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    Metal Shed as a coop?

    Mine is okay- I do have 4 windows and add a fan on hot days
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    Metal coop (Bay Area, California)

    In winter we do cover windows with plastic and insulate a bit more because it so cold here in Wisconsin.
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    Metal coop (Bay Area, California)

    Some photos- window got hardware attached before we installed a storm window that I open from outside
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    Metal coop (Bay Area, California)

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    Metal coop (Bay Area, California)

    I have a metal steel shed as my coop. I have 4 windows- vents w the eaves. I insulated the walls with foil insulation and finished inside with wall board or Wayne's coating. Solid wood floor.
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    Blue Andalusian hen not laying...

    Oh I have 2 Blue andulsian hens and both stopped laying this October was a hard molt. THEY are flighty and not a breed I would of picked. A friend was looking for a home as he had cancer and couldn't care for them. Glad your hens started laying! You answered my questions too- was thinking it...
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    Blue Andalusian hen not laying...

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    Will a broody hen take older chicks (two weeks old)?

    Thank ypu for the update- I often wonder what happened in the end. I have a broody hen sitting on fertilized eggs well one exploded and contaminated the rest. So I have 1 week old chicks and I plan to try your method- I have the broody in with chicks but seperated
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    Continuous Vent Gleet

    I do the same thing! So curious what worked and what didnt
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    Persistent Vent Gleet - please help - I am losing my mind.

    So this happened in 2020 Curious whatever happened. I find these threads - and then read all the posts and wondered - is the chicken gone? I have 3 with chronic vent gleet. I treat and then it comes back Same protocol as the original poster. I got a bad batch of hens sickly from the hatchery...
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    Broody with broken egg on fertilized eggs

    Oh boy- I did have some egg dried on them. I took a better flashlight One egg clearly shows an eye and chick body- one egg was slightly cooler - she might of discarded it So now I am tempted to stop her from being broody- 🤷‍♀️ This is the first time I got fertile eggs. As I have a all hen...
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    Hatching egg cracked under broody hen and contaminated all other eggs!

    So did the eggs hatch? I am curious as My situation is similar And need to know if I should pull the eggs
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    Broody with broken egg on fertilized eggs

    Thanks! I figured if it is fruitless then I should remove them and break the broody or place chicks under her
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    Broody with broken egg on fertilized eggs

    Hi, I am on day 9. 2 days ago I found a very wet nest. A broken egg in with the broody and on all five eggs. I WIPED THEM WITH A DRY CLOTH. Removed the broody to a clean private nest with the dried eggs. II did wash her up with water as she was coated in yolk. Will the eggs still hatch? Should I...
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    Broken egg under broody hen

    Curious did the eggs hatch after being cleaned?
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