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    Help please! Chick appears to have had stroke after rat attack

    Thank you for the response. I did manage to get her to drink a little water, so I'll try softening her food and see if she'll eat. We've been battling the rats with traps for awhile and we're almost to the point of resorting to poison, but I worry that if the rat dies somewhere out in the open...
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    Help please! Chick appears to have had stroke after rat attack

    Hi everyone, We've been having rat troubles in our coop for the last few weeks. We have six 6 week old babies being raised by two broody mommas in there and last night a rat attacked one of the babies. We heard the commotion from the momma and when we got to the coop, the baby was laying on...
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    Chickens don't leave coop all day

    Hi everyone, I'm a little concerned about our chicken behavior and wondering if anyone has any idea what's going on. Our chickens are a year and half old and have been living in the same coop and attached run since they were babies. They've always spent all their time in the run, even...
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    First chick hatched, and question!!

    That did help, thank you so much! All except one hatched just fine and are happy, healthy little birds!
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    First chick hatched, and question!!

    Hey everybody! Our first chick just hatched a half an hour ago in our incubator! Yay!! We have nine more eggs in there, one of which has pipped, and a few more are rocking. The chick is still drying off and I'm nervous because she's stumbling all around the inside of the incubator and moving...
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    What to do about chickens ruining lawn?

    Hey all, We have a dozen chickens in our flock, we got all of them last spring around this time. We mostly keep them in an enclosed coop and run, but we let them free range around our fenced backyard. We let them out whenever the weather is nice, so they're in the yard quite frequently...
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    Broody hen won't be moved

    Thank you both for your quick responses! I'm going to leave her be and hope for the best!
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    Broody hen won't be moved

    Hi All! Need some advice here... One of our hens went broody a few days ago... of course two weeks after I started incubating eggs! She's been in one of our two nesting boxes sitting on some eggs. From everything I've read it's a good idea to move a broody hen to a safer location so the...
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    first time incubating day 20

    I had no idea you could make a home made incubator. Do you use a brooder lamp to heat it? I can't wait to see those babies!!
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    Brandly New!

    Hi Everyone, I'm an art teacher living in Upstate New York, and my husband to be is an English Professor. We live in a big old house in the city, but will be moving out the country as soon as we are able. We plan to live a self sufficient life surrounded by livestock and gardens galore! For...
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    first time incubating day 20

    Ooooo that's amazing!! What kind of incubator are you using? I'm thinking of getting one if our hens don't go broody this spring. Please keep us up to date with pictures, and good luck!! -Meredith
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