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    Ground cover in run?

    We recently bought our first house, & my dad graciously offered to build us a coop. We have a dog pen we are using as the run for it. At our old house, the run was just dirt, we’d put in some grass clippings or leaves now & then for them to dig through. It was a wet, muddy/poopy mess when it...
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    SOS! Hen pecked egg open

    Thank you! I went out & added that. It’s chirping now.
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    SOS! Hen pecked egg open

    A coworker gave my husband a couple fertilized eggs yesterday, as we have a broody bantam & he didn’t want them all under his hen. I didn’t realize they were so far along. One hatched yesterday afternoon. The hen rejected it, so it’s under a heat lamp in the brooder cage. The 2nd egg was...
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    New Hens

    I recently got these new “Production Black” hens. They lay darker brown eggs & are very docile. Any guesses what they may be mixed with?
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    New hens - debeaked?

    I bought 4 new pullets the other day, 17 weeks old. I’m assuming the guy was just the middle man, he says they were raised in bulk by the Amish, so I assume he just bought a large quantity to resell. They all have long lower beaks. They seem to be in good weight, & are able to eat & drink. If...
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    12 week old Silkie

    Home hatched at the beginning of June. I’m thinking it’s looking more & more rooster-ish, & that “Princess” might need a new name!
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    Healed Decapitation Attempt!

    At the beginning of the month, something tried to pull this hen through a chain link fence head first. I treated her neck wound with Corona ointment daily (the stuff’s magic if you haven’t tried it). I did battle some infection about 10 days in, so I scrubbed with Betadine as well as applied...
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    Guess the parents!

    She’s looking a lot like the brown hen.
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    Attempted Decapitation

    Something tried to pull this hen head first through a chain link fence. She survived, & my husband said that earlier today she was free ranging with the flock & pecking around despite the wound. Tonight she is sleeping on the floor of the coop & is quiet. The wound is on the back of her neck...
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    Guess the parents!

    This chick is 4 weeks old, a home hatch under a broody hen. It has olive colored legs & beak, & 5 toes. So while I’m pretty sure the daddy has to be rooster B because of the toes, I want the experts’ opinion on who this one came from. So, rooster A, B, or C? And hen 1, 2 or 3? A is a cross...
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    Silkie mix & silkie babies

    This is the one I’m pretty sure is Mama to the brown chick, as she’s my only red hen. And this is Daddy.
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    Silkie mix & silkie babies

    Last time I had a broody hen hatch a pair of chicks, they were both boys. I just figure I’ll have the same bad luck again! I’m not positive on the hen the brown one came from, but the options are Production Red, Dominique or Delaware. I just assume it’s from the red hen because it’s brown. The...
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    Silkie mix & silkie babies

    These two hatched on June 6. Daddy to both is assumed to be my white silkie (Tractor Supply quality) The white one’s mama is a white silkie, the brown one is probably from my production red hen. I have a bad feeling that these are both boys. I know silkies are hard, but I feel like there’s too...
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    Identifying the egg eater

    The poor little hen’s been sitting for at least 2 months, but her eggs always end up eaten. I’ve tried breaking her of it, taking her eggs daily, but she still sits. So she’s sitting on another batch, one got eaten yesterday again. So they eat her eggs, eggs in other nests, & they do lay in the...
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    Identifying the egg eater

    I gather once or twice a day. But my broody hen is sitting on 6, so hers are kind of sitting ducks for the egg eater.
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