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    fungus?

    Thanks, will give it a shot.
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    fungus?

    Should have added, she's the alpha hen, so not being pecked.
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    fungus?

    3 year old barred rock, never seen this on any others.
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    My "cooling station" seems to be a hit.

    Out here on the prairie, air movement is seldom a problem, for better or worse.
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    My "cooling station" seems to be a hit.

    Just put this together with some stuff I had, They seem to really like it. 2 half gallon milk jugs frozen, change about every 2 hours. Whatever it is, it's better than 103 - 106 degrees
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    Inversely Noahic

    Well, officially 40 days with NO rain, so I guess we're sort of Noah in reverse. Some South of us, but moving South. Oh, well, the folks down there are parched too. When the girls are out free ranging, most of what they can find looks like hay - I think they would really like some green stuff.
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    Good tips that you use to keep chickens cool in the summer when it is 100°

    Lots of good ideas here. I've done most of them, except for the ones that add humidity. It's usually 100 here by 10:30- 11:00 (real time not fake govt. time) so lots of trips out to cool down the water.
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    Ended Official BYC Caption Contest 07-08-22 Pic by Chookchicken

    Excuse me, is this were I sign up for the hot chick contest?
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    Can chickens and geese eat broccoli leaves?

    Mine love it, along with collards. I daily trim off a few leaves to give to them (The plants are in raised beds). When they see me headed that way with the scissors they come running!
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Only 1 from my six girls :( Don't think they like these day after of day of 100+ temps - fore cast is for at least the next 10 the same 101-105.
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    Comment by 'mtn_bob' in article 'Common Chicken Sayings Idioms Other Funny Things We Say'

    Can't believe you missed "Like a hen on a June bug" Maybe it's a Texas thing.
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    Help, I think I got my first rooster

    Thanks, lots of good info. My current flock is 2 RIRs ,2 Barred Rocks, 1 Amber link and 1 GL Wyandot . So, showing my ignorance, if an egg is fertilized, but not incubated or brooded, nothing happens? You just eat them? About no electricity, I was thinking about when no one has it, no just me.
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    Help, I think I got my first rooster

    First a bit of background so no one will have to ask. We have 6 hens just past 3 years old, ave 4 eggs/day. Got them as 3 day olds. They have a large run and free range part time. So I have managing them down pretty well. We have 10 Australorps that are 17 days old. It looks like we might have a...
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    Potential Rooster

    SO they're just like 14 year old humans :) I taught 8th grade for 22 years!!!
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    What is too hot to move chicks out?

    Thanks, good ideas. I see you know heat. "But it's a dry heat" :)
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    What is too hot to move chicks out?

    Thanks, they're under a heat lamp now @ about 90 but they'll be off that for a long time before I move them out in 3 weeks or so. I'm planning on taking they out for some "play time" in the mornings when it's only mildly horrible.
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    What is too hot to move chicks out?

    My chicks are just 6 days old today, so I've got a while. But I'm wondering about moving them from the 78 degrees or so inside to really hot outside (Today June 11 was 107 with 117 THI) Lows are 80 if we're lucky.
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    Lost my first girl today

    Thanks, what's so perplexing is that there were no noticeable symptoms. She was running around just like the others. Then suddenly she wasn't.
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    Lost my first girl today

    Really sad and perplexed. My one Buff Orpington, only a year old. When we let them out this morning, she seemed fine, ran out and started pecking and scratching like normal. About 30 min later I looked and all the girls were huddled around Buffy, who was lying by the fence. I went out and she...
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    Anyone know this "weed"?

    Sorry, been really busy... I tasted some, really no flavor to report. Anyway, some people see weeds, I see dollar bills (chicken feed)
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