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    Ameraucauna rooster in need of good home near Delaware

    Our rooster is very friendly and responds to the name "Brownie". We thought he was a girl as a baby and it ended up he wasn't. We love him and he is beautiful, but he's just too loud. We don't want to anger our neighbors. Today he walked right up the back steps to the storm door and met the...
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    Need all replies. Please help Beloved Silkie Clemmentine is ill...

    Oh and try yogurt! Plain yogurt, and the Greek kind has more protein. That may help.
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    Need all replies. Please help Beloved Silkie Clemmentine is ill...

    I had virtually the same thing happen to my EE. It started when the weather got too warm. Now she pretends to lay an egg everyday and nothing happens. She also mini molted after the egg incident and hasn't laid anything for going on two months now. I am starting to believe the heat has...
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    Lavender Orpington Hen Stumbling and falling over

    I have an approx 18 week old LO hen and she has begun tripping over things and falling over. She even will eat laying down, although she is not over weight and feels light to pick up. It has been very hot here and the other chicks with her have coccidosis I believe. I am treating all with...
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    Hot weather!

    I freeze water bottles and orange juice sized bottles. I keep them in the chest freezer and then when it gets really hot I lay them on the ground for the chickens too snuggle with. My LO and RSL love it. I am also able to put a frozen bottle in the waterer to keep the water cooler longer. I...
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    Lack of eggs

    Just found this....http://www.thebackyardchickencoop.com/chickens-and-pumpkins-from-the-garden-after-halloween/ Thought it was interesting.....
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    Lack of eggs

    I suspected this as well. I added the pepper to their water. I did it before in the winter when I had a sick bird and it perked her up, but she still didn't make it. There are so many flies, so maybe it is worms. I use DE and clean the outdoor pen and coop weekly. Now that I'm off for the...
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    Lack of eggs

    Oh and the hens are approx 11 mos old.
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    Lack of eggs

    I have an EE who lays soft shelled eggs. One got broken inside and I had to manually pull the shell out. She then went into a short molt, and did lay another egg for like 3 weeks. She laid a few hard eggs and then I started finding yolks in the coop, under the roost pole again. The she broke...
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    Comment by 'akmcgrory' in article 'Pictures Of Chicken Nesting Boxes - How To Build A Nest Box'

    @mjbhenson...try putting up wire in front of the boxes at night for a few weeks, they will learn. My girls did this before they started laying, so I blocked off the boxes and they starting using the poles. When I took the wire away, they still used only the poles. Hope this works for you.
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    Comment by 'akmcgrory' in article 'Pictures Of Chicken Nesting Boxes - How To Build A Nest Box'

    I had to build a low box on the floor because my Cochin can't get her fat behind in the nesting boxes! I even placed her in there one day and she couldn't even figure out how to turn around.
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    Lethargic hen x2 days, I need some advice please.

    I lost a hen who had similar symptoms although she did begin to eat.....she just lost too much weight. I added cayenne pepper to her water as a dewormer....just enough to make the water pinkish red....she was eating in 24 hours....does golden just randomly fall asleep as she is pecking around...
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    How to I keep my Pekin female from pecking my hens?????

    I have a 3 month old Pekin female who has always stood her own in the coop with the 7 month old hens. They get along great. EXCEPT....I have recently noticed that this same Pekin female steals their feathers and eats them! My BR has a bald spot on her back where her wings meet. I yell at...
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    Strangest and Silliest Chicken Names?

    I have two chickens born this past July Fourth and their names are Dolley Madison and Betsy Ross.....Dolley is my Easter Egger and we often refer to her as the 'Chipmunk Chick'. Besty is my Barred Rock. So when she is grown she will be red, white, and black.....pretty close to what the...
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    Hot weather! Idea I had....

    So the weather has been incredibly hot! I brought my two large chickens into the house and put them in an old dog crate. They stopped panting almost immediately, however they became very messy quickly. Pine shavings were everywhere! Like up to 10 feet away from the crate.....They had to go...
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