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    Heat wave tips?

    It's about to hit 100°F here in Oregon, so I just dug a shallow trench for our 5 Buff Orps, piling the dirt around the ditch so the sides were higher, added a thin layer of straw, then covered that with a few layers of icepacks (also froze a dishbin of water to use later when icepacks thaw)...
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    Scabies Mites

    Actually, I can't tell you all how grateful I am for this topic! I, too, was just diagnosed with scabies, altho I've had no intimate human contact other than hugs from my daughter. But I've been taking care of chickens! And I've been wondering if the increase in itchiness is related to them, as...
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    Frost bite

    I have 4 hens, and a very small pre-fab coop, that is not much bigger than your typical sized dog house. We'd originally intended to have 6 hens, but one chick turned out to be a roo, and he had to go (found him a wonderful farm, with plenty of ladies to keep him busy! lol), and one was killed...
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    Is my hen "broody" and what can I do about it?

    There are a lot of posts sprinkled throughout about experiences with brooding hens, so I thought it might be wise to have a dedicated thread, to help mself, AND any other newbies to world of raising chickens. So, to start, I have 4 EE hens, and I love them dearly!~ The Queen of the Coops is...
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    Freezing Cold: an emergency heating idea in a non-electrifed, small prefab coop

    Thank you for that! I really wasn't sure, and didn't want to take the chance of losing them. I know that most animals can and do acclimate to colder temperatures when given the opportunity, and certainly my gals have built up a good amount of fluff-n-feather over the autumn. But even cold...
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    Freezing Cold: an emergency heating idea in a non-electrifed, small prefab coop

    I live in VT, where yes, we do have cold and snow. Sometimes we have 'cold-snaps', where there is a significant dip in temperature. When my daughter and I decided to raise a few chickens of our own, I knew we would not have access to electricity for the coop, as we rent, rather than own, our...
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    Frost bite

    Any hardware store can supply you with insulating foam. It comes in a can with a skinny straw that attaches to the nozzle. Carefully spray along the top edge of board, in the gap space, and watch as it fills the space! Once the foam stops expanding you can determine if you need to add more. I...
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    The EE braggers thread!!!

    She's being "broody", trying to figure out what she needs to do, and how to do it. As long as she's still eating and drinking, I'd give her a little more time (I likened it to my daughter, in the months before she started her first "time o' the monthlies"...moody & grumpy hormonal nightmare. It...
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    Easter Eggers ~ Americana ~What Factors =What Colored Eggs~ Post Yours

    LOL... what does she look like? I don't see a picture.
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    The EE braggers thread!!!

    Here are my gals! We only have 4 now... our white gal was killed by a neighbor's dog-- so they are kept penned now (so sad!) and our GORGEOUS roo, "Greg" almost got my family evicted with his crowing in the middle of the night. He now has a huge flock of his on on a no-kill farm nearby, where we...
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    Easter Eggers ~ Americana ~What Factors =What Colored Eggs~ Post Yours

    Hi! I have 4 EE pullets. Hard to tell, but all the eggs on the left are that olive-y green, while on the right, all but one (3rd down from the top) are a more blue green. The 3rd down on Right is a pale blue! I tried to find a pic of my girls' legs, but they were being shy. I did find a video...
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    Desperately seeking advice for a flogging issue, please help! Thanks! :)

    I'm sorry, but I have no idea what flogging is, but I had to say that that is a truly beautiful rooster! Should be on the show circuit, whatever breed hi is!
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    still trying to figure out gender

    Meyer's Hatchery says the pictures are too blurry to tell. What do you think? The white EE here is...? the grey one here it's the bigger gray in this pic (same age, btw)
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    sorry, but I'm still lost. By the time my daughter and I realized that the all-female chicks we ordered contained at least one rooster (we heard crowing), we didn't have any earlier pics to go by. They are a few weeks away from laying age and still haven't a clue about any but one (tell tale...
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