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    No laying

    I got my first egg Jan 21. Have about 4 dozen since.
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    Feed companies response to the “big question”.

    I have a foot of snow on my property and its currently -20. No live bugs or live edible plants for the chickens in this frozen tundra til prob late April/May. Unfortunately, for about 6 months of the year, my chickens rely on feed and purchased supplements. I do give them salad scraps, but none...
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    Tractor supply brands of feed

    Im in Southeast Wisconsin. I have had birds all my life, in various places around the US. and never had a whole flock stop laying for this long. My hens will be three in a month, and they have not laid since right about Thanksgiving. All 6 went through molts at various times this winter. Ive...
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    No laying

    I have 6 who have not laid since at least Thanksgiving. Never ever had the entire flock stop laying for so long (this is by far the strangest group of hens Ive ever had). 2 started molting around Thanksgiving and every few weeks, another 2 started. The first two are finally done, and the...
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    Improving circulation in large combed roo?

    I was searching circulatory issues before starting a new thread and saw this one. wondering about updates on your birds? I have a 2.5 yr old laying hen who is very lethargic, has battled bouts of that on and off the last year. Every few months she spends 2-3 days like she might die any minute...
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    Lame chicken not bumblefoot

    Im dealing with an issue that could be a tendon problem in her hock. We are making a chicken seat/sling. keep her off of it for a bit to see if that helps it heal. Hope yours is doing better
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    Mystery Leg/Foot injury

    btw, it doesn't seem too stiff when trying to flex it, it may not be totally out, maybe just sprained? How would I know if it's a broken bone? I guess that would be more obvious.
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    Mystery Leg/Foot injury

    I have a feeling this is it. It does feel a bit out and after rubbing it, trying to straighten it back, she does put a bit of weight on it. I am in the process of making her a chicken seat/sling. thank you!
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    Mystery Leg/Foot injury

    I have a 1 + yr old sex link hen who will not put weight on her left foot. This started sometime yesterday. When I got home last night, I noticed she was not on the roost and I just left her be. Today, she did make her way out of the coop and was limping. She otherwise will not walk. She has...
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    Your Nesting “Boxes”

    I use milk crates too. Ive used an old dog kennel in the past.
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    How to Break a Broody Hen

    This is such a great thread. I last had a broody hen about 5 years ago, one of my Buff Orpingtons (page 91 in this thread). Now I have a part time broody hen, one of my Barred Rocks, Sophia. I say part time, bc she isn't displaying the usual obsessive broodiness (in the box 24/7, poofing...
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    I have a Canadian gosling... now what

    Good news. There is a local wildlife rescue that specializes in birds. And they have a couple of foster geese, ones who can’t fly. But are otherwise wild. And they received a same aged gosling a couple hours before. So little dude/dudette has a friend and will have foster parents and at the end...
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    I have a Canadian gosling... now what

    Yes thankfully only 20 minute drive. Headed there now.
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    I have a Canadian gosling... now what

    Good to know!
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    I have a Canadian gosling... now what

    I’m a chicken mom… But my neighbor found a lone gosling wandering, handed it over to me. We live near a small river. Nobody has seen any gosling‘s lately let alone barely any goose pairs hanging out here the last week or so. Have no idea where this little fella came from. Currently in my bathtub...
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