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  1. Haihai

    Can a broiler bird live out a normal, full-length life?

    WE HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE! The kids did broilers for a 4h project last year and we had two extra after the auction, we kept them they even lay eggs! They only get to eat in the morning then the food gets taken away and they free range
  2. Haihai

    Thank you! They are my new babies and so sweet!

    Thank you! They are my new babies and so sweet!
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    1 Chicken killed by hawk, now what?

    I too had a hawk attack two weekends ago on a silkie, I was home and heard him do the warning call, I ran out and he was on the ground with a big chunk out of his back neck, thankfully I was able to recoup him in the house. ( nothing like having a roo crow at 6am in the mid room lol) I decided...
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    PEcking order or anger issues?

    You said out to the coop at a week? Is it warm where u live? It’s cold here and I am usually more than ready to put them out in the smaller coop by 4 weeks
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    Ready to put chicks out in coop, but it's so cold still

    Sorry 5 weeks lol
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    Ready to put chicks out in coop, but it's so cold still

    My chicken were be weeks when i moved them outside, i live in MI and it’s still very cold here.. I had two australorps and two SLW and two EE. They are all fine even with the temps at nearly 26. They just huddle together no supplemental heat. MIne were pretty much feathered. It was just to...
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    PEcking order or anger issues?

    4 seven week old chicks sorry lol I’m not that much of a crazy chicken lady
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    PEcking order or anger issues?

    4 seven week old chicks sorry lol I’m not that much of a crazy chicken lady
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    PEcking order or anger issues?

    Thank you! I guess we will just keep working at it.
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    PEcking order or anger issues?

    I have 47 week old chickens I need to add to the coop… I have tried to add them in the past Week… By putting a kennel inside the run and keeping them visible but separated… Today I tried to let them all join together… One hen is very aggressive with them... so I put them back in the kennel... I...
  11. Haihai

    One of my hens laid a HUGE egg!

    Wow! That is HuGe! Pretty amazing!
  12. Haihai

    48 hours after external pip

    I’m not a hatching expert by any means, but when I’ve watched eggs hatch naturally, I know they are exhausted and need breaks in between... I would give it some time. It’s an exhausting process for them
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    HAWK ATTACK INJURED ROO

    Yesterday he was not standing he and both his eyes were closed ( I am a nurse so my training is only with humans) so I did the only thing I could think of and washed him up with antiseptic wash and bacitracin cream, I increased protein and gave him fresh melon this morning to help with...
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    HAWK ATTACK INJURED ROO

    @Wyorp Rock he is crowing this morning eating ( I put him on a higher protein feed last night and drinking this morning) Photo’s attached
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    HAWK ATTACK INJURED ROO

    I HAVE A ONE AND A HALF YEAR OLD SILKIE ROO THAT GOT ATTACKED BY A HAWK YESTERDAY WHILE FREE RANGING. I WAS IN THE FRONT YARD WHILE THEY WERE IN THE BACK AND I HEARD THE ROO’s EMERGENCY CALL... MY HUSBAND AND I RAN TO THE BACK AND MY ROO WAS FIGHTING OFF THE HAWK BY THE TIME WE GOT THE HAEK...
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    Is my hen broody?

    I can’t help with an answer but I’m kinda in the same situation... One of my hens has been collecting eggs, and I go out to feed in the morning she does not come out, after work I go out to feed and let them range and she will come out for a while, the rest of the time she is in the nesting...
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    Pooping machines

    @sfgwife thats a great idea! Is your tractor just wire wheels and wood, anything special besides the hot wire fence?
  18. Haihai

    Pooping machines

    we have thought about that, they are still a little young as we live out in the country and we have a lot of predators. But thanks!
  19. Haihai

    Pooping machines

    I have 14 broilers, 6 of them my children will auction off for 4-h, the others we will process... they are in a 10x12' pen in our garage... they are pooping machines... we clean the coop about 2tes a week but it seems endless to keep it clean... any suggestions? We use pine chip our garage is...
  20. Haihai

    My Pekin almost got killed by a snake and the bone is showing Help!

    Do you have a picture?
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