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    When to put hens back outdoors

    Thanks - I put them out this afternoon when it was 30 degrees (a heat wave) and there were no issues. Just gave them scratch to warm up for nightfall.
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    When to put hens back outdoors

    I’ll be putting them back into the coop on Monday — with a total of 4 nights indoors— as it’ll be in the 30s during the day. Hopefully it will be ok and it won’t be too shocking - assume the other birds won’t have forgotten in this amount of time. The coop isn’t heated but it’s piled with snow...
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    Returning hen outdoors in winter

    I thought the shock of going from a heated home to a frigid outdoors could kill a chicken ?
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    When to put hens back outdoors

    Hi - I had to bring one of my girls as she had a cut and perhaps frostbite on her leg. I brought in a second hen to keep her company. They are adults, barred rocks. It’s frigid here now even for Maine these days. What temperature does it need to be before I put them out in the coop again? The...
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    Fall/winter feed

    wow this video was very illimunating - I had no idea this was the % set by big ag, good lord... thank you for sharing!
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    Fall/winter feed

    Good to know - thanks! I feel a little bad that I have giving them such low protein - although they go out most days and eat whatever they find in the woods/yard (including, horrifically, small toads) and also get canned fish 1x a week and bsf daily.
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    Fall/winter feed

    Oh ok, good to know. I guess I have been (stupidly) feeding them low protein food for their entire lives (3.5 years)... I will fix that asap. Appreciate the info!
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    Fall/winter feed

    do you feed this in the winter then? ( I see youre in NH)
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    Fall/winter feed

    Thank you - do you mean the 20% starter ?
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    Fall/winter feed

    I know that this has been discussed but I cant find the answer I need so. I am looking for higher protein feed for fall (molting) into winter (Maine) for my 6 hens. I added turkey feed last season but they pick out and it isnt organic or non-GMO, which I prefer (most especially I do not want...
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    Hen making weird head movements

    So I am just updating this thread months later. Sweetie did not get better on her own or with the various things I tried. After calling a dozen vets, I found one who sees hens and he made an incision, took out a wad of grass from her crop, sowed her up and she has been as good as gold -- back to...
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    Monistat for Sour Crop?

    Hi again - my hen still has sour or impacted crop. She still eats And drinks but constantly or almost constantly twists her neck around. I got some copper sulfate — my question is if I put this in the water is it ok for my other 5 healthy hens to drink it too?
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    Sour crop - need dosing for miconazole ASAP

    Anyone give this as a suppository? How’d you get the hen to eat it?
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    Monistat for Sour Crop?

    It seems to have gone down somewhat but not all the way - it feels squishy and she is vomiting. I didnt know that about the garlic so I will stop. Do you think adding molasses to the water would be useful? is that ok for my other 5 hens to drink too?
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    Monistat for Sour Crop?

    My hen Sweetie has sour crop. I have tried giving yogurt (unpasteur), garlic, ACV, and causing her to vomit. She is not getting any better - this mroning I actually saw her vomit just while scratching around so maybe even worse. I have to go for a work trip for 1 week so I need to help her asap...
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