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    Do you need to worm if no signs are present?

    I've had chickens for many years now and I have never wormed them. I have one who is 6 or 7 years old, and never a problem. Almost all animals, and humans, have some type of worms. The natural defenses normally take care of them, and keep them from being a problem. If I were to actually see...
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    Egg shell color changing

    I love your set up, and the fan is a great idea. As far as the egg color getting lighter, I know the reason, but not all the specifics. It's similar to the fact that hens are born with all the eggs in them that they will lay over their lifetime. The same is similar with the color. Eggs are...
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    bottom of the run hardware cloth necessary?

    Hardware cloth is much safer. We hadn't seen any raccoons around here for the past year either, until the past month, and they are checking out my coops and runs all the time lately. Normally, after a week or two and finding they can't get to easy food, they go away, though I'm sure they...
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    Baby Chick Emergency

    Chicks normally only get pasty butt during the first week, sometimes into the 2nd week. It's usually caused by temperature changes and stress. I am sorry to hear that lost this chick, that's always hard. I didn't read your first post, but for future reference, the easiest way I've found to...
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    How long do your broodies take care of chicks?

    I have a bantam cochin that has raised 2 sets of chicks now. One this summer, and one last summer. I believe she hatched out six the first summer, and they stayed with her until this past spring. I learned from that batch. I tried integrating with the others at about 12 weeks, mind you...
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    so chicks again..... AWESOME!!!!

    Quote: Sharon with the new babies it all good to feed the entire flock the medicated chick starter and switch them to grower feed later or not. When the girls get older and ready to start laying then throw down some crushed oyster shell to add to the layers diet. Giving starter to the whole...
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    HELP! No one can get along!

    I'm not trying to be mean, because I've read enough things that I know it can work. However, standard practice is to not put integrate until they are around the same size. I have mixed them before, but never 8 week old chicks with 20 week old, especially not bantams as they are even...
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    Does anyone have this?

    I just bought one of these for $25.00 that I found on Craigslist. Like brand new, unfortunatley we were trying to outrun a storm and darkness when we went to pick it up so I didn't look at it that closely. I was looking for a coop for my 4 bantams. I also knew that would have to do some...
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    Adding light (not heat). What's the best way?

    Quote: This is pretty much what I do, but only 1 bulb in each coop,but no quite so close to any wood or anything flammable. If you want to use extended lighting to get your girls laying or to keep laying throughout the winter, you want to make sure that they have 12 to 14 hours of light each...
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    What to do w/ our OEGB????

    I have a bantam cochin hen, 4 years old, that, until this year has never had any chickens around that were her size, and she's done fine. She now has 3 her size, another cochin, a light sussex and a red pyle game bantam, who is half of her size, so tiny. I am in the process of integrating...
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    I need detailed responses please broody hen for close to a month now

    I have a 7 month old banty cochin who has been trying to be broody for about 6 weeks now. They are known to be broody and make very good mothers, which is why I added this one to my flock this year. My other banty cochin is about 4 years old now, but I didn't expect this so early for my new...
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    Tell Me About.....LEGHORNS!

    I always have at least one or two leghorns in my flock. They definitely get friendlier once they start laying. I would take leghorns anyday over sexlinks, but I have 2 crabby patty sexlinks, that my broody hatched out last summer. If they are on the nest laying, don't even try to reach in and...
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    What jobs do roosters do?

    As sad as it can be, a good roo will give his life to protect his hens.
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    28 day old chick and one non-broody hen! Help!

    If you have access to a small wire dog crate, that will fit in your coop, or a way to separate your coop with chicken wire, you can put the chick in there, where the 2 can see each other for a week or 2, then try integrating them. When you put them in together, try finding something, a box or...
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    New chick with 4 week old chicks and broody hen???

    I had a broody this summer, the eggs were bad and I slipped 4 day old chicks under her, all went well, but I lost 2 to pasty butt. I bought 2 more chicks, that were about a week old, 3 or 4 days older than the 2 under her, just enough age difference, at least a I think, that she wouldn't accept...
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