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    Indiana Chicken People (list)

    I'm in Indianapolis(Broadripple). I gotta RIR, BO, Golden Comet and 2 Egyptian F's.. One of which is a cockerel I would be interested in trading the rooster for a hen... perhaps his girlfriend can go with him, they're in love
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    It's HOT! Another heat thread

    Well my Big 3(Buff O, RIR, Golden comet) are doing well in the basement.. although they look rather bored. We are suppose to get a slight cool down come monday, so I may let them outside for the day(s). I just took my 3 two month old egyptian fayoumis' outside to clean their cage. They...
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    It's HOT! Another heat thread

    Quote: According to wunderground we are at 79% humidity.
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    It's HOT! Another heat thread

    They are all in the basement in the special "chicken" corner. They stopped panting pretty quickly. When I picked them up their feet were HOT to the touch. One of the drawbacks to the basement is the lack of sunlight. I may have to steal the UV light from the turtle for awhile. Note To...
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    It's HOT! Another heat thread

    Change of plans... All three are panting and wing drooping in their coop. The buff is panting so bad it looks like she is shaking. Guess they will come inside till I figure something out.
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    It's HOT! Another heat thread

    I can go out there right now, at 12am, and the buff will be panting on the roost. I have learned that buff's don't really do well in the heat. I do keep a wireless thermometer in the coop and it's been hitting the low to mid 90's for a few days now. Right now it say's 86.3 in the coop...
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    It's HOT! Another heat thread

    I am in Indiana. It's hot AND humid. Today it was 95 with a dew point OVER 75! That's humid.. tomorrow they say the high will be 96 and the heat index will be 115. I am familiar with the cooling strategies for people in less humid areas. A mister would be ideal, Just dont think it would do...
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    Just feed my hens avocado

    My gut feeling is that they will be ok. I am having more problems with the new Egyptian chicks in the basement with pasty butt. Now I just need my very motherly/broody buff to adopt these three chicks. Thanks for the help.
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    Just feed my hens avocado

    Alive and well as of about noon today.
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    Just feed my hens avocado

    I got home from dinner and my neighbor(very annoying lady) is all proud to tell me that she fed my chickens avocado. Best I can tell, she feed all three of my grown hens 1 avocado. They are all roosting/in bed for the night. Should I expect 3 dead birds anytime soon? I wish that lady would...
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    Have questions about Sulmet, can someone help me please???

    Thanks. I dosed her today with Ivermectin paste(.1 ml dose), that is all I could find locally. I will order the Valbazen and Corid online. My Vet acted like the expired Sulmet was no big deal... it expired Jan 2008. I am amazed she is still alive. She weighed just over two pounds at one...
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    Have questions about Sulmet, can someone help me please???

    I hate to dig up this old thread.... I have Sulmet the vet gave me because it is expired... by like a few years. We needed/need it for coccidiosis. Is the Sulmet even any good this old? I dosed my one hen two times in the last few months but she still looks/acts like she has coccidiosis...
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    Should I worry about cold?

    I have not made any changes to the coop. The living quarters are insulated and has heat lamps. The coop is in a pen and is elevated. There is a door/flap on the coop always open(can close it if it gets too cold) and the hens travel via a ramp down to the pen area. They seem fine and are...
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    Should I worry about cold?

    So it's like 10* outside and has been for a few days. I have a Rhode Island Red and Comet(? cross between RIR and something else) and they would rather sit on the ground in their pen instead of hiding out in their coop. The coop has two heat lamps and has been sitting at 42*. I have a couple...
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    Sick hen for weeks. With PICS!

    UPDATE I noticed earlier today that #3 had small solid poop:D So I am hoping that the sulmet I dosed her water with a few days ago it working. She was also much more alert(actually awake) and was verbal. I made her some cream of wheat, scrambled eggs(sulmet eggs from the other two), canned...
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