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    Chicken not walking and Deep cut

    She just passed away. Thanks everyone for your responces. She is in a better place now.
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    Chicken not walking and Deep cut

    Sorry I don't have pics but my leghorn hen has been over mated by the rooster again. We found our hen laying under the coop not moving so I picked her up and she was shivering. So I brought her in and found a deep dirty cut on both sides under her wing. We cleaned it up and applied neosporin all...
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    My Beautiful hen is beat up and not laying

    Thanks guys I am going to try and isolate the roo but still keep him around the other chickens and I am going to get more chicks. -Thanks
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    My Beautiful hen is beat up and not laying

    My one hen is a brahma and I also have a brahma rooster. She lives with 2 other hens and her big brother (the rooster). She was hatched in April 2011 and started laying around August/September. Well about one month ago she stopped laying and hasn't layed since. I also noticed she hasn't had...
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    Brahma Hen Not Laying- HELP

    I am have 10-11 month old brahma hen hatchen april 2011. She hasn't laid in about 2 weeks since about 2-12-12. It seemed at first she was going broody because she was sitting on the eggs in the nest box for about 4 days all the time. We also have a very large brahma rooster and she is his...
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    Can't decide if hen is broody or not

    I have about a ten month old brahma hen who was hatched march/april 2011. It seams she is broody but I am not sure. She has been sleeping with the eggs but there is no plucked feathers on her chest and she is extremely nice still. She also hasn't laid an egg of her own in about 3-4 days. She has...
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    Plant help!!!

    Thanks everyone for your responces. I am going to experiment with a few of your ideas and see what works. Thanks Again and Happy Farming!!!
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    Plant help!!!

    I have 4 chickens in a 20' by 20' foot run. I used to have grass in there but they ate every last strand of grass out of the ground. Letting them free range is not an option because the neighbors have a large boxer dog and he is know for eating all local animals. I need a plant or a few plants...
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    Rooster issues and hatching questions

    Well I will be getting more chickens once one of my hens gets broody and starts sitting on the eggs but for now I am leaving the rooster in with the hens all the time and I just ordered 3 hensavers from hensaver.com that cover her back and above her wings I hope that this will help.
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