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  1. Kotiya

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    ...See you back soon! Do they look any bigger? The heat lamp is turned off in the afternoon because it is *so hot* and they don't like that! Maybe next week they will be big enough for an adventure in one of my gardens. They love bugs and digging in the...
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    3 yo lab needs 2 B trained - but how?

    I am so very grateful for the hope you have supplied me just when I needed it! We love this dog, and we love free ranging the chickens and our dogs. You've given me hope that it *can* happen, if I'm patient and work at it. Thank you so much.
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    3 yo lab needs 2 B trained - but how?

    We recently adopted a 3 yo female lab who is now great friends with our 10 yo lab. Problem is she chases and sniffs to death (or whatever she does) the chickens. She thinks they are fabulous toys. Since its cold here in Ohio, we've tried to bring a chicken into the house for her to smell...
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    wry neck? trying meds need help!

    I took away their food and put in some scrambled eggs (uncooked) to which I had added three crushed Selenium pills. I hope it can't hurt the others. I've seen two tasting it (out of 6). At some point they should get hungry, right?
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    wry neck? trying meds need help!

    ok so I'm trying this: Vitamin E gel caps and Polyvisol without iron. I also bought Selenium (could NOT find the E with it). I can hold the chick and place bitty drops of the E and Polyvisol at the side of the beak. Patience, and I can get him to take it. But the Selenium is supposed to help the...
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    wry neck? trying meds need help!

    We have 12 that hatched and are now 1 wk old. One of them is noticeably unable to hold his head straight. We aren't sure if we didn't notice it at first, because we thought he just looked like he was still cramped in the shell, or if it wasn't there. Now its obvious. If we force his head...
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    1wk old can't hold head straight up

    We have 12 that hatched and are now 1 wk old. One of them is noticeably unable to hold his head straight. We aren't sure if we didn't notice it at first, because we thought he just looked like he was still cramped in the shell, or if it wasn't there. Now its obvious. If we force his head...
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    Candling pics (day 8 in the incubator(help hairline crack in egg#2)

    ...eggs. I have 7 bantam (don't know kind cuz their for a friend) and they all look great with veining and all you need to see. then on to the Marans *I* wanted.....So far one looks good and a whole bunch that we don't know about. And those are the Blue Splash Marans with lighter brown eggs. I...
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    three Broody hens swapping nests?

    what would that look like? I have an extra large dog crate I could put the nesting boxes in outside with food and water. Is that what you mean?
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    three Broody hens swapping nests?

    ...And we could move them in their boxes to a "hoop coop" that we have so no other chickens bother them. Any other suggestions appreciated. We don't *need* babies, we just have never seem a momma hen care for babies. My kids love the idea of watching on sit on the eggs, then caring for the...
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    Bird poop

    Sorry this is so gross, but we have a tractor for our broilers (large movable pen), and the layers pasture range. Well, whenever we move the tractor, the layers think we've prepared a fantastic banquet just for them (dog loves it too ). I've heard that a large portion of their poop is...
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    Broody hen with dirty eggs - do I clean them?

    Not sure how it happened, but many of the eggs she's keeping are covered with poop. Should I wash then, or rinse them in warm water? I just don't want the babies being born into that, and then, doesn't the momma eat the shells? Ewwww!
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    Chicken is eating her eggs and her friends eggs :(

    Sorry to say, but I've heard that once they learn to crack open an egg for the delicious treat inside, they have to either be separated or culled. She might teach the other birds. It sounds so harsh, but if you want eggs for yourself, you can't let her eat them.
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    I got ripped off by my hen

    I save all of those that I get too. They are so precious!
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    why don't I have any broody hens?

    I have 32 hens, and at least 15 are Buff Orpingtons about 2 years old. Only 1 has gone broody (last year with some tragic results). We have a BO roo, so I expected they would be producing little BOs on their own. We collect the eggs everyday. Is that the problem? One BO likes to sleep in the...
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    Salmonella - Mount Healthy Hatcheries

    bought 50 meaties from Mt Healthy on June 1. Am i supposed to feed them for 8 weeks, process them, eat them and see if me or my kids get sick???????
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    Chickens on the Porch and Driveway!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

    boy can I sympathize! I used to love my gardens. A week of free-ranging and the ladies destroyed them all. In the last two years I've learned a lot about what is chicken hardy and what isn't. My daylillies get pecked at in the first weeks of growth, but they grow anyway. Roses are untouched -...
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    A coyote ate my chicken today :(

    ...in the area. Lost about 10 hens in the last 2 months. Right in the middle of the day! Our cooperative extension agent said the coyote population is *way* up and they are searching for food whenever they can however they can. I also freerange and really dont' want fences...but we have future...
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    will gell antisceptic be enough not to contaminate the new chicks?

    I am taking baby chicks to my sons class, and I plan to bring a hen. Last year he was in a classroom that had its own sink so kids could wash hands between touching. Now we won't have access to a sink. Will the antisceptic gel be enough to allow then to touch the hens, then touch the babies? The...
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    Can I raise one chick alone?

    Luckily I live within driving distance of Mt Healthy Hatcheries! I just brought home 4 Rhode Island Red and 5 Golden Comets. I'm soooo in love! Now my little BO baby doesn't have to grow up as an outcast!
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