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    Help? Vent gleet?

    I don't know. I have a handful of brown layers and I don't know which is hers.
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    Help? Vent gleet?

    Is this vent gleet? I noticed yesterday that she looked "saggy", her feathers were parted and I saw she was red and swollen. Feels like a tennis ball. There was a bit of dry poo on her feathers. I washed her in Epsom (this is after). I'm adding ACV to the water. Anything else? She's acting normal.
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    Broody hotel

    They just won't break outside, 90's if not 100° most days. I'm leaving for vacation so they'll be in the basement with a fan for the next 4 days. Really hoping this works, they've been broody for weeks!!
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    Help with heat wave

    I forgot that I had fake eggs. I remembered after a hen dropped an egg at my feet. 😆 I put them in and a hen hopped right in. I'm open the coop after it cools off a bit.
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    Help with heat wave

    I did mix up Fresh Eggs Daily recipe for electrolytes and frozen it with watermelon chunks.
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    Help with heat wave

    It was about 95 at peak today. I'm at max ventilation without removing a while wall. (dealt with that over winter).
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    Help with heat wave

    Unfortunately the coop is in the sun and is a heat index of 102° .
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    Help with heat wave

    I've had to close off the coop because of excessive heat. It's 100+ in the coop, even with a fan. Here's my issue..... I put two milk crates, with nesting pads, in the covered run. They have been in panic mode for hours, trying to get in the coop. I'm assuming they will eventually just drop...
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    Do chickens shed their "winter coat"?

    Update! Get this!! So, I was out last night checking just after the girls went in. They were all adjusting to their places on the roost and what did I see? A chicken sitting on the back of another! The chicken with the broken feathers! Her sister was sitting on her back. So, I'm assuming that...
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    Broody Hen!

    I learned from all y'all🥰
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    Help me navigate- 4 broodies

    Help! I have 4 broodies and 1 crate. I have one in there currently and I guess I'll just rotate them through. My question is for nighttime.... should I kick out the broody girls and block the nesting boxes? Hoping they'll go to roost? All day today, 🤪 I kept the broodys out in the run and...
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    Broody hen

    Having my first broody Golden Laced Wyandotte right now. The crate is currently occupied by her sister so I kept her in the run today. Every time I went in to check on her, she'd literally nip my ankles!
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    Broody Hen!

    She needs to cool off. Put her in a raised dog crate, without the plastic liner, for a few days with food and water. The key is to let the air circulate underneath her. I do have a short 2x3 in mine for her feet. I let mine out on day 3 and see how they act. If they go back to the nesting box...
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    FOUR Broody Hens - egg production is DOWN!

    Hear! Hear!! 4 out of 11 chickens, just a year old. Started with one, 2 days ago, then another (My problem child, this is her 3rd broody-mess) now today, 2 more!! I have the first separated in a crate and I guess I'll rotate them through. I don't have or the have the space for 4 crates. All...
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    Do chickens shed their "winter coat"?

    They have a run. No free range.
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