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  1. Nonnie195

    Chick-a-dee Manor

    A lot of my friends have asked me to post pictures of my coop, so I decided this is the place to do it. Once I decided to get chickens, the hunt was on to find a coop. I searched the internet and looked for play houses and various storage buildings that were for sale. Then, a friend told my...
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    Roosters, Hens, and Molting

    I have saddles, but even with the saddles, if he mounts them, he can still hurt them from the pressure.
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    Roosters, Hens, and Molting

    My chickens will molt for the first time this fall. (I have 9 hens and 1 rooster.) Will the rooster continue to try to mate the hens during molt? I have read that they will be very sensitive to touch as their new feathers grow in, and I do not want Solomon, the rooster, to hurt them.
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    Missing egg/chick

    I found the chick. It must have gotten stepped on and ended up at the very bottom of the nesting area. I guess when I "looked," I just moved it around. It was sad to see the dead chick. I was using pine shavings. Maybe the egg got moved down to the bottom of the nest where there would be no...
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    Missing egg/chick

    I know this sounds crazy, but I am either missing an egg or a chick. I had 5 eggs under my hen, Rudy. Three have hatched. When Rudy got up, I noticed that one egg is still intact, and two eggs are broken into two pieces and empty. To be honest, I have no idea what happened to the other shells...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Awesome!!!
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    Feather regrowth time?

    Ridgerunner, I really like the expression "immature hormone-driven cockerel." I love my rooster. Solomon is almost one year old and very large; he is a splash orpington. He always insists the girls eat first and is always on the lookout for anything that could be dangerous. I have nine girls...
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    Advice on quarantine/management for overmated hen, please

    What is blue lotion?
  9. Nonnie195

    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Awesome, I know you are excited!
  10. Nonnie195

    How to stop a broody hen and control the population of your flock

    I have a hen that, several weeks ago, was so insistent on hatching eggs that I let her. All of this is new to me (I've only had chickens for about one year now). It was extremely cold outside during this time, single digits, and she would not get off the nest to eat, drink, or poop. I read...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    SlipsWife, that is adorable!
  12. Nonnie195

    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Sweet!
  13. Nonnie195

    Mareks Vaccine

    I have so much about if "Mareks is on the property." How would one know if it is on the property?
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    Rooster chicks - what to do with them

    I did a lot of research before I ordered 8 pullets from a hatchery. I wasn't so much interested in the size of the egg, although after having my red stars lay such large eggs I wish I had gotten more of them. Well, to make a long story short, my husband and I kept suspecting one of the pullets...
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    Merek's and other vaccinations

    That is so simple. Sometimes I feel like such a dunce.
  16. Nonnie195

    Merek's and other vaccinations

    Biosecurity is an awesome thing. While I only wear one of two pair of shoes into the coop or run, sometimes I need my sweet husband to do something for me. He doesn't have extra shoes to wear only in the coop/run. When it was warm, he would go barefooted for me, but I don't think that is an...
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    Separating Baby Chick & Hen

    Wow. I didn't know that. When I use a shovel to "edge" around the flower beds, I guess I can put the "scrapings" in the run.
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    Rooster chicks - what to do with them

    Ren2014, Love your pic. Chickies are so cute and they do the funniest things.
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    Mareks Vaccine

    I just spoke with a guy from Twin City Poultry Supply. He said he has been raising poultry for 30+ years. He told me that if the chicks hatched in an incubator, he would vaccinate; but, if the mama hen hatches the chicks, then there is no reason for the chicks to get vaccinated as they are...
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    Separating Baby Chick & Hen

    Does grit need to be provided? or oyster shell?
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