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    Options after hens stop laying

    I know this is an older post, sorry late to the party. If I had the laws that would allow me to keep many birds, I might consider keeping them after the eggs are done. However, I really started this venture out to get eggs. I have been told not to name them if I plan to eat them, but I did...
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    Splayed leg or something else?

    Well I looked online for a possible solution and did some ortho treatment with a bandaid. Pulled the legs closer together, taped them and waited. Within 3 days the chick is walking around as well as the others as the bandaid fell off. It is fighting to get in on the food and water. The chick is...
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    Splayed leg or something else?

    Redsox-that is kind of what I am leaning to myself.
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    Splayed leg or something else?

    It does move them, but mostly to sit up right. I moved the legs gently and it seemed to be in no distress.
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    Splayed leg or something else?

    New to baby chicks and have started with a few Cornish X. Most doing pretty well, except this one. It is now 1/2 the size of the others and seems to be failing. It cannot get around like the others and wondering if there is hope for it or should I end it now? They are 10 days old.
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    They got me...predators

    I feel kind of bad here....I had 4 Lohmann Browns since Oct of 2015. I lost two a few weeks ago to some sort of predator. It didn't get in the caged area around the coop, but reached in and pulled one hen to the edge and destroyed it. Actually ate the insides out of the body. It also damaged the...
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    Automatic Coop Door Opener

    Ador is the one I used. At first I was concerned about the plastic part issues, but it has worked very well. Easy to install. Even made it through the subzero temps our our MN winters. Good luck.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Still nothing from my 4 ladies. This is going on for a week now. They have plenty of food and water. They even get extra scraps. Not like this strike from the girls. Temps are mild again, for this region anyway. Any ideas?
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    I have nothing from my four ladies for the last 4 days. I am thinking since the cold snap we had a week ago, they are rebooting their systems. (Hoping that is) We will see today again if they all slacker instead of one or two.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Well it happened. My four ladies have stopped producing. This might be a response to our single and below freezing temps last week. The last three days have been empty.
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    How do you heat the laying boxes?

    Well, I said I would think about it. The rope light remains and low and behold when the temp went to the teens, I had three eggs from 4 hens and all intact.
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    How do you heat the laying boxes?

    Hello there, I was able to google the wattage on the rope light and it seems to be .8 watts per foot. I am estimating that I had about 10 feet of rope light...sooo...8 watts. A heating mat I just got for plants (cheap) is at 17 watts...I might switch this out even though the rope seems to be...
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    How do you heat the laying boxes?

    Not sure of the wattage, however I have been told that the constant temp on these rope lights only goes to 78 degrees (F). I will check on the wattage later today...if it is listed.
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    Minnesota!

    I only have 4. Most stay out, but I have seen some coming out when I get closer to the pen.
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    How do you heat the laying boxes?

    Juggler, I just might do that to those laid today. Good idea.
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