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    Review by 'haemony' in article 'Moringa The Master Healer For Chickens & Treatment Of AVIAN ARTHRITIS'

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    14 Y.O. Hen sitting in a nest box like she wants to lay. I am perplexed.

    Possible. Stevie has always loved chicks and raised a few broods of her own way back in her day. I see no other signs of broodiness though. She is still fussing around the nest boxes and sitting in one sometimes. I don't think she has laid an egg. She seems fine otherwise so I am no longer as...
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    14 Y.O. Hen sitting in a nest box like she wants to lay. I am perplexed.

    Thank you so much for the reply. This is very helpful.
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    14 Y.O. Hen sitting in a nest box like she wants to lay. I am perplexed.

    This is so strange. I have a 14 year old EE hen (Stevie) who hasn't laid an egg in almost a decade suddenly sitting like she wants to lay. She has not shown any interest in laying or in the nest boxes in that long. She has never been broody. For the past few days she been fussing around the...
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    Oxine

    Oxine AH is activated by adding citric acid before dilution. It does not come activated in the bottle. It is correct that birds should not be exposed to activated oxine.
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    Simple and easy ways to keep your chickens cool

    Thank goodness for fans. They have kept my chickens alive. Just don't turn them off if it's still too hot. I use all of the methods. Cool puddle of water to stand in, as much shade as possible using shrubs and shade cloth, cold watermelon and cucumbers, cool water, etc. Those work during the...
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    3 Weeks Old Today: Heat Plate Height

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    Anyone in WV???

    Hi Laura! I am right over on the other side of Sleepy Creek near Pious Ridge in Morgan County. I have family in Hedgesville. :)
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    Thin shelled eggs.

    I know this thread is old but for anyone looking for info through a web search (like I just did) I want to put this here. Rhubarb is poisonous to chickens. Never give your chickens rhubarb and to be on the safe side, do not give them access to rhubarb plants. Was this list designed as...
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    Auto coop door opener

    Not familiar with the Fleming but I've had a Pullet-Shut automatic door for a year now and I love it. Works perfectly with no problems. Keep in mind that my coop is attached to a covered run so the door has some protection from the elements. I have a solar powered version. I like that it opens...
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    Distressed hen. Choking or lump in throat?

    In the late fall. Thanks for your response. I can't see worms in her throat. If they are tiny, I'd have to swab she has a painful lump in her throat which would make that difficult.
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    Distressed hen. Choking or lump in throat?

    Oh. I'm sorry. I'll fix it. Annabelle is 4 years old. I think it is fixed. It says public now. I just gave them some chopped up boiled eggs. She did eat but then seemed worse after...like she has appetite but it possibly causes her pain to swallow.
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    sneezing/coughing hen

    I have the same problem.. It sounds like the same symptom. Only one hen. No other signs of illness. Here is a video. Does it sound like this? I am told that gape worm is very rare and this doesn't seem like it. Not 100% though.
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    Distressed hen. Choking or lump in throat?

    Hello. I have a hen in obvious distress but I am stumped. She started sneezing or coughing (I thought she was sneezing) a few days ago. She has done this before, especially in the spring and then stopped. This time she is not stopping but getting worse. Now the sneezes sound like wailing or...
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    Do I need heat lamp in coop with the cold weather???

    It's easy for long time and well prepared chicken keepers to say "Oh do not ever heat your birds". or "they'll be fine." While in general I agree that chickens kept in medium to large flocks in a well prepared coop do not need heat, there are times when that advice does not apply. Now we have a...
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    3 chickens in -20 degree weather and colder?

    It seems to me that neither you, your chickens, or your coop are prepared for this drop. I see no harm in bringing them inside. To be on the safe side and since there are only three, I think you should. You will sleep better and your chickens won't be scared or miserable. After the freak cold...
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    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    Yep. It's molting time. Not so much eggs... just lots of feathers.
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    Can one chicken make it alone for a while after a tragedy?

    I'm so sorry this happened to you. Had my first predator loss yesterday and it is rough. I do think chickens have emotions although I have no idea exactly what they are. I do know that chickens do not like to be alone so you are not imaging that she is upset. She is also still probably spooked...
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    Replacing a baby chick. Will it work? Hen lost chicks and is in denial?

    Thanks bobbi-j. I'll feel a less worried about it if she'll already be integrated and won't have to be alone. Hope it works out that way. My apologies for my original post not being clear at all. I guess I was upset about the chicks I lost and not all that coherent.
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    Replacing a baby chick. Will it work? Hen lost chicks and is in denial?

    Thank you for the responses. My only reason for adding more chicks was concern for the last remaining chick so I would not want to switch them out. Although I feel bad for the mother I know she'll carry on and she still has the one to look after. I thought it might be rough on the little one to...
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