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    Lost a hen- no clue

    Nice catch.... I think I can manage a set up like that. I don't have any chicks to bait it with, but I do have a small young hen. I think the scariest bit is that this looks like late afternoon, it's not even dark. Went out this morning to let my darlings out, when I think I saw it... slinking...
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    Lost a hen- no clue

    Any ideas how to trap a fox or a coon. We've gotten a couple possums with some stray leftovers, and got a Mr. Stinky the other day... that **** trap still sorta smells. Our hens are pets, and we only have 3. I'd like to keep what we have left. Would marshmallows get us a raccoon. i think it...
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    Lost a hen- no clue

    Lost my favorite hen today, my young barred rock, sweet and friendly. Over a year since we've had problems. I've haven't a clue what really got her. Found a strike spot of feathers in one spot. Then a trail of feathers leading to a pile of more feathers.. and that's it. No more was found. Any...
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    Lice or Mites? How doe you tell?

    Is what i am dealing with lice or mites. Barred rock has nasty pasty butt, but also what looks like colonies of eggs or something on the feathers around her vent. Might be preventing her from laying, as I have gotten 2 eggs only for a flock of 4. My RIR hen also has a patch of missing feathers...
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    California - Northern

    Hey guys. I am up in Humboldt- Arcata to be exact. Grew up in Crescent City though. Lovely town. I was wondering if anyone around me had some fertile eggs they might want to part with... I have a RIR hen intent on being a mommy. I would love if you had eggs that were a week or so into the...
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    Humboldt- Fertile Eggs

    Hey guys. I am up in Humboldt- Arcata to be exact. Grew up in Crescent City though. Lovely town. I was wondering if anyone around me had some fertile eggs they might want to part with... I have a RIR hen intent on being a mommy. I would love if you had eggs that were a week or so into the...
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    Broody again?

    Yeah... I guess I'll have to look for local sources... sorta in the middle of nowhere.. so I don't know what I have available here. I was thinking about letting her have some of our infertile eggs... see if she's serious, and then plop the fertile ones on top if she sits. I don't need a lot of...
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    Broody again?

    I have a RIR hen that we just broke of being broody just in May. She's acting like she's going to get broody again... longer time in the nest, puffing up, and squawking. I'd like to look into letting her sit, and hatch chicks, we don't have a rooster though. Is it too late for new hatches? I am...
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    Hen not quite herself

    Thanks.. I will keep an eye open for her, and not worry too much. I figured if something was really wrong she wouldn't have gone back to laying, but it's been an egg a day for a couple weeks since. She looks scrawny that's for sure. Should I continue with the extra protein? Can I give her too...
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    Hen not quite herself

    We had a hen go broody awhile back, maybe a month ago, she lost some weight in the process, even though we kept food and water close by. It was her first broody cycle, she's about 16 months. When we finally broke her (we do not have a rooster), it was maybe a week and a half have being in the...
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    Chick acting funny

    Almost sounds like it's developing the urge to take dust baths. Did it kick the chips everywhere, including on top of herself. Chickens love to take dirt baths, it keeps the lice and mites down.
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    What else can you feed your laying hens

    What a great guide, so useful.
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    What else can you feed your laying hens

    What about leafy greens? How much access do they have to grass? Would a lack of good greens lessen egg production? I'm sorta new to this chicken thing too. What's the best leafy green to provide to your chickens? Mine get plenty of grass, but I've also heard spinach, and cabbage are good for em...
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    Tell How Predators Got Your Chickens. Save Somebody Else From The Bad Experience

    I heard a lot of people saying possums weren't a bother. I live in a rural piece of a city, and we have opossums everywhere. They only bad animal attack we had was from a possum. It was maybe 11 at night, I woke up to a racket outside the house, the coop we had at the time had a lid you can lift...
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    Breaking a Broody? **Update: She's cured!!!***

    We placed our broody hen in a wire cage close to the hangout of the other girls. we'd let her out for a little bit just as the other hens bedded down to roost.. and when she didn't get back out in the morning and stayed sitting... she went back into the cage. The idea is to cool her belly down...
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