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    Stainless Steel waterers, fire concerns from heaters

    Folks, Have been searching and reading, no good answers as to the availability of stainless steel waterers. The question's been asked several times, is there really no answer? https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/97649/waterers/10#post_1086922 ...also saw some great DIY designs to heat...
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    broody forever, eggs missing, is she eating them?

    Definitely chicken eggs. Thanks for the insight, I'll take action tonight.
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    broody forever, eggs missing, is she eating them?

    Folks, We have a broody Sussex that started sitting on about a dozen eggs at least five weeks ago. None have hatched. Now there are just five eggs left. I am wondering, what happened to the other seven. Did a search and learned some things about caring for a hen that is broody beyond six...
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    Which Heritage Breeds can actually breed?

    Just that... if they don't have the instincts to breed, what's the point? Having chickens that lay (and eat expensive grain) like there's no tomorrow, is not a sustainable practise. It would be cheaper to simply buy eggs locally. We are raising Sussex and Australorps, which are on their...
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    Vermont

    G'Morning! Bet it has been quiet. It is a busy time for many Vermonters outside... especially here in Ripton, getting soil ready for planting, firewood depleted, scrounging for additional on a rainy chilly week-end... Last week-end was great fun threw a party to kick off my Senate campaign...
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    First timer Broody hens questions

    Dear Experts, Would like to bump this thread, as I'm in the same situation as Lulu (first post). Is it mandatory to move a brood? Assuming that one or more chicks hatch out, they'll be in a box that is one meter above the floor, with no food or water, and a territorial cock waiting below...
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    Yawning, Malaise, Sneezing, Sleepiness

    Hello HidingInTheHenHouse, Thanks for jumping into this thread ! No more yawning/malaise. She doesn't seem like a sick chicken anymore! Well maybe slightly tired. But much much better. Cannot hear any rattling in her breath. She was never 'wormed' and I know nothing about worming. I'll...
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    Yawning, Malaise, Sneezing, Sleepiness

    Hiya Chickenlady, Yes, I'm keeping her isolated in a separate pen. I have to anyway for the course of antibiotic treatment, the envelope says '3-5 days', because it's dissolved in her water. Yesterday she seemed to recover her appetite; ate like one of my relatives, no more sneezing/yawining...
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    Yawning, Malaise, Sneezing, Sleepiness

    G'Morning ChickenLady ! Much appreciate your posting and your questions. I don't expect a diagnosis. Have yet to find a poultry vet in Vermont; there are 'large animal vets' but on the phone they say something like, 'We don't do chickens'. > What are they eating? Organic layer crumbles...
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    Yawning, Malaise, Sneezing, Sleepiness

    Two days on, no interest? Someone please tell me what I did wrong? I provided all the info that the moderators asked for. Chicken is still alive and shows some signs of improvement, but the poop is still watery and white with bits of green, no blood.
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    Where can I get a post-death exam to determine cause of death?

    G'Day, I am disappointed, no replies to my enquiry of yesterday: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=3027104 Today this chicken is listless and declining. Would really like to find out what has caused this. How would I find an agency or agricultural vet, competent to...
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    Yawning, Malaise, Sneezing, Sleepiness

    G'Day Experts! Hope some of you have seen this before. One of our 23 chickens, a Sussex about 5 months old, is sick. Last night I saw her 'yawning' on her perch, thought she was tired, this morning she was definitely sick. Vent looks normal. Occasional sneezes, I can't hear any gurgling in...
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    Compact Fluorescent as good as Incandescent for Egglaying?

    Thanks, folks. Appreciate the help! So as to the question about CFs, 'At what temp do they not come on anymore?'... in my experience it depends on what factory in China they came out of, and on what day they were produced. I have an early Polish-made CF outside in my porch lamp, it comes on...
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    Compact Fluorescent as good as Incandescent for Egglaying?

    G'Morning Experts ! As the daylight grows shorter and the days & nights chillier, our chickens get up on the sleeping roost early. They were hatched this past May and have not laid eggs yet. My wife has a light in there. To save cost (electricity here is quite expensive along with everything...
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    Aggressive Rooster, should I soup him ?

    Thanks, folks, for the excellent advice. I will give him more time. I guess what's really bugging me is that the behaviours that I'm witnessing, I have no idea how much is natural chicken behaviour, and how much is due to them being overbred, raised in hatcheries or brooder boxes, then put all...
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