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    4 Hens - One being picked on

    On suggestion about what to do? I'd like to hear. Charles
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    4 Hens - One being picked on

    2 Barred Rock hens (one is the top of the pecking order) 2 Buff Orpington hens (one is low man) All 5 years, 1 month old All raised together since day 2. I got as day old chicks. Western NY state (still cold here) All still laying Whether inside the run/coop or outside in the yard, the two...
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    Vines up side of run

    Great choice!
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    Vines up side of run

    Thank you. I've ordered some honeysuckle (native, not Asian). Beans are out as I wanted perennial. Also, the lists for toxicity are quite random. Even researching on here - groups of people throw their tomato plants in with the chickens to rip apart (as chickens do!) and other say TOXIC...
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    Vines up side of run

    I've been reading vine threads over the weekend looking for something to cover one side of my run, 8' wide at that point. I'd like to find something that covers the whole side from close to the ground, up. A majority of vines I found used by chicken owners had the green towards the top. For...
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    Wheezing, Sneezing Hen?

    One of four of my hens starting making this sound today (found a video online). No discharge, no other apparent distress, eating fine. I'm in western NY and I'm going through a blizzard right now. If I have to separate her, can I bring her inside (basement, unheated garage)? Will she not be...
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    What black chickens are these?

    From a UK magazine. Once ID'd, are they available in the U.S.? Thanks. Charles
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    Ivermectin dosing

    Sounds good but please tell me proper dosing. Thanks.
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    Ivermectin dosing

    I have 2 Buff Orps and 2 Barred Rock hens. All are not laying now (molting). I'd like to administer a dose of Ivermectin. From what I read on these forums I can administer a drop onto their skin on the neck (anywhere there is bare skin really), right? Also, I see many different forms of it...
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    Morning call?

    That sound chickens make when they have laid an egg - that loud call. All four hens were still up on their perches in the early morning. I heard them making that sound. I looked out and all four were doing it. None had been in to lay yet. Just sitting on the perch. I went out and saw nothing...
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    Sore on back end

    Nothing? She still acts fine.
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    Sore on back end

    16 month old Buff Orpington, female. Seems in good spirits, active, laying and healthy appetite (she probably eats the most). Last of 4 in pecking order. Noticed this spot on her back end, below vent by 2" or so. Some feathers missing around it too. She has been pecked on the head before...
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    Spraying trees with chickens nearby

    The spruce on my land have been diagnosed with a needdlecast and the arborist has recommended a mix of two fungicides be sprayed on the 20-25' trees. I have 4 chickens and can move them during the spray. I can also cover the run and coop with a large blue tarp. While they try to spray on...
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    Sleeping in the pop door

    Update: We have been in the single digits here in Western NY. The buff orp and another buff are both sleeping in the door. I tried once to go out and close the door once they were in and it seemed like a just caused a lot of commotion which seemed to effect all the hens as they figured out what...
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    Sleeping in the pop door

    Every night our 4 hens head into their coop and take up the apparently chosen places. Some nestle into the wood chips on the floor and some take a roost. One hen has started (3 weeks now) sleeping in the chips on the floor with her neck and shoulders outside the coop. I had been closing the...
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