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  1. cheeseheadken

    All my chickens died overnight for no apparent reason

    Anyway - thanks for your thoughts. I just wanted to check to see if there was anything I was missing (and there was - I hadn't thought of gas!) I'll swap out feed and water and check to make sure the coop is adequately ventilated. Thanks again!
  2. cheeseheadken

    All my chickens died overnight for no apparent reason

    Thanks for your suggestions. I've had chickens in this coop for 5 years and it's pretty well ventilated. The chicks are about 8-9 weeks old (not sure - they showed up one day a few months back!). They were in the same coop and have access to same food and water, which leads me to think either...
  3. cheeseheadken

    All my chickens died overnight for no apparent reason

    nope - we've consistently been in the 80s/90s all summer!
  4. cheeseheadken

    All my chickens died overnight for no apparent reason

    Correct - mama and babies on the floor, the rest roosted. The house is raised on a platform 2 feet off the ground. I don't believe they were purposefully poisoned. I live on 11 acres and the drive has an alarm. Don't think I've ticked anyone off lately either! Thanks for your thoughts!
  5. cheeseheadken

    All my chickens died overnight for no apparent reason

    Just baffled here. Unlocked the henhouse this morning and every one of my 11 layers (except one who had hatched some chicks, and her 5 chicks) was dead in the coop, apparently unharmed. No feathers missing, no blood, no wounds, nothing. The only thing I can think of is they were poisoned...
  6. cheeseheadken

    West Tennessee Thread

    Hello all - I'm in Medina - just moved out to the country from North Jackson. My flock: 3 EE 4 BO 1 Cuckoo Marans 1 Welsummer 1 EE Rooster I've also got 10 3-week-old chicks in the brooder: 2 BO 2 "Cherry Eggers" 2 White Leghorn 3 Welsummers 1 Welsumer cockerel Excited to be out on...
  7. cheeseheadken

    17 Week Easter Egger Gender?

    Thank you all. Now to decide if he's big enough to eat or not. I'm in the city limits where I'm not supposed to have chickens at all (though the neighbors don't care), so he needs to go somewhere.
  8. cheeseheadken

    17 Week Easter Egger Gender?

    So, I began suspecting my pullet was a cockeral several weeks ago, but as a first-time chicken owner, I was unsure. After reading last night, I'm fairly certain I will not be getting any pretty eggs from this fella, but would love an experts advice. From what I've read, there are hackle and...
  9. cheeseheadken

    Help with homemade PVC watering setup.

    Thanks for your suggestions. I really do think that I have air leaking in through one or both of those unsealed joints--I am going to glue the one elbow that is not sealed this evening and see if that changes anything. If not, I may go ahead and add a valve to the top of the tank, as you...
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    Help with homemade PVC watering setup.

    Good afternoon friends, I've put together a watering setup for my new coop and have run into an issue. I'm hoping someone out there can spot it, or confirm what I suspect. You'll see a picture of the outside of the coop below. Basically, I have a "tank" made of 4" PVC, which reduces to...
  11. cheeseheadken

    Sick Chick

    just saw she has some thick, bloody ooze coming from her vent. Anything i can do for that, or time to let her go?
  12. cheeseheadken

    Sick Chick

    Thanks - just wanted to make sure i wasn't missing something. She did just take some more sugar water from an infant medicine syringe, so we'll giver her a little bit longer and see if she perks up before culling her.
  13. cheeseheadken

    Sick Chick

    So, my first post here since I got chickens - but I have three pullets from the feed store that were shipped in yesterday morning. The (hatchery) araucauna has seemed wimpy from when I picked her up, sleeping all the time, tipsy, doesn't run around, etc. She walks every know and then, but the...
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    Any info for Jackson, TN (Madison County)?

    I've done a bit of investigating and it appears that chickens are not allowed in the city (anything zoned RS Single Family Residential District). The lady in the county building office told me I needed to give her an address so she could check the zones to see what the regulations were. The...
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    Any info for Jackson, TN (Madison County)?

    So, there is a chance I may be moving to Jackson, TN sometime soon and would love to start a backyard flock of layers for eggs and roosters for dinner. I have been lurking here for about 4 months and have been trying to find info on the ordinances for Jackson. No such luck as of now. Anyway...
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