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    Ants in my coop - HELP!

    I found them this morning. We've got a tractor coop and they seem to be in one corner of it. I already have the suckers in my kitchen, now they have to invade the chicken coop. Do I worry about it and do something or let it be? They don't appear to be fire ants, just standard small ants. We live...
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    The water dunking cured my broody!! (Update w/ PIC)

    Quote: We used hose water with some ice, admittedly. It was very cold water, but not colder than I would have sat in myself. She was in it for about 30 seconds. And I did it twice with about an hour in between. When I felt her temp vs the temp of my other hens, I was convinced that I would...
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    The water dunking cured my broody!! (Update w/ PIC)

    Quote: Is she sitting on fertile eggs? I think if she hatches the eggs it should, but I've never done that. It will take a while though.
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    The water dunking cured my broody!! (Update w/ PIC)

    Quote: Hey, I'm a believer in it now. Especially since we live in NC and it's so hot here now, I think she actually liked it. I did it twice. I "think" she just layed me an egg. I posted a pic in the original post. I've not seen that many people speak positively about this technque but...
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    The water dunking cured my broody!! (Update w/ PIC)

    Quote: Hey, I'm a believer in it now. Especially since we live in NC and it's so hot here now, I think she actually liked it. I did it twice. I "think" she just layed me an egg. I posted a pic in the original post. I've not seen that many people speak positively about this technque but...
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    Picked Up One Of These At The Feed Store This Week

    How precious! Named it yet?
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    The water dunking cured my broody!! (Update w/ PIC)

    Thanks. I'm still surprised that I keep seeing her running around the backyard happy. She's definitely NOT broody, but she's not laying yet either. I don't know how long it'll take her to resume egg-laying. We'll see about that part. My wet hen wasn't all that mad, but then again, my girls don't...
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    The water dunking cured my broody!! (Update w/ PIC)

    Lena (RIR) has been broody for a week and I don't have a roo and have a small tractor coop. We did the isolation coop (Broody Buster method) to no avail. She kept going back to the coop, fighting with the other girls and just being overall fiesty. Yesterday afternoon, I dunked her (just her...
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    My first broody - I need help. . .

    We're doing the Broody Buster Technique. Hopefully it works.
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    My first broody - I need help. . .

    How long does this last? We have NO rooster. Do I need to let her sit on eggs so she feels she's being productive?
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    My first broody - I need help. . .

    We've got a small coop (tractor style) and three hens. Miss Lena is acting odd as of last night. She stays in one nesting box. Went to bed there (was sitting on three eggs) and when we woke up she was still there. Puffs up big when I open the hatch to check for eggs. When I get her out, she lays...
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    Coon is trying to dig in, I think

    We live in the city. I often find coon scat in the yard.
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    Can I still give them cracked corn?

    Yes, that's what I meant. Not as food, but just something to peck/scratch around for.
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    Coon is trying to dig in, I think

    I think we've got a coon attempting to dig under our coop. I have found evidence two nights in a row. The ground is hard. But the little devil is persistent. Is it time to trap? I don't want holes all over my yard. Would only a coon do this? We have a fenced in yard. It's not my dog and it's not...
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    Would this chain link be raccoon proof??

    Yes, we have them on our coop. Raccoon-proof, indeed!
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