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    Hen not eating or active

    Thanks so much for the prompt advice. This forum is great! I wanted to update you--I decided to hold off another day on my Golden Comet before medicating her for anything. And by the next day she was back to normal. Eating worms, bugs, and her layer feed, and keeping up with the flock all day. I...
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    Hen not eating or active

    Thanks cafarmgirl! Should I treat them all for coccidiosis, or just her? They were all given medicated chick starter (2 years ago), so technically I guess they should be immune. We also have 14 Cornish X chicks that I did *not* give medicated feed. There has been some limited contact between...
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    Hen not eating or active

    Thanks for your responses. If she had coccidiosis, would there be blood in her stool? I haven't seen any evidence of that...
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    Why does my chicken have a bald neck?

    I'll be interested in seeing if you get more responses. Of our 11 hens, three have bald necks and two of them are Golden Comets (sex links). I have just assumed they are molting.
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    Hen not eating or active

    I have a Golden Comet who seemed very sick a couple of days ago. We discovered her huddled in a corner of the pen after we had been away for the weekend. She could barely keep her eyes open and wouldn't eat any treats. She had a watery crop, so I massaged her crop and she immediately perked up...
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    Chicken hatching and raising keets

    I'd love to hear from people experienced with having a chicken hatch and raise guinea keets. I am planning to acquire some eggs soon for my Jersey Giant who apparently has strong maternal instincts. She's never had anything to hatch, but last spring/summer it seemed like she was broody more than...
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    metal vs plastic hardware cloth.

    Not sure what you're going to use the hardware cloth for, but we once used plastic chicken wire as a fence, only to find that our chickens strategically pecked at it until there was a hole big enough that they could escape through it. So if plastic isn't safe from chicken beaks, it probably...
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    Insulating coop in metal pole barn?

    Hello all, you were a great help to us when we established our "flock" of 4 city chickens a few years ago. Now we're in the country and preparing a coop for the 11 chicks we're currently brooding. My husband and I are enclosing an 8x8 corner of a large metal pole barn and we're wondering whether...
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    Something protruding from hen's vent

    Thanks so much for your replies! All seems to be well this morning. This group is such a fantastic resource. Next time I'll try to remember to post here before scaring my mom with a late-night call
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    When do Jersey Giants start to lay eggs

    I only have 1, so I'm not real experienced but I thought I'd say that mine didn't start until 10 months. So it's probably too soon to start worrying. Once she did start laying, she was super productive and reliable. I'd say that by the end of one year, she'd probably caught up with the rest and...
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    Something protruding from hen's vent

    Tonight we found an egg yolk near the area where our 2yo Buff Orpington was roosting, then saw this thing protruding from her. Our initial thought is that it is an eggshell, but we want confirmation on that before we start pulling on it. Thanks for your input... I'm worried about her! --Andrea
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    Jersey Giant not laying

    I didn't check this thread for a while; I'm happy to see it took on a life of its own! Just to update... not long after I made the inquiry, my JG (Stormie) started laying. Her eggs are small so far, and dark brown (really pretty!), so they're easily identifiable from among the other three. And...
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    Chicken water heater--energy hog?

    I don't have a picture of it, Bob, but it is the disk type that you set the waterer on. That's a good idea to test it... we are kind of clueless about these things! Finding an electricity leak seems a lot harder than finding a water leak. I really hope this is it, otherwise we have bigger...
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    CONTEST - When Will BYC Hit 7,000 members? Win a $20 BYC Gift Cert

    BYC will have 7,000 members on June 21, 2008.
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    Chicken water heater--energy hog?

    We got our second horrendous utility bill yesterday... we have a gas furnace and water heater, but since December our electric bill has rivaled those of the high summer months. The only difference between this year and last year is frequent use of a 30-year-old chicken water heater (or whatever...
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