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    Broody Hen hatched an egg-What do you know-Now what?

    She is in the regular coop with all the other chickens. She is a foot off the floor with her chick in a nest box. What about food and water? Should I move them to my regular space that I use for brooding (a big horse watering metal container)? Kind of caught off guard. Will leave her in there...
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    Questions about manure and eggs during Tetracycline treatment

    The girls are going through a three to five day treatment for some coughing. It seems to be going well. Can I use the manure down the road in the garden? Can I cook up the eggs and give them back to the birds I am treating? Would make sense as I don't want to waste them. Also, could you...
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    Golden-Laced Wyandotte Rooster-not well

    Thank you for the sound advice. Already done.
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    Where do I start?

    Hello All, I am sorry about posting this problem again if it is already out there, but I get lost in a big forum like this. I have taught Media Studies at a high school and there are many benefits to these types of things but they also get so big that to sift through all the information is...
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    Golden-Laced Wyandotte Rooster-not well

    Isolate and then what? I have never had to give any medication to any of my birds. It's overwhelming the amount of information out there about what to give them. Is there a general medication I can give to this bird for respiratory infection or do I really have to know what he has? I am in...
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    Golden-Laced Wyandotte Rooster-not well

    There is something really wrong with him. Up until yesterday he would make speaking sounds, for a few weeks. Now today his comb is more on the purple side and he is making this sound quite a bit. Seems to be breathing harder with an open mouth. He is one of roosters that I don't need, so to say...
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    Help! young chicks are sneezing and....

    Thank you for he help and the stern finger wagging. ;-) It was a spur of the moment acquisition (these four chicks). My first experience was with a reputable hatchery and I did not have a problem with my original six isa browns, even now they are problem free. I have not mixed the two and I...
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    Help! young chicks are sneezing and....

    Thanks for the initial info. Some more info on the chick. I did get her from a farm outside of town. This lady seems passionate about chickens. She did advertise on KIjiji. I think the four chicks that I got were one to two weeks old. Two were smaller and they had some diarrhea so I...
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    Help! young chicks are sneezing and....

    Hello Folks, I think this might be as close to a thread as I am going to get with my question. I have a 3-4 week old easter egger that sneezes some times but mostly looks like she is breathing heavily, mouth open, panting but the others are not. The thing that concerns me is that she has not...
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    round buckets for nest boxes

    Sorry (clarification) the 5 gallon ice cream buckets that you would see in the ice cream parlour when they serve you up a cone. they have a ten inch diameter. Lazarus
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    round buckets for nest boxes

    Hello All, I know I asked this yesterday in a post buried with questions so I will ask again. Has anyone used larger (at least 10 inches in diameter) for nest boxes? I am thinking the five gallon ice cream buckets for easy clean out, or bigger if suggested. Thank you Lazarus
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    two questions as I build my urban stealth chicken coop

    Wow you guys and gals are on the ball! Thank you for the quick answers. It really didn't occur to me about me actually getting in there. I do have access on both ends of the coop but it will be difficult to clean with it so low. The chickens don't need the height but I do. Perhaps a...
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    two questions as I build my urban stealth chicken coop

    Hello Folks, Just a few questions to start off with... I have 6 ISA Brown chicks (three weeks old) Insulation wise for up here in Canada in the winter, I was thinking the pink styrofoam sheets. Will the chickens pick at it if it is exposed in the coop? Second question- Has any one...
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    Hello from Windsor Ontario Canada

    Hello Folks, Just got into the chicken field three weeks ago with 6 ISA Browns, finishing off my coop and loving every minute of it, so far! Lazarus
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