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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    I love this....BTW, my "Hattie" doesn't like chickens, so she sleeps with the goats, but fits under their fence and goes out to pasture each day with the sheep...like single file line, it's hilarious! I just feed her there! And she has her own water pan next to theirs because the sheep drink...
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    Hello from Nova Scotia

    Congratulations on having your flock in their new home. I remember how exciting that was to get them out of the kitchen...or where ever your brooder was. BEST ever tip I can share, I learned on You tube - but can't remember the channel. Put a shelf under your roosting bar. My shelf is...
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    Rooster walks his hens to the nesting box each day, then takes over the nesting box instead of letting them lay their egg?

    I love your rooster story...."is he just a jerk?" ha ha! I have these fake wooden eggs and I put one in each of 4 nesting boxes...I still have some empty nesting boxes...Usually I find most of the freshly layed eggs together in one box, but the nests with a fake egg usually have an egg or two...
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    Embryo in nesting box

    Here's my idea...for your mystery embryo egg. I agree this chicken journey is an adventure! Same with the ranch in general! starting our fourth year on the ranch. I have encountered mystery eggs on the property. The first time, we were doing bull dozer work creating a horse arena and moving...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Congrats on all the eggs - everyone. I have 12 Dancing Princesses in my coop with The Duke (rooster) and one Evil step mother hen who lives with the goats and sheep because she's a bully. Yesterday was 7 eggs, today was only 4. My girls are in their 3rd year...Caveat though. Once is...
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    FlyStrike + Hole Under Vent

    Hi, Chickens' skin heals so fast once they are cleaned and resting. Early Bird's Flystrike wound was the size of a nickle and in only 3 days it was all closed up with new fresh pink skin. I sprayed her twice a day with Pet silver...for chickens. I think your chicken's butt will heal nicely and...
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    Flystrike - back in the chicken hospital (dog crate in my mud room)

    Hi all, I have read every post I could about the dreaded Flystrike. June 14, is when Early Bird, one of my brown Easter Egger chickens was down in the coop at bedtime. I saw her poopy butt so I brought her up to the house for a wash. To my horror, I found a would under the poop just below her...
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    New Ranch, new lifestyle, new chicken mom

    I bought nine 1 week old assorted pullets. Raised them in a galvanized tub covered with chicken wire on the kitchen Island and reduced their nighttime heat every week from 95 to 70. Starting at 3 weeks old they spent 1 hour, then 2 hours, then half the days outside in their run with my dog...
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    5 week old chicks ready to go outside?

    That's exactly what I did for a week. Little daytime field trips on hot days to fenced off portion of the big girl chicken run. It worked out great, and the chicks enjoyed it and slept very well back in their little tub on my kitchen island, which is where I had them with a nighttime heat...
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