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  1. Ecoria

    MASSIVE hen injury. need advice! PLEASE!

    She is still alive and seemingly doing well. we stitched up the crop (my sister is a nurse and had some sutures from an old army/navy surgery kit). We've decided to keep her back open to monitor the crop healing and keep her bandaged for another day or so, then we will stitch up her back. I do...
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    MASSIVE hen injury. need advice! PLEASE!

    I will be stitching the crop, i was asking if i should stitch up her back and neck/chest or leave it open and bandaged. I have 18 birds, I can't bring them all inside, but 2 injured birds are in the small coop for chicks and the worse 2 are in the house with me.
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    MASSIVE hen injury. need advice! PLEASE!

    Saturday and Sunday nights there was some sort of attack on my coop. Found a dead bird sunday morning and monday found 4 birds with injuries, one massive. One of my austrolorps is ripped open from breast bone, up her neck, and down her back past her wing joints. There is no skin covering her...
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    Not Dark Brahma, so what is it?

    if that's a SLW then what are the ones i got that I thought were SLWs? they are all black with white tips on the ends of the wings.
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    Not Dark Brahma, so what is it?

    Got some chicks at the feed store that were in the Dark Brahma bin, but they don't have feathered legs. Any ideas?
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    Mealworm farming

    Newbie here so take my opinion with that in mind. I think that diet sounds very limited for birds you after looking to consume after only several months of life. Also from what I'm reading on this thread 500 worms won't begin to provide you with that amount of mealies by summer. I just bought...
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    Virginia

    Anyone near Glen Allen with any extra egg laying hens? would love an SL Wyandotte, silkie, frizzle, americana or araucana, polish (a.k.a the David Bowie or Phyllis Diller), Maran or other some such pretty bird. Quick question...I'm interested in getting a big bird or two, like a Delaware or...
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    Mealworm farming

    Just ordered my first worms from WestKnollAmy. Can't wait to get them! This thread has a TON of useful info, but after a few hours haven't even made it to page 20 (Amy just took the plunge into worm farming). Is there a thread or post with highlights or tips and tricks you figured out along...
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    I caught my fox! UPDATED.. now with the VIDEO!

    Awesome! I just lost a hen to a fox and may have to try this method.
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    How old to stay outside?

    how old do chicks need to be before they can be kept outside full time? I'm wanting to acquire some more hens but can't seem to find any of laying age, and don't know how young i can get and not have to keep them inside (my house is too crowded as it is, lol).
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    Hens not laying, why?

    thank you. That article is very helpful. I'll have to examine them tomorrow. They usually get to free range on the afternoons and evening so have laid by the time I get over there.
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    Hens not laying, why?

    Duplicate post. Can't figure out how to delete.
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    Hens not laying, why?

    nobody has any advise or insights?
  14. Ecoria

    Hens not laying, why?

    I bought 7 sex link hens at a chicken swap on 8/18. Gave 3 to a friend (I keep my chickens at her place). Supposedly, at the time I purchased them, they were all laying, or so I was told. I figured it would take a couple of weeks for them to adjust to a new place and they would begin laying...
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    Can you use DLM in a tractor?

    What is sweet PDZ?
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    Can you use DLM in a tractor?

    I built a tractor for my girls. large rectangle wired bottom with a coop on top of half of it. it has a removable floor that slides out for easy cleaning (most of the poop and shavings/hay just fall as its pulled out, then it gets sprayed off). The Deep Litter Method sounds like a great...
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    New and need help! sneezing, labored breathing and white spots on ear lobes

    Heres a stupid question...we were building the coop and they were hanging out near us for much of it. Could it just be from the sawdust? I didn't even think about that until I read something about keeping dust down. Also, 2 have iridescent powdery looking spots on their ear lobes. Searching has...
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    New and need help! sneezing, labored breathing and white spots on ear lobes

    Thank you, I will try that. How long should it be before I see improvement or worry that it's not getting better?
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    New and need help! sneezing, labored breathing and white spots on ear lobes

    Saturday we went and bought our first chickens. We got 7 sex link hens, all about a year old. yesterday i noticed one of them was making a snoring sound and a few sneezes or coughs. today 2 more have runny noses and are making the sounds and one of those has white spots on her ear lobes. None of...
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