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  1. JoeOxfordCT

    Johnson’s Lice and Mite spray

    I searched on the internet and most article I found say it's safe to use Sevin....but then you'll always find those one or two links that'll tell you it's dangerous for both birds & people.....just enough to make you question yourself... I may try dusting my birds tomorrow night when my...
  2. JoeOxfordCT

    Johnson’s Lice and Mite spray

    Hmm...all the links about the spray I can find are British...is it available here in the States ? I just spent several hours yesterday emptying my coop and then treating the bare coop crevices with liquid Sevin, then putting in fresh shavings and treating them with both Sevin powder & DE...
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    Mites?

    Good Morning, I have red mites too in my coop with 11 girls. I am going to follow the instructions in this thread. However, I will not be able to find any panty hose...wife doesn't wear them....any workaround ?? Any other info about treating the coop/birds missing from this thread ...
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    Can I put day old chicks with a broody hen with 3 chicks 3-4 weeks old ?

    Hi All, I had ordered EE's from MPC awhile back. The post office just called and I am leaving to go pick them up as soon as I post this. In between I had a BCM hen go broody and set & hatch 3 eggs about a month ago. She & the chicks are in the pen each day and they still sleep under her at...
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    Breed advice: Need large, gentle, good layers who can't fly over a 5 foot fence...Brahmas, Buff Orps

    Thanks ChicMom, however covering the top of the large outer pen is not really practical at this point. Plus I am rather headed in the direction of fencing off a larger portion of our yard as a run later this Summer. :)
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    Breed advice: Need large, gentle, good layers who can't fly over a 5 foot fence...Brahmas, Buff Orps

    Hi All, I currently have 6 Black Copper Marans hens. I keep them in a 8'x8' coop. I have a small run that is both fenced and covered on top. Then I have a larger run that is just fenced, 5' fencing with an additional layer of chicken wire lapped onto the ground. I work from home full time...
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    Another help me identify this predator thread.... :(

    I catch the neighbors dog in my yard it's bad politics for the them not me....
  8. JoeOxfordCT

    Another help me identify this predator thread.... :(

    Thanks, can I set this kind of trap if there are dogs around ? My neighbor's dogs make the rounds in our yard every morning & night...they never bother (or actually get near) the chickens...they mostly nose around our garbage cans....
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    Another help me identify this predator thread.... :(

    Hi Folks, It's been awhile since I posted. I have lost two full grown Black Copper Marans hens in the last two weeks. I work from home and live at the end of a wooded dead end. I had let my birds free range in my yard almost since I got them as day olds from My Pet Chicken last June. I...
  10. JoeOxfordCT

    Hi ! Need young rooster or two in CT.

    Wow....I'm a Craiglist virgin I guess....never thought to look there.....Shelton is only 20 minutes away too... However, somebody PM'd me and brought me a wonderful EE Roo who just settled in yesterday. I will certainly check Craigslist in the future should I need anything. Thanks ! Joe.
  11. JoeOxfordCT

    Hi ! Need young rooster or two in CT.

    Hi, I did not know where to post this. I looked in the for sale thread but there were no listings for CT. I have 14 hens, most about 8 months old and starting to lay. A few are Marans that are a year older than the others. Most are from a My Pet Chicken order from last July. I had ordered...
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    Connecticut Chicken Stock

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  13. JoeOxfordCT

    I have a broody hen who has adopted all my 11 new baby chicks but ????

    Quote: The chicks are about a month old now. Quote: She was broody prior to my getting the chicks. She wasn't really laying much and I had no Roo at the time either. Quote: Yes to everything but bedding down with them. The Maran sleeps in a nesting box while all the chicks bed together...
  14. JoeOxfordCT

    I have a broody hen who has adopted all my 11 new baby chicks but ????

    I brought the chick inside and put neosporin on the wound. I had kept an eye on her behavior all afternoon and she seemed to continue to act ok and eat, scratch, & free range in our pen which is currently overgrown with grass & weeds. I kept the broody Maran out of the pen until it was getting...
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    I have a broody hen who has adopted all my 11 new baby chicks but ????

    I went back out and grabbed the broody Maran and kicked her out of the pen. I have waterers throughout my yard in shady protected spots....it's very hot out today.....I carried her to the farthest waterer and dropped her there......she stayed for awhile but eventually made her way back to the...
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    I have a broody hen who has adopted all my 11 new baby chicks but ????

    I just went out to check on the birds and the RIR chick has a big cut/tear/wound on her butt, no doubt from the broody Maran..... Should I kick the Maran out of the pen ?
  17. JoeOxfordCT

    I have a broody hen who has adopted all my 11 new baby chicks but ????

    I have a Cuckoo Maran hen that has been broody for awhile and I have also just started 11 new chicks of varying breeds from MyPetChicken. I moved the chicks to the coop last week. I only have 3 mature hens right now including the Maran. I thought it was great when the Maran seemed to adopt...
  18. JoeOxfordCT

    Birds sneezing at night/morning but healthy & eating ?

    Hi all, I have 2 hens that sneeze at night and in the morning. One who's smaller and not yet laying has an eye that doesn't seem to open all the way yet it's not runny or cloudy. The little one stays close to the coop along with another pullet that's about the same age yet bigger and...
  19. JoeOxfordCT

    Convert area of lawn back to woods ??

    Hi All, I put my coop out in my side yard under a large oak tree. My side yard is surrounded by woods on basically all three sides. I would like to convert this area, roughly a triangle about 120' each side, back to woods so the chickens can have more cover when I let them out of their...
  20. JoeOxfordCT

    Blending new mature birds with existing ones ?

    Hmmm...I hadn't thought about quarantining them for medical reasons..... I will have to check with Salem Feed & Grain.... Thanks for the points & advice !! J.
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