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    Broody hen banished from Flock

    Thank you! Odd how the most obvious things can just lurk outside of one's view. That makes so much sense. I have been putting food in the quonset hut--aka two choices--but with 19 hens that seems not enough. They are free range but between the molting and weather, that is unlikely to account for...
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    Broody hen banished from Flock

    Hi, Hi, She is an Icelandic mutt. She is eating and drinking--I put her in the quonset hut for a reprieve with lots of pellet food, organic scratch and mealy worms, and water. I am in theMonadnock region of NH. It's getting chilly and all the hens are dropping their feathers in their annual...
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    Broody hen banished from Flock

    Thank you!! Will get photos up and answer your questions ASAP.
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    Broody hen banished from Flock

    Hi, I have a four year old hen who tends to go broody. This summer we had four broody hens. Broke three but let Toey have her way. Seven babies successfully raised. Usually the mother hen introduces the flock to her babies and over time all is well and we have one flock. From the start, this...
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    Where can I purchase a roundworm dewormer?

    Regarding Aquasol: I just got a call from my vet saying the fecal came up with round worm. She suggested Safe-Guard Aquasol. Long story short, after finding out the liter of it (for gasp $300) was out of stock and calling the company--(qcsnpply)--they said the supplier has 10 liter bottles in...
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    Sick hen

    Thank you for your suggestions. Vet just said she couldn't see anything wrong. And no suggested care other than to bring her in so she doesn't use up her energy staying warm Crop seems okay. I'll just keep the visits, water and food going and cross my fingers... Thank you again!
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    Sick hen

    Hello! I have a French Moran, two years old, who isn't on top of her game. Sort of hunched. For over a month, she's been low key. I thought it was a heavy molt. A couple of days ago, she was in the nesting box. I picked her up and she is very thin. And cold as it has been in the 20s and 30s...
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    3/4 inch stone for the run floor seemed like a good idea at the time . . .

    It isn’t a pit. It is a level area on a slight slope so it drains. We just go 8 inches of rain in July and it is dry.
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    3/4 inch stone for the run floor seemed like a good idea at the time . . .

    We were thinking about creating a gray water system for our home using plants to clean the water. The person we were working said the most expensive part of the project would be the greenhouse. My husband went on eBay. Someone was selling the bus stop. He had acquired it through his job; the bus...
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    3/4 inch stone for the run floor seemed like a good idea at the time . . .

    We tend towards overdoing.
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    3/4 inch stone for the run floor seemed like a good idea at the time . . .

    12 inches of stone— we really don’t want to have anyone but chickens in the run! We are thinking we will put 8 inches of wood chips and pony Poo. Hard Ware clothe the outside of bus stop down and out to stop diggers. Then figure out the roof!
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    Indoor run flooring

    Thank you!
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    3/4 inch stone for the run floor seemed like a good idea at the time . . .

    Hi, We have an 8 x 16 foot bus stop for a run that we put onto a "flooring" of 3/4 inch stone to stop critters (rats, voles) from moving in, and drainage. (Photo below is rough and still a LOT of work to be done but you get the idea.) We live in New Hampshire so it is cold and snow in the...
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    Indoor run flooring

    So can you do deep litter if you have concrete or wood floor?
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    Broody hen deserting her chicks...

    Ah. Ok. I just fixed the fencing so chicks stay in the chicken area--they are huddled alone under the quonset hut coop. Tonight, hopefully the mother will come get them. She was with them earlier... The other hens were hanging out. One gave one of the littles a peck for good measure but didn't...
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