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    Non-adhesive tape for pecking wound?

    I have 1 rooster (the polish), and 6 hens (3 wyandotte, 1 australorp, 1 polish who they don't bother, and 1 Rhode island red that seems to be the one doing the most pecking...and she is the oldest and meanest hen I have.) they have a large coop that is a repurposed 8x10 insulated metal shed...
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    Non-adhesive tape for pecking wound?

    I have a polish roo that the ladies love to methodically remove his head feathers. I have tried two different kinds of no-peck lotion and ointment, making a helmet with flour and water paste (which helped for about three weeks), and even vaseline. I thought about using that tape they use to...
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    Indoor Pet Chickens

    I asked this very question yesterday. I have a "red hen" that is a year and a half old. She's had two heat strokes in a matter of months. Each time we have brought her in to the chicken hospital (a.k.a. laundry room) and she's bounced right back. With this ridiculous SE Oklahoma weather, I'm...
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    Possible Heat Stroke...with a happy ending (so far)

    Update....I truly think chickens are more succeptible to heat strokes after suffering from one...if they live through the first one of course. It was really humid and hot here today, after a week or so of cooler weather. The ladies and gent had fresh clean water, shade, and a fan. I found her...
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    I have no idea what I am doing

    This thread was amazing! It was like binge watching every single episode of your favorite tv show on Netflix..then getting depressed when it's over and you have to wait for new episodes or seasons to be posted. Congratulations on the new baby! And thank you for sharing your experience!
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    Possible Heat Stroke...with a happy ending (so far)

    She laid an egg that morning. She is prone to laying rather large, odd shaped eggs with huge yolks. We only have two ladies that are old enough to lay and they both paid rent that day. Yesterday evening, after everyone was up for the night, we put her back outside. This morning she was one of...
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    Possible Heat Stroke...with a happy ending (so far)

    So yesterday evening I went to check on my chickens as I normally do when I get home. I opened the coop door and there, laying on the floor, was my 1 1/2 year old red hen. I instantly think she's dead because she's laying on her side in the same position I've seen with the few other chickens...
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    Funny/Sad/Happy stories of your chickens

    We have two "red ladies" that we let out to free range a few hours in the evenings. When it starts getting dark, I'll say, "okay ladies, bedtime," and walk towards their house. It's so cute to watch their little fat butts waddle/run over, into their house, up the ladder and over to their...
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    Aggressive chicken towards me all of a sudden

    We have what the hubby calls "California Cross" hens. They are relatively small compared to the two "red" hens, with wild, floppy combs, and are very stubborn and very defiant. I am certain they are all hens. When they are all laying, we get 7 eggs (7 birds, 7 eggs). When we started this...
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    Woo-hoo! One of my ladies finally laid an egg!

    I kept telling them if they didn't start being more than expensive pets, they would be looking for a new coop...and lo and behold, my husband spots a tiny snack-sized egg when putting the ladies and gents up for the evening!
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