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    Wilmington, NC Where to buy feed???

    Check out your local Tractor Supply Co. if you have one. Co-Ops might be hard to find in Wilmington. Google it for your area. Good luck.
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    If I keep my Roo up later will he sleep in?

    Our Roo and chicks spend the night on a porch just outside our kitchen. I have found that the Roo will start crowing early but goes back to sleep as long as no one turns on a light in the kitchen. If he is asleep and a light goes on he wakes up. When you turn off the light he goes back to...
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    molting question

    I'm not sure about chickens but I know that penguins only molt one time a year. I'm guess chickens do too. I'm wondering how long this lasts? The feathers are not coming out very fast it seems but they have already quit laying and are getting meaner by the day!
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    which antibiotics do I use

    I have not had to treat any of my hens yet, but would like to have meds on hand (because you know it will be on a Sunday night when they get sick.) Can anyone tell me where to find a list of meds for treating the most common injuries/ailments? I keep amoxicillin on hand for the cats but would...
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    molting question

    Thank you! I hope we make it through this without worrying ourselves about it. Sounds like it is an unsightly process. How long does it last?
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    molting question

    My 5 girls are now 1 year old. For several days I've noticed feathers around their run but didn't think about molting. This week one girl came out with a bald neck. We thought she had been pecked so we isolated her and applied BluKote. The skin was not bleeding or raw really. This is our...
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    Broody or sick?

    We have 5 hens and a rooster. They are all almost 1 year old. We think one of the hens has gone broody. she sits on the nest ALL of the time unless we physically move her. We make her eat and then she goes right back to the nest. This is not really a problem to us because we make sure she...
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    bringing in chicks at night

    We were planning to keep them outside all of the time but have since decided that the area is not "raccoon proof" enough. There is a house for nesting and shelter from the weather inside a large fenced area. Instead of building another coop for night time safety we are going to bring them back...
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    bringing in chicks at night

    Our 5 hens are 9 months old and we just finished their pen. (They have been living inside on our back porch.) I was confident about leaving them out all the time until I started reading the posts. Now I'm worried our pen won't stand against the racoons that live in the yard. My question is...
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    thing hanging out of vent

    Thank you everyone for the help. She doesn't seem to be bothered by it. I took the binoculars just now and it looks to be gone. However, I will try your suggestions and see if I can't make sure it is out. She and the rooster are the only 2 that are free range in the yard. The other hens are...
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    thing hanging out of vent

    Thank you SO much for the replies!! I have learned that it is not a worm. My husband found some of it yesterday and looked closely. We are now thinking (after reading the replies) that it is an egg that has broken inside of her. There is no way for us to catch her. We don't even know where...
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    thing hanging out of vent

    I have a very pretty hen in my backyard that has adopted us. We cannot get near her but have noticed something very long and "wet looking" hanging from her vent (touches the ground). It appears to be kind of white, like a mucus. I have searched to try to find answers but have been...
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    need help breaking broody hen

    I have a hen who has been broody for over a month now. There are no roosters so there will be no chicks and we collect eggs everyday. All of the hens lay in the area and when they lay she takes their eggs. We force her off the nest 2x a day and she eats/drinks well. Her poops are good, firm...
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    roosters sitting on eggs

    I like the "stay at home dad" comment! We are thinking maybe he is just gay. We are NOT wanting chicks so we are gathering as we find them. Wish everyone could see him though. He really likes to sit on the nest. All of our chicks are from the same brood (I guess that is what you call a...
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    roosters sitting on eggs

    I am new a new chicken mom and have noticed that my roosters sit on the eggs. Is this normal? They appear to care more about them than the hens.
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