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    Broody hen hatching eggs, now what?

    Hi all! It's been along time since I've posted! Life is busy! My Buff Brahma Bantum, Button, is broody again. This time, we are going to let her sit on eggs. I am confused about a broody box. I've read to put it in the coop with the flock and allow her to dash off for dust baths, but how...
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    Moving flock from NE to NC-Advise on how to do it

    Hi all! It's been a long time since I've posted! We are planning to move to NC to be closer to family. Has anyone moved a flock of chickens to a new state? I am not sure what to do once we are ready. I have 1 roo and 11 hens. Moving from northeast to NC. How will the climate affect them...
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    Moving to NC; how do I move my flock?

    Thanks so much! I wasn't sure where to post. The move would occur in the summer though...I had not mentioned that part. Lisa
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    Moving to NC; how do I move my flock?

    Hi all! It's been a long time since I've posted! We are planning to move to NC to be closer to family. Has anyone moved a flock of chickens to a new state? I am not sure what to do once we are ready. I have 1 roo and 11 hens. Moving from northeast to NC. How will the climate affect them...
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    Sudden Chicken Death Syndrome?

    I am so sorry for all of your losses--everyone... Just this morning, I went out to the coop and found my Red Cochin dead on the floor. It appeared that she had a heart attack and just fell as shavings were under her wing. No parasites, no broken bones, no wounds, no egg binding, vent OK...
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    roo with curling spurs

    Just in case anyone else has this trouble, a vet came today and trimmed his spurs and then shaped them with a dremmel tool. He's fine. They said he was "such a gentleman!." She said that they would have grown into his legs, so far better to keep them trimmed. She thinks that it will be quite...
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    roo with curling spurs

    OK! I think this will work!! Here's the picture!! Lisa
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    roo with curling spurs

    IMG_5802.jpg I'm not sure if this will work. Here's a pic of my roo with the curling spurs. He'll be 2 years old in April. There's no way I can trim him. I'll have to find someone. Any other ways? What if I do nothing? Will they keep growing?? Thanks for your help! Lisa
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    roo with curling spurs

    Happy New Year! I can't find any info on this...I hope someone here will know what to do, if anything. My standard cochin roo's spurs are curled up and headed toward his legs. Is this normal? Thanks for your help! Lisa
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    I Love My Chickens!!!

    I love mine, too! They really are so entertaining and they each have such distinct personalities! We are now talking about about building another little coop as my daughter wants her "own" chickens! The coop pages are so fun to look at! I wonder what breeds we will look into....!
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    A good way to keep your hens out of the nestboxes at night

    I know this will sound crazy as we all know that chickens do most of their pooping at night, but... I have 1 Cuckoo Maran hen that, for the past 8 months, has slept in the nest box. About twice a week, there is some poo in it on the hay. I take it out, put fresh in..no worries. I have no...
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    walking sideways & molting I think

    I'd like to know, too. My Ameracauna is doing a rapid molt and walks crouched down. I've posted about it, too. Good luck!
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    Safe limits for protein in feed?

    I use Poulin Grain for my hens and give them BOSS. About 3 cups a day of BOSS for the 13 of them because they are molting. One, my Ameracauna, is in a rapid molt and is near featherless! She has new feathers coming in all over her entire body AT THE SAME TIME! She sometimes squats down when...
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    Ameracana Moulting-question on rapid moult

    Thanks so much! It is so stormy here today--winds up to 60mph and rain and cold. I am keeping them all in today, just to keep her in. She would otherwise run out, get soaked (it's raining sideways under the covered part of the run!) and she'll get chilled for sure. I've only ever kept them...
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    Ameracana Moulting-question on rapid moult

    Hello! My Ameracauna (1.5 years old) is moulting now. It started maybe a few weeks ago, and now she is really bare! Has quills coming in (about 1/2" long) on breast, wings, neck, back...is it possible that she is growing them all at once?? Does this mean she is a rapid moulter?? She's a...
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    Introducing new hen

    Can you quarantine one hen alone for that long? Wouldn't she get so lonely? We have 12 hens (2 are bantys) and 1 big roo. Lot's of space. A friend here on the island had two bantys and a dog killed the roo. She's asked if we could take the little banty hen. For quarantine, what are we...
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    Has anyone used a chain link dog kennel for their chicken run?

    Just a comment of caution... if you are laying the chicken wire on the ground on the inside of the run, the hens may hurt their feet when digging and scratching... in our run, they have a bowling gutter all the way round the run! It's ok because we ran the chicken wire around on the inside...
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    Has anyone used a chain link dog kennel for their chicken run?

    Ours is chain link. It came from a tennis court so it is 10' tall. We aproned it on the outside of the run for 4 feet and covered it with dirt. Also, ran and trenched chicken wire on the inside. For the top, we unrolled wooden snow fencing. It all works great and we have serious birds of...
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    What the heck???? Help Needed!

    I had a shell-less egg a few days ago and a sandpaper egg today. Also had 2 eggs (different days) on the droppings board! I guess it was quite a week! Had no idea that anyone was having trouble laying... I need a spy cam in the coop to see who's doing what when! Lisa
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    Sand floor in goat shed/barn?

    Can you use Sweet PDZ in the goat barn/shed?
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