood shutter propped...

I bought a bag of Ranch way Organic easy feed layer a few weeks back. When I dumped the last of it in the feeder on the very top was a piece of glass. As I check around I found two more. I have called the company and not gotten a very good response, so I have now called the dept of Agriculture...