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    Advice for a Farm Dog please. Scotch Collie, English Shepherd, Pyrenees, etc. ?

    Hello! We live on three acres that is about 1/4 park like, 1/4 orchard, 1/4 wooded, 1/4 sunny. It has some gulleys and isn’t super level so fencing all three acres would be tricky, but not impossible. We currently just have chickens that we keep in a run. We have lots of hawks and three small...
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    Trying to find answers for recently deceased hen

    I realize I should have posted in here for advice long before now, but alas. We had a chicken that had begun squeaking a couple weeks ago. She would squeak and shake her head a bit when she was eating. She was also a little raspy when breathing. We checked her crop and it seemed fine. She had...
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    Chicks hatching early Day 19 (buff Orpington chicks, Rhode Island Red mama)

    Well we ended up with three healthy chicks. I was hoping for a better hatch rate, but I suppose for the hen and our first time I am counting it as mostly a success.
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    Chicks hatching early Day 19 (buff Orpington chicks, Rhode Island Red mama)

    Well she’s back on the nest after about 30 minutes so I guess I freaked out too soon. Still so upsetting about 2 that got smothered. Any way to help others not face the same fate?
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    Chicks hatching early Day 19 (buff Orpington chicks, Rhode Island Red mama)

    Well this morning we checked and there are 2 healthy chicks and 2 dead smothered? I saw the deceased ones when she got up to eat and drink. Also saw one starting to hatch. The whole time I was doing chicken chores she was eating and drinking and had found a cozy spot to snuggle up with the 2...
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    Chicks hatching early Day 19 (buff Orpington chicks, Rhode Island Red mama)

    Thank you! That is good to know. I have a safe waterer and chick starter out. I got everything ready yesterday on "lock down" day thankfully!
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    Chicks hatching early Day 19 (buff Orpington chicks, Rhode Island Red mama)

    Hello! This is my first experience with a Broody Hen. She’s a Rhode Island Red and in her own “nursery” area attached to the main run. I put the fertilized buff Orpington eggs under her on July 2 morning, so today- July 21- would be 19 days. We had an intense storm last night with tons of...
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    Red in Poop

    No changes in diet. They get occasional kitchen scraps that we always check about first. They’ve had cut fresh clover and oregano and thyme offered for foraging recently a couple of times each in the last week or two.
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    Red in Poop

    Yes they’ve been raised here
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    Hello from West TN

    Hello there! Our family lives in West Tn on a few acres, mostly wooded. We have 15 hens, including 3 polish in their own coop/run. Other breeds are white leghorn, RI Reds, and Easter eggers. Attempting deep litter permaculture method. Got the birds as chicks in June 22.
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    Red in Poop

    Birds are a year in june Yes, heading to tractor supply to get Corid
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    Red in Poop

    Third day I’ve noticed this. I’ve order coccidiosis herbs and meds but all chickens are acting normal and vents look normal. Any ideas?
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