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    pushy hens

    I have recently moved and created a new coop for a few of the hens I kept when I moved. I am in California, the Sacramento region where at night, we are seeing degrees into the 30's. I have noticed that one or two of my hens are sleeping outside in the run, protected, but exposed to the cold. I...
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    THIS DARN ROO!!

    I have a four to 6 month old cochin roo...he has been added to my flock for a few months-maybe two, and since day one has been very forceful about his position with the girls. I have two full size adult roosters-cochin who keep him in line-to an extent, but he does get to the girls. This guy is...
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    Constantly sleeping hen....

    Nope, nothing. Just sat there sleeping for days and then passed in the night. i would have been more concerned had she been sleeping on her side, or something odd, but no.
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    Constantly sleeping hen....

    Nevermind, she passed last night. so in that there was no advice given, is this a common ailment? Basically chickens go fast when they get sick? Sorry if the questions are lame, but they are honest questions.
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    Constantly sleeping hen....

    I have a 2 month old bantam cochin hen who for the past few days has been chronically sleeping. She is serrated from the big flock and is in with three roos her age. They are on shavings and are kept on my back porch. Not too hot, out of the sun, but we have been having higher heat spells. The...
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    what effects egg flavor?????????????

    Okay, this can be construed as seriously gross, or it can make sense...my horse trainer has chickens and she used to give her eggs to me on occasion. These were the most robust and flavorful eggs I have EVER had and hope my girls can produce similar to this when they begin. The secret my trainer...
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    Cochin Thread!!!

    Question to the Cochin world...would putting a box fan in the coop window be recommended to help keep air cool on the hot days for my cochins. The rest of my flock, other varieties, seem to be doing well, but the cochins struggle with the heat. I have done this for my horse in her stall in the...
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    105 degrees

    Oh and the sprinkler, no they are not happy with the direct spray of it, BUT they are happy with the results, so i think they sacrificed the wet for the bugs....they didnt run but it was on a low sprinle too....
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    105 degrees

    Got through the weekend and the mood swings of nature subsided the next day. We are now sitting in the high 80's with a cool breeze coming from the Delta, great cool down. The girls are happy campers, and doing much better. What I learned...watch the couchins! Oh my those guys were hot! The run...
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    105 degrees

    Thank you so much for all of these ideas. We will be busy in the morning for sure. If there are more ideas please share!
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    105 degrees

    Hey ya all its 105 here right now....i just had one hen pass due to stroke. I suspect older as she was given to me. No matter, i have cochin roo i dont want to have issues with as well as the remainder of my flock. Is there any advice. The coop has two large windows, and they have a huge open...
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    Aggressive standard cochin or just older??

    ........? :/
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    Aggressive standard cochin or just older??

    I have five partridge cochins under the lamps at the moment. One is a standard cochin, she -and I say she because I do not know...is about two weeks old and the four bantam cochins with her are a week less than she. They are tiny....she seems to be the mother hen to all of them but at the same...
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    Hello-From Wilton, California

    I can't find the apporpriate section to put this post so I am sticking it here...I received three hens the other day, one laid a soft shell egg...I am thinking the previouis owner did not feed the girls well, they look pretty beat up. But not too bad....anyways, I am wondering if I should dump...
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    Pooey chicks...

    I did think about that but thought I might actually traumatize them...
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