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    Broody hen

    This is perfect timing. I had an Easter egger hunt earlier today when one of my girls wasn’t in the coop at bedtime last night. She was back this morning, looking for water I guess. I found a huge clutch of eggs—at least 15!—but haven’t moved them yet. She hid them well but they’re unprotected...
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    Bumblefoot and drawing salve?

    We couldn’t afford bactine either! So every time I fell and skinned a knee—quite the common occurrence—Mom would have to blow on my wounds as she applied the merthiolate. Man, that stuff burns, but it sure helped speed the healing.
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    My Bresse starter flock

    I live a couple hours south of you and just added American Bresse to my flock three weeks ago. We ordered 25 and will process the majority, but keep a few hens and a couple roos. Mine won’t get the full French treatment either, but it sure is intriguing. I just read through this full thread and...
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    Review by 'mschele' in article 'The Beginner's Guide to Incubation'

    Thank you for all this great info! I feel much more confident about starting my eggs now.
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    Stiff black feet

    Thank you for the info and giving me hope! We hovered around 0*F several days last week. One of my roos managed to force his way out of the coop’s pop door early one morning or sometime overnight then couldn’t get back in. He has frostbite on is comb and wattles and will lose about half of...
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    Chicken Prison Completed

    I am eager to see if this works. Our girls have a 4’ high fence with 2’ of chicken wire on top, and a couple of very determined gypsy chicks still manage to get out! They flop up to the top of the chicken wire and perch there for a moment trying to get their balance (it’s not taut anymore so it...
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    Selling my chickens with Scaly leg mites

    Be careful pointing fingers. You misspelled reckless.
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    Scaly leg mites?

    Do you just dose the Ivermectin orally by weight? Multiple days or just one dose?
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    What I Learned From My Awful Experience with Avian Flu

    I’m so terribly sorry. Our gov is out of control on so many fronts and you are paying the price.
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    Our 1 year and 4 month old chicken is laying soft-shell eggs

    I just found a shell-less egg this evening, too! In the last two weeks, my 6 girls have gone from 3-6 eggs a day to 1 or 2, some days none. I think it's the younger two that are still laying and I'm wondering if this egg is from one of the older ladies trying to get started again. They like egg...
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    Toe injury

    Thanks. I had my fingers crossed that it’d be ok to leave it. I’ll keep a close eye on her for the next few days.
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    Toe injury

    One of my 10 week old pullets has an injury to one toe. I cleaned it when I noticed her limping on my lunch hour then applied antibiotic cream. Now I have her soaking it in epsom salts and will apply neosporin again. Is there so much damage to her nail that i need to completely clip it off or do...
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    How to introduce dogs to chicks?

    We have an English mastiff who is the calmest dog we’ve ever had, and a rescue that’s probably a shihtzu-poodle mix who is NOT of the calm variety—he can be somewhat reactive, but not aggressive. Both are well-trained. Minni the mastiff doesn’t care about the chickens at all for the most part...
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    Cockerels or pullets?

    AND I’ll look for more pullets!
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    Cockerels or pullets?

    Thank you for the advice! I started researching here as soon as we decided to get chickens and I have learned so much from all of you over the past few months. I have a friend who can take one of the roosters, and that’s probably what I will do, as much as I hate to part with either one. She has...
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