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    ADOR1 Automatic Coop Door?

    I've had mine almost a week now. It was easy to install and all we really had to do was put in the battery and push the up/down button. It opens at first light and closes each night about 1/2 hour after the last hen goes in. I was worried about it closing on a hen because it hurt to hold my hand...
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    I'm pretty sure my hen has sour crop, need advice

    Just an update on my 7 year old hen that had a crop issue. She had all the symptoms of sour crop, white runny poop, wasn't eating and very lethargic. I set her in front of water with Sav-A-Chick electrolyte solution for 4 days.She drank heavily for that first day. If it had been hot and dry, I...
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    I'm pretty sure my hen has sour crop, need advice

    Thanks, Two Crows. I once had a hen live to be 14. She looked a lot like this one, very tame, but was a gray bantam. Over the years I've dealt with sick hens. I don't remember ever having crop issues, except the one time I took a cochin to the vet after she swallowed a fish hook. I do realize it...
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    I'm pretty sure my hen has sour crop, need advice

    Thanks for this topic. I am trying this now for my 7 year old Ameraucana hen. Yesterday she ate some scrambled egg and I got Save-A-Chick electrolyte to put in some water for all the hens. She drank a lot of that, but won't touch anything today. I think its sour crop, not sure, but I got her to...
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    Too big for the booder but not ready for the coop

    When one of my hens broods, she takes the chicks to roost in the hen house when they are about 3 weeks old. They can't all fit under her by then anyways. Nights are usually 50 degrees and I've never lost one to the cold. I've had chicks hatch out under a hen in Sept, in Maine, and they are...
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    Moving Chickens ...

    I moved in December about 70 miles north in Maine. I packed 11 hens and a rooster in 2 covered cages in the back of my SUV and put them in a new henhouse that was all set up a head of time. I took my time not to rush them or chase them, and I talked to them quietly. They adjusted well and I...
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    Americauna rooster or pullet? about 10 weeks old

    Thank you. I was in denial wishing for the opposite.
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    Americauna rooster or pullet? about 10 weeks old

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    Humane Killing Euthanasia Methods

    I spent a couple of hours looking on line on a way to put down my hen w/o blood and w/o having to do anything inhumane. For the past year she has had a fallen crop. This spring she was dragging it on the ground and when I saw the sore I knew she was in great pain. I saw the post on shooting with...
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    Hen walks like a duck

    Just an update on my hen. She is still acting the same, poop is now normal and is eating and drinking good and doesn't seem in any pain. She will sometimes come out in the pen, but needs to prop her chest up against something. Maybe so she won't topple over or so she can breath. I don't know. I...
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    Hen walks like a duck

    Thanks again for that link. After reading through it, I think she may be an internal layer as her abdomen is firm and distended. I lubed her and felt for an egg, but didn't feel on w/i finger's reach. I put her in a solitary nest box for the night. We'll see how she is tomorrow. She doesn't seem...
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    Hen walks like a duck

    Thanks. I'm suspecting egg bound and am going to try some olive oil in the vent and see what I can feel. Merry
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    Hen walks like a duck

    She's a four year old black australorp. She started acting different 2 days ago, hanging out by herself. Yesterday she acted like she was going to lay an egg in the outdoor pen, ruffling up her feathers and walking with her butt almost dragging along the ground. But she was lively and didn't...
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    aracauna hen to hatch chicks

    Babyface is special, gray and has wild, wicked look to her. I have saved her eggs and a few of another brownish aracauna hens eggs for about a week now and she looks to be starting to get broody. She spends all afternoon on the fake eggs, but so far gets off at night. I plan on "transfering" her...
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    Our rooster crows at night - why?

    My rooster crows around 3 am. Sometimes a jet will be flying a bit low or a loud truck will go by. On a really moonlit night, he crows often, even I don't hear anything. Sometimes I shine a flashlight around to see if they are being bothered by animals. I think sometimes he can see the white...
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