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    Egg bound??? HELP!

    I hope your chicken bath went well! We had an egg bound hen last year, who died of peritonitis because the egg broke inside of her and her belly got infected. The vet told us that eggs can break inside of hens & sometimes they will get absorbed back in to the hen without a problem. We didn't...
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    What happened??? Found a dead chicken this am...:(

    So sorry to hear it. I've had 2 do the exact same thing, including my Buff Orpington over Memorial Day weekend. It's so sad :(
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    Realistic Run Space/Coop Space for Urban Coops

    Suburban chicken owner here though we don't have a tractor. We have an extra large doghouse converted in to a coop with nest boxes on the outside. Our run is a 8x4 covered dog kennel. Our coop is about 16 sq ft & our run is 48. The hatchery sent us home with 2 extra chickens so at one time we...
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    Still Molting!

    I've also been trying to get a better answer about this. My hens stopped laying at the end of July/beginning of August & we haven't had an egg since. None of them were bald or patchy..its been a VERY slow molt. I'm still seeing downy feathers in the coop despite the fact that the hens look good...
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    How bout a Gypsy Wagon coop ???

    He has both of those coops (the gypsy wagon & the little red schoolhouse) on the Cincinnati Craigslist website....he's asking $450 for the gypsy coop..
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    Chickens haven't layed in months...is this really a molt?

    so there is such a thing as a really slow molt??
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    Chickens haven't layed in months...is this really a molt?

    My girls were hatched in March 2010 & have been wonderful layers up until the end of the summer. It all started towards the end of July when my Buff Orpington stopped laying. We thought it was from the extreme heat but then we noticed the feather loss & assumed that she was molting. We went on...
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    Dog-proof Run Ideas?

    Our run is an ASPCA dog kennel that has a covered roof. We lined it all with hardware cloth for extra security. It works really well for us
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    Leghorn Hen EXTREMELY Vocal - Help!

    My brown leghorn is like that but my Golden Comet is way worse. She's like a freaking opera singer Usually, one girl works the others up & they all start singing. Sometimes I can hear them in my bedroom (the furthest room away from my coop) with all of the windows closed in my house. They are...
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    Best method to restrain for wing clip

    I'm having the same issue. I've had my poor girls cooped up in their run all winter long & yesterday Ginger tried to bolt when I opened the door. Last summer I was giving my girls very limited free range time. Our concerns are our own 2 dogs, the pitbull next door & our in ground pool. Free...
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    Got sand? You should!

    I've said it before on many threads but my sand didn't exactly turn out the way I thought it would. First, after reading my threads on the topic, we used play sand over several inches of pea gravel, which was a major mistake for my run. I loved the look of the sand--it was so bright & clean...
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    Molting?

    It appears that my leghorn, Sally is currently molting. We were intially concerned that she was being pecked by our other hens. We noticed a ton of feathers in the run. She is mostly missing them around her neck but she has also lost a couple of long tail feathers. Her tail & neck look...
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    First winter with chickens--need some advice

    Quote: Unfortunately, it is quite illegal. My township requires 3 acres of land in order to allow farm animals & chickens. I called the township & they specified chickens in this ordinance. If you have 3-5 acres, you are allowed to have 1 farm animal for each acre of land. So by that logic, if...
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    First winter with chickens--need some advice

    Quote: Any examples of this that I could look at?? We do live on a big lot that is totally wooded in the summer but we're taking all precautions that we can, especially since we are knowingly breaking the law Our coop is in our garden, among our raised garden beds. A garden shed would blend...
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    First winter with chickens--need some advice

    Chooks--thanks for the link. Definitely gives me a lot to think about!!
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