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    new chick and another leg issue

    I have a 2 day old chick with a leg issue. At first I assumed spraddle leg/splay leg but splinting for a hobble is doing nothing for her mobility. I have been dropper feeding and hydrating since she can't get around. She doesn't seem like she can really move her feet and is walking on her...
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    What are you canning now?

    beans. lots and lots of beans here
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    Is there such thing as a dud hen?

    She was penned up in the coop/run all fall and winter with very few if any eggs. I use supplement light and everyone else has been laying. They don't free range every day but several times a week, and I scour the yard for possible eggs. She is about a year and a half old, not a new layer. My...
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    Is there such thing as a dud hen?

    I have an Ameraucana hen that is not even two years old that is a crappy egg layer. She has never really been consistent, always has been few and far between in matters of egg production. The most I have ever gotten from her is three, maybe four eggs a week, and that wasn't very long. sometimes...
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    DIY Thread - Let's see your "Inventions".

    @farmerbrowne We already had the rubbermaid sitting around collecting dust. It had a crack in it so my hubbs could no longer use it for his business. I duct taped the crack. The foam coolers were like $10 a piece, and because I spoil them I splurged and duct taped in some small pet heat pads. I...
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    DIY Thread - Let's see your "Inventions".

    Yes they love it! My Tom cat actually lays in it during the day mostly now because he's prowls at night and sleeps during the day lol
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    DIY Thread - Let's see your "Inventions".

    Not chickens but here is the cat house I made for my barn cats for the winter to keep them cozy
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    DIY Thread - Let's see your "Inventions".

    O yes I know this, but if you do it occasionally it's just fine and helps with the algae still
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    DIY Thread - Let's see your "Inventions".

    For all my animals water I add a small amount of apple cider vinegar to the water. doesn't deter them from drinking and keeps algae from growing.
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    Anyone have experience converting an old goat shelter for birdies?

    After about a year or so of homesteading, we are doing a one two three shift of enclosure set up on our property. The previous owners set up just doesn't work for what we want. We already have 20 birds, and I am going to be getting about 20 or so more chicks here soon and so we are looking to...
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    First injury in my small flock

    So sad news to report. My cuckoo maran roo, Batman, didn't make it :-( He did really well initially and the last week I had been letting him have some aupervised time back out with the ladies. I cleaned him up after the injury, and every few days following I touched up and applied ointment...
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    What's your ratio??

    Right now I have 20 ladies and two roo's. They seem to get along just fine. I think there are alot of variables. I had two other roosters before, with the same amount of ladies, and all they did was fight with each other.....
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    goats and chickens

    My goats and chickens aren't house together, but they free range together all day and we have no problems at all, they are always trying to get at each others feed, and sometimes my birds stand, roost on their backs and they don't seem to have a care in the world. The goats just keep browsing...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    X2 I had a coyote come midday too and now one of my roosters only has one eye. Ladies love him anyway.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I had ones of my ladies do the same to my blueberry bushes, and then she showed the others. Same hen hops into the fruit trees and knocks fruit off for everyone lol
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