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    free range hens laying everywhere but the coop

    I have 13 layers, some of whom have decided it's too much work to run back to the nest box to lay. They all have laid there before:no change in the boxes or the nesting material. I have tried to "reset" them by leaving them locked in until noon or even 2PM for a few days. Doesn't help. They...
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    Near State College PA a new way to complicate raising birds.

    http://www.centredaily.com/2011/11/25/2998572/ordinance-ups-hen-limit.html
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    Acclimating Pet Dogs? Can it be done?

    Our rescue Brittany came to us as a pet duck-killer. He proved it the first week we had him but that was operator error. After that DH sat with him with food (lots of treats of the best kind) while I played with the chickens 10' away. When the dog paid attention to DH and not the birds, he...
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    How long till refeathering?

    These feathers are pulled out completely. With winter coming I'm concerned about her getting cold without her feather parka. She seems to be going broody now too and spends all day in the nest box.
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    How long till refeathering?

    I had a mean roo, mean to me and rough with his girls. He's no longer with us. How long till the girls refeather in their roo-induced bald spots? He's been gone for several months and there's no sign of new feathers. Do they have to go through a whole molt?
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    sick hen with lots of symptoms

    Thanks for your help. I believe we did everything we could.
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    sick hen with lots of symptoms

    It's over. RIP.
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    sick hen with lots of symptoms

    What do you think of crushed vit B on yoghurt/crumbles? She doesn't seem to like the polyvisol in water. Am I going to run into grit trouble with the crumbles? I'm not sure how much she's eating.
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    sick hen with lots of symptoms

    Thanks. Her crop issue seems to be resolved but her feet are tightly curled so she can't walk. I'm keeping her isolated but starting chick crumbles on top of her yogurt. She hasn't eaten in 5 days so I'm sure her belly is empty. Giving eyedroppers of vitamins or even water to a chicken isn't...
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    sick hen with lots of symptoms

    I have a 3 yo red sex link hen who started out 5 days ago with sour crop. It was huge and liquidy, so I isolated her, withdrew food, put poly vi sol in her water and massaged her crop. Also I kept her in muted light. Crop seemed to go down. Day 3, morning, I gave her an egg and some yogurt as...
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    What am I getting myself into?

    Tell him you won't have to take the garbage to the street for pick up. The chickens will eat it all (well, most) so you'll save time there. You won't have to go to the psychologist. Chickens do that job remarkably well. You'll save lots of time and money there. You won't have to do as much...
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    Rooster

    I have an aggressive roo: when he comes at me I catch him by his legs and let him hang for 30 seconds then lay him down gently. That treatment is lasting longer and longer. Hopefully, one day, I'll just have to go into my "make my day" stance and he'll figure it out. But if not, he does a...
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    Huge egg comment by customer

    Don't think so. He looked pretty serious to me. Quote:
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    Huge egg comment by customer

    While examining a dozen lovely fresh brown eggs, 4 of which were so large they didn't fit in the carton (I taped it shut), Mr. Customer said, "I'd better get those big ones in the refrigerator fast before they hatch." Say what? He appeared to believe that bigger eggs mean closer to hatching...
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    Mature hens not laying, almost mature hens not either - ideas?

    predators in the area? I lost a bunch of eggs to a black rat snake before we relocated him further up the hill.
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    Water Heater.............extension cord?

    Get a heavy duty, agricultural extension cord, put it in gray conduit (Lowes etc 10' sections for $1) to protect it from chewing critters. You'll have to cut off one end to fish it thru the conduit but replacement plugs are also available at Lowes etc for less than $5.
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    My chickens ate berries that could be poisonous

    digitS': I think there are many kinds of intelligences. Dogs have a certain social intelligence that lets them read our minds. Chickens have a stomach intelligence that lets them know what to eat. The 2 kinds are equally valuable, but not interchangeable.
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    Will feeding hens hot pepper encourage my dog...

    OK, Captainmoose, you are probably right. Maybe I'll just pour the pepper on the chicken poops for a while until the dog gets the idea. The next question has to be can a chicken eat the stuff you feed the dog to make it stop eating its own poop. Here's some interesting info about the problem...
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    Will feeding hens hot pepper encourage my dog...

    OK, I'll let you know. I'm going to try it this weekend. I'm getting a large sized cayenne pepper flake jar from Sam's.
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    Will feeding hens hot pepper encourage my dog...

    to stop eating their poop? He gets very bad gas from the undigested corn I think; that's one of many reasons I'd like to find a solution to his habit.
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