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    raising chickens in purcellville,va 20132

    I was able to find this information two ways. Our county has a website that lists all the codes, including trash, recycling, etc. You can call your county and ask them, They will get you someone who knows.
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    Bedford County, VA

    That is amazing! I'm not in Bedford but I applaud them. 18 is a bit much though, I would expect something like 8. Now to make that happen in Warren County VA.
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    Chicken accident, maybe broken bones? What to do with her?

    I missed them going in last night so I couldn't see how she did it but i checked after dark and there she was in the coop on the roost. It dawned on me that getting down from that might be where she gets hurt. I guess though she will learn how to do it over time. Every morning the girls get...
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    Chicken accident, maybe broken bones? What to do with her?

    Thats right, from sometime early spring. Whats going on with your chick? How did it happen? I am wondering what will happen tonight when it is time to go to roost. If you can see in the picture, i have a very long chicken ramp.. Doubt she can hop up that. But the large clean out...
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    Chicken accident, maybe broken bones? What to do with her?

    Here is a picture of what I have going on, just to help with the story a bit. The chicken house is in the back. They have outside access morning to night. Lots of grass, weeds, shrubs, woods type ground for them. About 1 acre fenced in.
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    Chicken accident, maybe broken bones? What to do with her?

    Yesterday I shut the coop run with all the chickens out of it and opened the cage door to see what she would do. She hopped out and seemed very pleased to be out of the cage. I left her in there for a bit and then had to catch her to put her back in for the night. This morning I opened...
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    Chicken accident, maybe broken bones? What to do with her?

    UPDATE! Saturday I was able to move her cage in with the coop. The chickens free range the yard but they are with her from time to time, mostly interested in her good food selections. At least it is familiar. I caught her standing up on Saturday. Sunday morning she was standing yet...
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    Chicken accident, maybe broken bones? What to do with her?

    Doesn't really appear that she moved much. She did lay an egg so that at least tells me here pelvis is in somewhat good working shape. She did use the bathroom once, which is bad in my opinion. She should have done more. Didn't touch her food or drink. I gave her some cooked wild rice in...
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    Chicken accident, maybe broken bones? What to do with her?

    That is all very good sounding advise. I can move her out of the garage and in with the chickens. I am at work and I am anxiously curious to see how she is doing. I know it is my fault this time and that is harder to handle than the dog or a hawk. I will keep you posted. Oh and no...
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    Chicken accident, maybe broken bones? What to do with her?

    I could post pictures of her and her posture, if that would help. I have been reading that reintroducing the girl may be troublesome as well.
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    Chicken accident, maybe broken bones? What to do with her?

    Last night I was splitting wood and a hen came out of the bushes at the same time a log went flying. It hit her right on. She is able to limp around, using her wing as balance sometimes. I'm not sure if anything is broken. If it is, it doesn't seem to be her leg, maybe her hip area or worse...
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    Sick chicken possibly from sevin dust?

    I have read about using diatomaceous Earth for this. You will never ask yourself if they are poisoned from lice control again. Get the food grade quality and you can eat it. here are two links to enjoy. http://www.richsoil.com/diatomaceous-earth.jsp...
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    Sick Chicken?

    thanks for all the great feed back. This is great. We do not have a roo. We do however have a friend that needs her services. Can we put those eggs under her? Will she set on them until the hatch or does she only sit for 21 days? She has been doing this for a few days now. We could...
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    Sick Chicken?

    Found her out Running around this morning with the same ole (new) low cluck.
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    Sick Chicken?

    I did catch her out roaming the yard before the sun went down yesterday. So I felt as if we can rule out emergency. She did appear to want sleep in the nest box, which by the way has no eggs in it as I took them all. When I saw her out in the yard she was still making the low clucking...
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