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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    One egg! My girls are 23 weeks today, and one has given me 10 eggs in 12 days, while the others all still freeloaders!
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    Worms? Or something else?

    I have a line on some amprolium, and I am going to get it tomorrow. Thanks for the help. I really appreciate it!
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    Worms? Or something else?

    This is very helpful, thank you! I believe I can get a generic fenbendazole, but I do not think I can get corid or any variants without a vet, and there are none that see poultry in my area. But I might make some calls and see if I can sweet talk them. If it is cocciodosis, is there a way to...
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    Worms? Or something else?

    I am in Canada, and all the feed store had was Piperazine as a dewormer. She is chilling in the basement with me now, we trimmed her butt and gave her a bath. 1) They are staying in a 6x6 temp coop in my garage on the concrete floor, covered with a thick layer of straw. Until this AM she was...
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    Worms? Or something else?

    I picked up four new wheaten hens last week. About 15-16 weeks old. They’ve been in quarantine since their arrival. They were active and thriving throughout, and three remain active. One is lethargic, just chills with its head and tail low and poofed up. It also has a decent amount of poop...
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    Hardware Cloth Below Run

    I bought a set of their plans, and honestly, no regrets at all. I found them easy to follow and quite well done.
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    Inverse Introductions

    I know it's a bit tight for now, but our plan is to always sit between 8-10 laying hens, no roosters. I suspect I have 6 hens and 7 roosters among the chicks (plus three silkies shortly), and will be giving the roosters away once we know for sure. The silkies will be quarantined for a month...
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    Inverse Introductions

    This is great advice, thanks! My coop is 8x4, and the attached run is 8x16. They are only in the coop to sleep though. Out of the 13 straight run, we won’t be keeping roosters, so our flock will be shrinking in the coming weeks/months. I can divide the run easily to let them interact with one...
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    Inverse Introductions

    We hatched 13 straight run barnyard mixes about 7-8 weeks ago. My wife was hesitant at first but came around and wants silkies. We were planning to wait, but a friend of a friends older parent had a stroke, are downsizing and they can’t keep chickens anymore. I now have three 8 month old...
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    Runaway Chick!

    I imagine she had some stories to tell her flockmates last night! We have coyotes, bobcats, mink, skunk, raccoon, fox, owls, hawks, eagles, etc.
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    Runaway Chick!

    Update: our neighbours two houses down just spotted it. Mealworms, patience, and my trusty butterfly net brought the chicken home. I had written it off when I hadn’t gotten it back by the second night. But, it lasted three full nights alone in the bush, impressive!
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    Runaway Chick!

    Thanks gang! I couldn’t find it or hear it, but it will be dusk shortly. I’ll keep an eye / ear out for it until it’s too dark. I took the loudest chicken I had tucked under my arm hoping it would draw the other one out, holding my kids neon green butterfly net in my other hand. Quite a sight!
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    Runaway Chick!

    Sending this from the woods outside my house. I have 13 x 6 week olds just adjusting to their coop. We let them out to sun in the run after their third day locked in. One jumped out the run door when my son was coming in. Took off like a bullet. I have 12 accounted for, and one in the wind...
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    Harris Farms Nurture Right 360 Incubator is AMAZING!

    I'm no expert, I've only incubated once. But everything I have read suggests to stop turning them at day 18, so they can get in the right position to hatch. Did you open up any of the eggs to see what happened inside? Could also be a temp or humidity issue...
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    First time hatching - Nurture Right 360 Temp Question

    I moved the inner ring eggs to the outer ring each time I candled so they all took a turn, I couldn’t see any difference at hatch between inside and outside rings.
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