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    Starting over...

    ....hey, guys. I used to be a very active lurker :D, and then we moved. My girls were adopted by a friend, and my coop went with them. It was a completely solid and wonderful and excellent and hand-built-by-me Garden Coop, and I am so sad every time I think of the fact that it couldn't come with...
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    How to Break a Broody Hen

    I'm about to start breaking my broody buff. it's been a week, and i just now have my hands on the kind of cage needed (borrowing a rabbit hutch from a friend.). question: do i let her out to free range with the other two ladies in the evenings/during the day when we're home? or is this like a...
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    Diagnosis help needed. Not egg-bound. Broody?

    thank you!!
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    Broody? not bound.....???

    x-posted in Emergencies/Diseases, but this doesn't feel like an emergency, so... 14 month old Buff Orpington, hiding out in the laying box for two days now (yesterday and today). Today I lifted her off, placed her outside run and she drank water and ate, wandered around a bit like normal, and...
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    Diagnosis help needed. Not egg-bound. Broody?

    14 month old Buff Orpington, hiding out in the laying box for two days now (yesterday and today). Today I lifted her off, placed her outside run and she drank water and ate, wandered around a bit like normal, and settled down in one of their favorite dust bath locations. Once the door to the run...
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    Training to use nipple? How long?

    Thanks. ....it's at eye level. I'm in SW montana
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    Keeping hens healthy in very cold, harsh winter

    oh - also - I give them about 1/2 c of cracked corn around 4 pm, right before sunset, to help them stay warm. That, and constant access to water, is what I really rely on.
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    Keeping hens healthy in very cold, harsh winter

    I'm in my first winter with birds as well (SW Montana - a fellow Narnia dweller ;) )....what's the run setup? Is it completely enclosed/covered? Do you have plastic to guard from the wind to prevent gusts? I've learned that my run (5x9, covered, wrapped in doubled-up 6 mil plastic) is a...
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    Training to use nipple? How long?

    I've 3 ladies, and today's high will be 4 degrees. Many degrees below zero at night. I've been using a 1 gallon standard waterer on top of the cinderblock-with-a-lightbulb trick, but many times a day the water is still frozen solid and for obvious reasons I need a working solution. I purchased...
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    Preparing Your Flock & Coop for WINTER

    I hope this is the right place to post my questions - I've done quite a bit of reading on winter readiness, but have some specific questions I would like addressed to put my mind at ease. I appreciate any time you have - this week has been our first cold snap (other than the frost we had in...
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    Qs: Squatting, Straw vs Alfalfa, and Snow (already). Sigh

    1) good to know! I'll watch for it... 2) they are currently sleeping in one box, so i'll try it and see if they move 3). yes. sigh. snow. Apparently summer's the weekend we go to the lake.
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    Qs: Squatting, Straw vs Alfalfa, and Snow (already). Sigh

    Lots of various questions - I've looked through old posts but wasn't able to pinpoint exactly what I need, so I hope you can help me here. Background - 3 hens (Jersey Giant, Black Star, and Buff Orpington) not laying yet but due around the first week in August: 1) Squatting: I know this is a...
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    Detailed coop designs/plans

    @Cirrus12, I spent $300ish, having recd free roofing and some 2x4s from a friend. ETA I am a strong 40 yr old mom, grew up on a working farm so I don't get discouraged easily. The mesh fabric was the hardest part because it's awkward. I did get help on the roof but I pounded every nail, sawed...
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    Something killing chickens

    Raccoon
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    Detailed coop designs/plans

    I got mine at thegardencoop.Com 3 styles to choose from
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