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    What is this?

    What is this? A few little black spots on her comb, otherwise very dry and scaly.
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    Scaly leg mites

    I am treating my flock with Ivermectin. I don’t have the pour-on so I’m putting the regular Ivermectin, three drops on the skin at the back of the neck. I can’t find information on egg withdrawal. Some people choose to not eat the eggs for 5 to 7 days but there’s nothing definitive. What is your...
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    Comment by 'Aji Dulce' in article 'Adding To Your Flock'

    I wait until the little ones are 12 weeks, to introduce. One week where they can see each other but not touch, then a supervised mingle. A small amount of peck and chase is a necessary part of the routine but don’t allow a beat down. Nothing longer than 15 minutes. Not in the coop; I let them be...
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    List your chicken breeds here!!

    I keep Mottled Javas
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    Looking for beautiful Breeds

    Go to the livestock conservancy website. I was looking for endangered or recovering breeds and now I keep Mottled Javas.
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    Layer pellets & scratch?? Less eggs or more?

    As I was gathering up facts and information preparing to get chickens, one of the first things I caught is that scratch is candy. And it’s heat producing. You wouldn’t feed a child candy for their main meal. Scratch grains are relatively low in protein and high in energy or fiber, depending on...
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    Our first broody hen day 17

    Update: that clutch was not a go obviously but since then, another became broody and hatched out her chicks perfectly. It has been two weeks. She has been away from the main coop, in our barn inside a small brooder. Out in the main coop there are seven hens and a rooster. Does the rooster change...
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    Eye swollen shut

    She’s not going to like getting caught and picked up but I will check her eye closely. Thank you.
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    Eye swollen shut

    I have a hen with one eye shut. She is eating and otherwise acting normal but staying on the fringe of the flock. I want to apply an antibiotic to see if that helps. Can I use a triple antibiotic ointment, or do I need to get one specifically for the eye?
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    Thank you!

    Thank you!
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    Found 73 eggs!!

    How long? figure that each laid one egg daily. The oldest eggs are 24 days old.
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    Cups vs Nipples??

    How old are they? Mine like the cups best, but I supplemented water in the chicken yard in case the littles needed it at first. Often I manipulated the yellow pin to fill the cup for them, and while they drank from the cup, they would bump the pin, which kept it full. They need a demonstration...
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    Our first broody hen day 17

    So now I see the best reason for candling eggs.
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    Our first broody hen day 17

    l It’s the end of her time, + 3 days. No chicks. She has been sitting like a champ but it smells like she’s sitting on rot. There are even flies, which we’ve never had. Tomorrow I’m lifting her up and ending her brooding. So sad.
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    Our first broody hen day 17

    So I had wanted to give her a couple of extra days, knowing that other hens laid in her nest with her in it. Today is it and no chicks. No peeping. Only a putrid smell; I think she’s on rotting eggs. Maybe some were cracked?
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