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Is this even possible? i have one hen who lays dark eggs and she had a stuck egg / or she stopped laying and pooped out her innards - I gave her a sitz bath for a bit and let her go. she has been doing quite well still havent found an egg from her until this a.m. I found an egg in the coop...

I had a hen get injured awhile back but even before I put her in confinement the rest of the ladies would gang up on her and just peck her to peices. I put her in solitary confinement in a big dog cage right up next to the run everyone could see everyone. her leg got sorta better enough so she...

I had an injured hen so I put her in a large dog kennel near the chicken run - this was about 2 weeks ago her leg healed up enough that she can walk on it so i put her back with the other chickens but they are pecking and chasing her ruthlessly. they wont leave her alone. so what do i do just...

I have a chick about 3 weeks old in the house - mama left it as an egg in the nest I threw it in the bator and voila two weeks later I had a baby. lol it wasnt the greatest hatch it ended up loosing its yolk sac but somehow it managed to survive. had to wait for its crusty injured belly button...

My one hen will not put any weight on her one leg. she limps around occasionally. she is still eating and drinking (been about 1 week) and somehow she still manages to get up into the nest boxes where she spends alot of her time. I have been putting her in a large dog kennel most of the day by...

I have hens with missing feathers some on their back some around the neck and I noticed black specks on their combs. is this mites or something. and what kind of Sevin dust are you all talking about exactly - lol the same I use on my garden cause the label on that says : do not inhale do...

Whats the best flooring or bottom for dog run? we just have dirt but I notice its starting to smell a bit - i pick up all the poop every day but still. its really big dont want to do concrete whats our best other option?

I have a new chick who amazingly made it through the night - purty sure its yolk sac was hanging out - now its doing its thing chirping and running around - but its one eye seems to be fused shut - how do i help the poor thing out it keeps bumping into things. also where the yolk sac was...

I had a chick just hatch for me - when it hatched it had a lump - reddish with veins on it - where its belly button would be - but it got bigger and bigger and finally started leaking the chick is dragging this thing behind and trying to get it off with its feet I also noticed that the sides of...

Its back! last year to the date we had a coyote attack which was quite successful......today not so much but I know the bugger will be back. It was at 6 00 this a.m. glad i was already mostly awake and heard the warning sounds - which I have heard before in the morning just not quite so much...

Ok checked my last remaining egg that the broody left for her other chicks and its peeping YAHOO - somehow I didnt kill it in the bator . So is it possible to put this little baby when it hatches in with the week and a half old chicks and mama or do i need to keep it separate? ( I was...

My broody mama has lost interest in the rest of her eggs - she has three little chicks but i went out to vist and she wasnt on her eggs and they were starting to cool down should I transfer them and hope they hatch.

I posted my question lol then went outside to look at the chickens before dropping off the kids at the bus and low and behold there was a little fuzz bucket in there - went to work and now there is another little fuzz bucket sooo dang cute to. and one is trying to get out - here is hoping the...

Not quite sure how long its gonna take for the broody to hatch her batch. I know its 21 days but does that start from the first day she decided to sit or a day or two later - Today is 21 days since she started sitting so I am hoping for the appearance of a chick today or tomorow and then once I...

I am hoping to have about 5 babies in about a week. I have a few questions. The nest box is high up once the chicks hatch should I move them to the bottom of the coop into a new nest box - was thinking of putting a milk crate or something in the coop and filling it with hay. will momma follow...

Ok help me with this one. Dh went for a threewheeler ride last night to visit some friends at the lake on the mountain - he can leave from the house here and he was by himself. he left around 5:30ish its about 1.5 hours ride there and back. couple of hours for a visit shoudve been home by at...

Purty sure we have a broody hen YAY! hasnt left the nest in two days other then to eat. but we have gone from about 10 eggs a day to 2 eggs - broody has 5 under her and that amount isnt growing so whats up with my other ladies?

Let the dog out of his run this am for a little gander around the yard of course something caught his eye down the road - sigh- a chicken was on the road and off he went and no amount of coaxing calling chasing was bringing him back until he is good and ready oops So about 20 minutes later he...

We made our dog run / slash chicken run it was supposed to be used for the meat birds I want to order and then for the dogs but until they get here the dogs are in it! well the dogs are so well behaved in their new home that dh has decided we will just have to make a new chicken run for the...

We built a beautiful dog run over the week end for my dogs - 16 x 32 with a nice dog house attached for them and of course buried wire down and in lol dont wantescapees. ? is - it gets a fair bit of sun in the afternoon so I want to plant something along the one side about 1 foot back to...