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  1. hotrodflash

    Texas

    There is little risk in removing a wing band and I didn't want some to have bands and others to not have bands and be a reason for them to be pecked. And I do things my way and you can do things your way, we do not have to agree on how we raise and treat our livestock. Hopefully this will lay...
  2. hotrodflash

    Texas

    Because I did not need or want them on my laying hens, I am not showing them and they do not leave my property so they are unnecessary for me.
  3. hotrodflash

    Texas

    Wow, sounds like they were put in incorrectly by the hatchery. I'm sorry it was so hard to get them out, it is never fun to have to hurt an animal that we are caring for. Hopefully next time it won't be as bad.
  4. hotrodflash

    Texas

    If you push up the little rounded tab on the end, it can be slid right out of the wing. I do them by myself, just hold the chick firmly in one hand and slide the tab up and maneuver it through the hole made in the wing. Several of mine came from Atwoods with the wingband and now you can't tell...
  5. hotrodflash

    Texas

    Welcome, I am at a corner of Henderson County and Van Zandt county.
  6. hotrodflash

    Texas

    I left mine open and it helps keep the coop a little cooler in the summer and makes for great ventilation. I stapled chicken wire to prevent my chickens from getting out, nothing can get in unless it can scale a slick wall that is 8 feet tall. I think 4 nest boxes will be enough, you can...
  7. hotrodflash

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    It smelled like an ear infection. My nephew had 3 sets of tubes in his ears and had constant ear infections, so I am very familiar with that smell.
  8. hotrodflash

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    What about ear mites? Gently push the feathers covering her ear canal forward and see if you see a tiny bug and/or the canal is crusty or smelly. My sister had a rooster that got ear mites and lost a few feathers on his head too, that is when we caught him we could smell the stench from his...
  9. hotrodflash

    Texas

    Keep it simple. My coop is a shed style building, 10 x 12, raised off the ground, 4 walls and tin roof with open eaves, chicken wire stapled to rafters and pulley style windows that I can close in winter and keep open the rest of the year. I have had no problems from predators getting in the...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

  12. hotrodflash

    Texas

    Hi, I'm about 20 miles from you near Brownsboro. I have an assortment of breeds and they all do well in the heat. They just need plenty of shade and access to water. I put out a kiddie pool for mine. Atwoods gets their chicks from Ideal and they get a pretty good assortment of breeds...
  13. hotrodflash

    Naked Neck/Turken Thread

    I am very familiar with West Virginia, my mom is from Doddridge county and I have traveled all over the state visiting her family and seeing the sights. Its funny, I don't get sunburned any more, and I am as pale as can be. You learn to stay out of the heat in the middle of the day and work in...
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    Naked Neck/Turken Thread

    Mine made it through a Texas summer without a problem with sunburn, but I have lots of oak trees for shade too.
  15. hotrodflash

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    yes, I just cut off the excess so that it doesn't bother them. I purchased the neon colored ones at the Dollar Tree and use the long ones to attach the tarp to the run for shade and rain protection.
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