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  1. woods79

    Maine

    So far rat free here ( knock on wood) my girls enjoyed some fresh cut grass this morning, growing in flats in the house also have a dust bath for 2.
  2. woods79

    Maine

    As for weather my girls are doing better than I am, however I will be redoing their run so not as much snow gets in, used my small tiller to brake some of it out and shoveled it out was about 8 inches of snow and ice buildup
  3. woods79

    Maine

    I have the water up on blocks but you know hay the girls can get when one finds a stray sunflower seed in bedding the straw starts to fly. I hope your hen gets through her molting soon, bad time a year not to have a jacket on, lazy gardener I will try the water jug in the bowl. I would not...
  4. woods79

    Maine

    Hows every one doing with the cold weather we had, my girls did good but think I need to close up a few eve vents there are 16 vents ( 8 front, 8 back) and loosing any heat the girls may be putting out. it is not drafty just a lot of heat loss. Been getting good egg production 4-6 most days (14...
  5. woods79

    Maine

    I ended up getting the run shoveled and use a rake to turn things up and added a layer of leaves I reserved, it got the girl's out long enough to get some fresh air before it was time to go in the night
  6. woods79

    Maine

    Good morning on this snow day, my girls would not go out in the snow how about any one else
  7. woods79

    Topic of the Week - Kitting out the Coop

    We are first year chicken owners and this roost set up is the best thing I built, the tarp swagging under it catches 90% of dropping, twice a week I sweep/rake off in to my shovel and put in the compost bin. Easy clean
  8. woods79

    Topic of the Week - Lice and Mites - Prevention and Treatments

    @Lady of McCamley Thank-you for the info, I like natural routes with things around the home and yard so it was just one thing that popped in my head.
  9. woods79

    Topic of the Week - Lice and Mites - Prevention and Treatments

    Has anybody tried teatree oil as a natural repellent I know it helps repel head lice
  10. woods79

    Maine

    Wow nice hoop house
  11. woods79

    Maine

    Our hen passed away some time last night, now not 100% sure she was egg bound for when I did a vent inspection the other day there was no egg there. We do not know the age of these hens we got from my aunt and now thinking she was just on her way out. She was kept warm and comfortable her last...
  12. woods79

    Maine

    She is inside and in isolation, the steam thing would not work in our house for we keep wader temp down do to children...
  13. woods79

    Maine

    She is pooping some but runny my main thing is she is not really eating
  14. woods79

    Maine

    Well our girl still has not passed the egg thinking might be 2 there, we got some extra calcium in her and another warm soak, she is trying to push but we are at a loss of what else to do....
  15. woods79

    Maine

    Ok the Hen I was concerned about seems to be egg bound, I can feel one there and she has not eaten much in the last few days, she is drinking, I gave her a 20 min warm soak and massaged her and lubricated her vent she has some bloody fecal matter come out when I did . Also found out she has lice...
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