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    pecking on head

    Thanks I'll try the Blukot. I need heat for the water, it was into the teens this week here in Va. They are in a 7X10 coop with a 10X12 run area for now. I haven't let them out to free roam in the afternoons yet. It looks like it is starting to heal. I'll keep an eye out. Thanks
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    pecking on head

    I have 4 Gold Laced Orpington hens about 14 weeks old and just saw that the back of ones head is injured I think from pecking even tho I don't see any pecking going on when I'm there. What do you put on the injury and how do you protect it till it heals. I know isolation is probably the best but...
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    medicated chick starter

    My hen is setting eggs and will hatch soon, should the hen eat medicated chick starter along with the chicks or not do medicated? Thanks
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    Off balance

    I have 6buff orpingtons that are 9 months old, this afternoon when I let them out I noticed one seemed off balance. It was like a person with inner ear problems. Poop seems fine and all else looks fine on her. She can,t run with out losing her balance. Any Ideas on what it might be? Thanks.
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    what to do with all the poop

    I have read that the chicken poop is very good for compost and use in the garden, that's logical to me but have been thinking about the life cycle of some of the worms and it seems like if I put it on the garden in spring and turn it under for a summer garden put a green crop for the chickens...
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    serama

    Hope this is in the right section to ask this--I want to raise Bob white quail by brooding hens and I'm wondering if the serama would be a good candidate for this? A couple of requirements I would like -Very broody, very gentle to touching and handling eggs under her and also can stand Virginia...
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    chicken brooding

    I have 6 buff orpingtons for laying eggs, this spring I want to take 2 of them and hopefully one hen will brood pheasant eggs and the other to brood quail eggs. I have a 5X5 closure for roosting then it opens to a 5x8 wire closure then a door so they can be let out to free range. My question is...
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    good genetics

    I guess what i'm trying to say is which way would get me the strongest lineage a rooster and a hen from different broods or use a rooster and hen out of the same batch of egg. I would not cross breeds. Thanks
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    good genetics

    I would like to breed silver laced and golden laced orpingtons with a good genetic pool. Greenfire Farms is suppose to have a very good line for orpingtons. My question is would it be better for me to get a rooster and the hens from different broods or doesn't it matter that much if they are out...
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