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    What to do with eggs?

    My neighbors never complain about getting a dozen eggs once in a while. Just sayin'...
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    Feed for quail...

    Has anyone tried H and H Feed out of Texas? https://handhfeed.com They have... H and H Soy Free, Corn Free, Non-GMO GAME BIRD CRUMBLE with Organic Fertrell Nutri-Balancer! 28% Protein Mail order... 20# $37.75 includes shipping 4 X 20# $141.00 includes shipping 50# $78.00 includes shipping...
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    Gapeworm???/ Help please!

    Thank you casportpony (Kathy). Sounds terrible.
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    Gapeworm???/ Help please!

    I am so sorry to hear of your bad news concerning flock. I would likewise be devastated. Pardon my ignorance, but what is MG?
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    What colours do you think i have?

    Beautiful birds. So proud looking.
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    Vent blocked.

    Sorry to hear about your chick passing. I had one with very similar symptoms, at about the same age. She made it for a week and a half, with help, but in the end she died. It was hard to take, but I was told that sometimes they just don't make it. "Failure to thrive" was the term used for my...
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    It amazes me

    I am new to raising chickens and am in that state of amazement, just as you are. Other bird species are so "mother bird" dependent.
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    I Lost my girls today :*(

    Your new chickies are beautiful. I wish you the best of luck. These girls will help you heal.
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    Chickens not returning to their coop at dusk

    Well, we went out to eat for Fathers Day and didn't make it back until 8:30. The automatic door closes at 8:20. I expected to find the girls outside chirping away. Well, what I found was all but one chick safe and sound in the coop. The last girl, Lady Jane, was chirping at the door. When...
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    Chickens not returning to their coop at dusk

    This morning I locked the chicks in the coop. By some weird circumstance, when I got home this afternoon, the electric door had opened and the chickens were in the run, happy as you please. So, obviously, one of my chicks knows how to hotwire the door! I didn't remove the battery, I just took...
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    Six week old chicks...

    JadedPhoenix, This is my problem as well. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/896453/chickens-not-returning-to-their-coop-at-dusk
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    Chickens not returning to their coop at dusk

    rs4u - too funny.
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    Chickens not returning to their coop at dusk

    Eggcessive, thanks for the reply. I took a look at the outside perch and it is indeed part of the run's structure. But I'm not so sure that it couldn't be removed temporarily without undermine the integrity of the structure. I have the birds locked in the coop right now. It's supposed to be...
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    Chickens not returning to their coop at dusk

    Thanks for your replies. mrchicks, your success is what I was hoping for. Hasn't happened as of yet, so I broke down on locked them in the coop. It's cool-ish here for the next few days and it can't hurt them. I am also going to work on my "bedtime routine" to see if I can train them more...
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    Chickens not returning to their coop at dusk

    OK, I know, another thread on "chickens not returning to their coop at dusk". There must be hundreds of them on this site and I have read most of them. I have six 7-8 week old pullets. They were raised in a brooder in the garage until a week and a half ago. I have read that locking them in...
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