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  1. farmkat55

    Feeding suet in frigid temps

    I have a block of suet in the freezer I've saved for my flock of 7 hens and 1 rooster just for the terrible temps we have coming this week! I just wanted to know the best way to give it to them? Would I just put the block out there in a pan? Thanks! We are going to -40 with windchill by end...
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    Molting in mid-November

    One of our hens, Cheeps, has just started molting. We have 4 hens and one rooster now and all the others have done it big time and she did not at that time. The others are 3 1/2 yrs old. Cheeps is 1 yr and 3 months old. We live in South Dakota and while we have had a mild fall so far, what...
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    Egg supplements?

    I have been feeding layer feed since they started laying. Also, these are Buff Orps and we have one RIR that is under a year and a terrific layer. Our girls always were great layers so I just wondered if it's age related. I've never had one be egg bound either but wonder if that can happen more...
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    Egg supplements?

    Are 3 yr old hens done laying decent eggs or is there something to feed them besides adding oyster shell? They already get that and have since they started laying. We're getting soft shelled eggs or even some that seem to have no shells.
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    Ok...eggs per day?

    Yep, I forgot to mention that they were all normal! She's been a daily layer since she started at about 18 wks and never anything other than a perfect, hard shelled brown egg! They were a little smaller in the beginning but never an odd egg and hubby says they're delish!
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    Ok...eggs per day?

    We also know when she lays as she's in the house and she yells all about it! Plus, we pick up immediately each time!
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    Ok...eggs per day?

    Nope the other chickens are in an outside coop and attached run. Cheeps lives in the house as she was rescued as a chick in the Fall. She is still smaller than our flock hens but has been going out to visit when my husband can stay with and watch them. She has a pen with a nest box in the house...
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    Ok...eggs per day?

    So, our little 7 month old rescue RIR hen named Cheeps...laid no less than THREE eggs yesterday! First one was about 8:30 am. We know it's her since she lives in our house till it warms up. I couldn't believe it! Then, yep she laid another egg today! I had read that 2 are a rare occurrence but...
  9. farmkat55

    Impacted crop

    Help! I just got home from back surgery...literally just now. I think our rescue house (from last fall) has an impacted crop... she's going down fast.. what can we do? 😭
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    Intro the house chicken to the flock!

    Yeah, I was thinking we would at least do the intro in the yard to free-range with just one on one. It sounds like a good idea to do with the coop/run for a day, too! Thanks for the tips! Us over here East River are only going to 65 on Sat but that's still a heatwave for sure!!
  11. farmkat55

    Intro the house chicken to the flock!

    Well, her pen in the house has a little nest box but there is really no place to put her for the night out in the big run. Have to build her another smaller coop so I'm hoping to just integrate her like we've been doing. She has not free ranged with them yet, have not been able to be out there...
  12. farmkat55

    Intro the house chicken to the flock!

    I know she is old enough to be outside, but she is acclimated to indoor temps that are regulated. We are in the 20-30s at night and 30-40s in the day right now....but we have had a mild winter so now the temp is up to 53 today!! It just fluctuates. We still have our heated outside waterers on...
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    Intro the house chicken to the flock!

    So...hubby rescued a lone Rhode Island Red chicken baby last Fall in a ditch near our house. Absolutely NO idea where she came from as we are the only ones around with chickens and there were no other chickens, baby or adult, to be found near the ditch. It was getting cold as we live in South...
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    Trimming spurs

    Yeah I know the spur itself doesn't have feeling like our nails, but the nerve under it is also like us cutting ours or a dog's, etc nails too short. It hurts! But infection is the most concern, I agree.
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    Trimming spurs

    I am not near the coop right now to get pics of his spurs but they are long enough to touch for sure and pretty much can cross over! He still walks ok but I don't want him jumping on any of the hens and stabbing them! 😧
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    Trimming spurs

    Yeah, I have seen both of those methods mentioned and am thinking we may do the Dremel one. We have always had lots of critters and I have been a vet assistant so I knew about the quick and figured the heat of the Dremel would in effect cauterize it so minimal if any, blood. I have also seen...
  17. farmkat55

    Trimming spurs

    Ok, our Mr. Cogburn has some hellacious 😲spurs going on and I wonder if I can get some ideas of the best way to trim them? He's a doll and easy to handle and we have trimmed them just a bit before with the bigger dog nail clippers, but he needs more than a bit taken off this time! Thanks for...
  18. farmkat55

    Little confused about feed

    Thanks so much for all the information!! Just to double-check...I need a food that is higher than 18% protein, right? Again, how high is too high or is there such a thing? It's time to get more feed anyway, so I think I will switch! I knew they needed more protein while molting so I have a...
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    Little confused about feed

    What is the difference between the AF and the FR?
  20. farmkat55

    Little confused about feed

    I have 4 hens and 1 rooster. (Lost two hens from illness last year and 1 rooster is in the freezer due to his aggressiveness.) My remaining 5 were 2 yrs old in April. They are my first chickens. We got them as days old chicks and when they started laying, they started getting layer feed. I...
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