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    Egg shell, traces of blood, wet

    One of my BC Marans has the same sticky egg shells. The eggs whites are very thin, almost watery and the yolks have meat spots.
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    Crate to Coop Conversion -- Part 2

    It would make a great brooder. I wouldn't try to keep 4 hens in one though I've seen smaller coops with 4 and some who only have raised nest boxes in a pen.
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    Broody quit the nest.

    Screwed up the edit. A better pic of the chick, look at the tail feathers. No access to another chick. Both hen's seem happy sharing. I only did this to see what the mutt would look like.LOL.
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    Broody quit the nest.

    No, The first hen and her chick went out in the pen and the other setting broody went out too and would not go back to her egg. Now she thinks the chick is her's. I have them separated from the other adult chickens. Here's the chick.
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    Broody quit the nest.

    My first maran hatched her chick 3 weeks ago and the other broody maran quit her egg on Monday. The chick flew over the 3' wire to be with mama and the broody went too and would not go back in till dark. I took down the wire. The egg should have hatched Wed. or Thurs. So I guess it is dead. It...
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    I have a chick!

    When can I let the chick and hen out of the brooder? The chick is able to jump on the hen's back so it could get back in at night. I converted the coop to a brooder and it's 6" above ground. I put the rest of the flock in pink playhouse jail so they will be able to see and hear the hens and the...
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    I have a chick!

    Both of my black copper marans went broody so I let them have some eggs. Today I went and checked while they were eating and had one pip I think it's called and have a chick this evening. She has one more and the other hen has 1 from my olive egger. The rooster is a speckled Sussex. Mutt...
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    caught a stray

    Yep they are roos. The breeder gave me 2 black copper marans and a blue ameraucana for replacements. Now I have 3 roos and 6 hens. Somebody around here is culling their roos at the river and they are migrating in to town. All we need is feral chickens to go with the feral cats we have.
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    caught a stray

    They are a couple of months old. I'll call the breeder and see what she has to say.
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    caught a stray

    The mutt started crowing last week. Sounded like he was strangling at first. I bought two speckled Sussex as pullets but I think one or both may be roos. Tell me what ya'll think. the mutt http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/fishin-nole/100_0843_zps49990c1e.jpg and the Sussex...
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    caught a stray

    I figured it was a mutt. Looks like a water chicken only uglier.
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    caught a stray

    I heard this bird on New Years day. I found it across the street at a long vacant house. I actually called it to my house with my turkey call, just soft clucks. I have no idea what she is but there are 2 bantam roosters running loose in town' Tell me what I have...
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    Hen puffed out like a turkey

    I have a broody that does that. I take her off the nest every afternoon and she struts around all puffed up.
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    Anyone with Heat Stroke experience?

    As others have said take it very serious, for a child to go through that will have lasting effects for yrs. if not for her entire life. I've been caught by the bear more times than I can count, last time was 2 weeks ago working on my truck. I had to go in and take a shower I was so hot, got...
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    Who's gona see the movie tomoro!!!

    The wife, her SIL, mother, and mothers friend are all going Friday. I'm staying home.
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    My poor crippled bantam roo

    I have a crippled roo also and have to take him out when the girls go out. His toes are pinched up real close together so he can't stand very well but, he still does his "man" job and is healthy but quite dirty because he sits mostly like yours, so he has a slab of concrete he roosts on in the...
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    coyote urine..... does it work?

    Cover the vents with hardware cloth.
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    Tell me Im not the only one who gets excited about...

    Cool, my dog kennel pen was free, well it is technically borrowed but, with chickens in it, it's not going anywhere. I going to "borrow" his cigar humidor too since he don't smoke.
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    Floor or No Floor??

    I would refloor it and elevate it off the gound about a foot or more so they can get under in the shade. They will dig dusting holes under there.
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    When to let them out in MY run?

    Take the kids out with you, they need the sun andfresh air too. As hot as it is now I only let mine out in the evenings a few hours, they had rather stay under the coop where it's cool.
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