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    Frozen Rooster - Frostbite, hypothermic?

    Thanks guys!! I'm really hoping he pulls through! I'm concerned about recouping him. At what point do you think he'd be able to rejoin the girls? I'm concerned about him getting too warm and the process of re-acclimating him to the cold. I see in the forecast that in about 10 days we'll be...
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    Frozen Rooster - Frostbite, hypothermic?

    Here are some pics.
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    Frozen Rooster - Frostbite, hypothermic?

    I have an 8-10 month old Ancona Rooster. This evening I found him nestled under my nestboxes, burrowed in the bedding. I did my feeding/watering and closed up the coop and went back in the house. After thinking about it for a while, I decided to go back out and check on him. He was extremely...
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    Lunch today

    I caught my lunch break in pictures! Had a lunch buddy! Just chillin with my new lunch buddy! Aww! She wants to cuddle!! O $*&#!! Yep, she got my lunch...
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    Hen goes broody days before new chicks arrive.

    Right now I have 4 hens that just turned a year old in April. I have 6 chicks on order, and they should be arriving Tuesday (5/16) Today when I went out to collect eggs, one of my hens was in the nesting box and got very defensive when I went to remove the eggs. I'm thinking she is going broody...
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    Hen Pecking Herself

    Thank you! That makes sense that she was just preening herself after the solution was applied. As far as the environment, its 4 hens (Red sex links) in an 8'x6' coop, with 3 nesting boxes and 8' of roost. The attached run is over 150 sq feet. They've been in this same environment since they...
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    Hen Pecking Herself

    I have a hen that keeps pecking herself to the point of bleeding. Story: Yesterday morning I checked on the girls first thing, and noticed some feathers missing and a small open wound on the wing of one of them. I had to go to work, so I filled a treat ball they have, and gave them some scraps...
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    Who else is waiting for that first egg?

    Got my first egg at lunch today!!! I checked the nesting box when I first got home, and scared a hen out of the box. I exited quickly. When I went back to check before I went back to work, there it was! Still warm! Sooo glad the girls are starting to pay rent!
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    Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

    First one with butt feathers!!
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    Newbie with Chicks on the way!!

    The babies are home!! Just picked them up this morning. They've all drank, and a few have started pecking at the food. I was only able to be home for about an hour with them before I had to head to work, but the bf is home and has been given instruction on how to operate the heat lamp. I...
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    Newbie's First Coop

    So I have 6 chicks on order to be here in the beginning of April. The wood shed below will be transformed into their coop. The shed is 12'x8'x6' high at the back (7'ish in the front) The plan is to close off half of it (6'x8') for the actual coop and the other half for food/bedding/tool storage...
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    Newbie with Chicks on the way!!

    Thanks for that great info!!! I was wondering what the browns really were. I've read almost everything in the raising chicks learning section. Now I'm just (not so) patiently waiting for the chicks to show up and put what I've learned to good use. I do wonder if the coop I plan to build will be...
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    Newbie with Chicks on the way!!

    Greetings BYC!! I've been lurking for a little while and figured it was time to introduce myself. I am a total newbie to chickens, and livestock in general. I live in rural northern Wisconsin, and am in the process of becoming a little more self sufficient. Chickens seemed like the next logical...
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