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    Help me save a old hen

    Great suggestion! I have all ready got 3 syringes of water in her. I have food and water in front of her. Let me tell you about my situation. Sorry for not covering this. I am in a small town. It is New Years weekend. I have found many bird antibiotics on line, but I don't think she will survive...
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    Help me save a old hen

    Thank you. Attack was night before last. Do you mean down her throat?
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    Help me save a old hen

    She is an old girl, as hens go. More then 2 or 3 years. Also the mother of the rooster, 2 roosters ago. She won't eat or drink. If i don't do something, she will fade. I have her in the sunshine, and take her inside at night.
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    Help me save a old hen

    She is my oldest. In fact the mother of 2 other white Brama hens. She survived a possum attacks. But can not walk. It hurts her to walk. I can't feel any broken bones. I can't get her to eat or drink. What can I do? Anyone else would have made stew of her, but I'm not that way. Has anyone had...
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    eggs. the English way

    I am getting over run with eggs. My refrig is full. I pickled a bunch, but used all my jars. I thought about trying to preserve some eggs the way they do in England. Don't wash them, and store them at room temperature. Has anyone tried this? How long will they stay fresh? I am rarely seeing...
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    How to stop my hens from laying

    I've been at this for about 12 years now. Usually the problem is not enough eggs. I have used artificial light before, but when I turned it off, the laying stopped. What's different this time is that these are young, first season hens, all but one. Thanks for the suggestion on feed change. I...
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    How to stop my hens from laying

    I raised a new crop of birds last year. They got into adulthood as the season was ending with only a few weeks of egg producing. I thought I would extend this with artificial light, getting them up at 4am. This worked beautifully. 7-8 eggs a day from my 11 hens. My goal was to stock pile 12...
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    Getting attached

    Because of a predictor kill last winter, I was left with the one hen and one rooster. White Bramma, coo coo moran cross. Good egg layers. I bought a Brinsea incubator. It really works! I had a bumper crop of new chicks. For the first time ever I had to process some for meat. Now some of the new...
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    Aggressive hen and roo killing new juviniles

    A year or so back I had 5 hens and one roo in my chicken aria. 4 hens got out and got in the woods, then there were 2. I am raising more babies to introduce. I was able to put 5 juveniles in. The old hen and roo eat first, but the others are okay. Then I tried to introduce another younger...
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    2021 BYC Calendar - We Need Your Pictures!

    Chris Hoopes [email protected]
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    2021 BYC Calendar - We Need Your Pictures!

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    What do do with mama hen and chicks

    My 2 Cuckoo Marans are females. I will be most pleased to have a Cuckoo rooster. I ordered this last bunch as chicks from Ideal. My luck worked out that I got white Bramah all males, and Cuckoo Marans, all females. So I had no choice but to cross. I guess I need to get some different stock. For...
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    What do do with mama hen and chicks

    I've done pretty good this year. I've got 6 layers. 4 white Brahma, and 2 coc-coo Moran. Usually getting 4-5 eggs a day. One hen went broody. I let her set on the eggs. So far 3 have hatched, with more under her that should hatch. Here's the problem. My nesting boxes are about 5 feet off the...
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    Fixin' to kill some roos

    I have been raising a crop of new birds every year. The new hens do great laying eggs for me. In the past I used the roosters as target practice, but had a change of heart this year. My plan was to let the 4 roos run the yard, thinking they would get off in the woods and run into a predictor...
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    hatching basics question

    I have 3 layers, but would like a few more. I only get 2 or 3 eggs a day. Would it be best to save some eggs unrefrigerated? I worry about keeping them like this for too long. Another option might be to date the eggs, and put put the newly collected eggs in the incubator daily. What is the best...
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