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  1. aggiemae

    Chickens all stopped laying at once

    we added 4 hens to our flock of three about 3 weeks ago.Two of the new girls aren't laying yet. All was well, 4-5 egg s a day. Then, since about two weeks ago, only two hens are laying. We got 4 eggs in the past 7 days. All our hens are young though one appears to be starting A molt. Any...
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    We have a Roo that doesn’t crow

    There is a long and pretty funny story to go with this but the end is that one of our 6 Wilco Farm Store hens hatched 4/19 is a roo. I might have considered this sooner if he had ever crowed but all his vocalizations (so far) have been lady chicken sounds. Aside from this being the most...
  3. aggiemae

    Add two ducks to newly hatch chicks?

    chicks have hatched in the past 24 hours. Lemon Yellow is still sitting the last two eggs and taking good care of her 4 chicks. Farm store is getting 24 hour old ducks tomorrow morning, can I put them under the hen? We have a pond and a duck house.
  4. aggiemae

    Broody hens first hatch, a slow hatcher

    Lemon Yellow is sitting purchased eggs. Started with a dozen, she kicked some out of the nest along the way and one of the two Americanas got his/her shell crushed on day 19. Leaving 7 viable eggs. On day 21, in driving rain, on the coldest, windiest day in years... we had one chick at noon...
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    rescue birds with gigantic croups, probbable anemia?

    I got four hens and a rooster (purchased as "Easter chicks") that were being kept in a "less than desirable" situation from a neighbor yesterday. They had no food or water when I took them out of the dog crate they were housed in and they were crazy thirsty and hungry yesterday. Today when i was...
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    New Oregon Hatchery "Pete's Hatchery" formerly "Farwest Hatchery"

    I picked up my chicks yesterday afternoon. They do mail order but it was a quick drive. The place was clean and the week old chicks left over from last weeks shipment or late hatchers seem healthy and well cared and are being sold on CL. My only issue was that the chicks were on wire so the...
  7. aggiemae

    a different pasty butt problem...

    I impulsively got two ~ week old Cookoo Maran chicks at the hatchery when I went to pick up my Easter Eggers. They were given probiotics at the hatchery and had ACV in thier water. Their vents looked dirty but opened yesterday but this morning they where both straining to poo. I unplugged...
  8. aggiemae

    sneezing hens

    I read several threads on the subject but couldn't find much in the way of treatment.It was one hen on Friday, but now two are sneezing. They each sneezed several times in the 15 minutes I observed them. One is also shaking her head so I will treat her for ear mites tonight. All our hens are...
  9. aggiemae

    prolapsed vent- egg bound? soaking in tub now need help with next step

    Back round: one of our Buff Orps gets frequent baths for major poopy butt but until yesterday her vent looked ok once it was cleaned. Now she has prolapse about 12 -3 o'clock on her vent. I tucked it in after the bath and when I rechecked her in the evening the prolapse was back out and her butt...
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    Green Poop- has anyone ever treated this successfully?

    I have read a few threads about green poops and they never end well. Does this ever have a good outcome? BACK STORY: We had a sick molting hen a few weeks back. She was squat walking and seemed tired and the tips of she new quills were bleeding but it did not seen like she had been pecked...
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    ORGANIC Day Light Neutral SEASCAPE Strawberries- price includes shipping

    Day Light Neutral Strawberries- 24 plants-permaculture ground cover Organic 'Day Neutral' Seascape Strawberries For gardeners who want to steadily harvest tasty fruits all season, not pecks once a year. Plants flower and set fruit through out the growing season. Unlike many other...
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    Permaculture Talk and best $1.99 E book ever!

    This thread is for anyone interested in teaching what they know for those who what to learn from those who know more that we do. I have all the "usual" raised bed kitchen annual garden, berries and a few fruit trees, keep a worm farn and compost pile but what I really want to do is develop my...
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    New additions to my "Hen Doctor" box

    This is what I have on hand: the items in bold are the ones that can be useful even if you are not up to minor surgery! liquid infant vitamins with iron- for anemia post bleeding, mites lice or other blood sucking parasite infestation use just once after treatment- to much Iron is bad for...
  14. aggiemae

    many bleeding quills on Molting hen- also lethargic weak

    I have copied yesterday's post for back round: Our otherwise healthy 18 mo old (production) RIR is one of those hens who loosed so many feathers that she in nearly bald so I have been keeping a close eye on her since it has been cold and raining out. She has loss nearly all the feathers on...
  15. aggiemae

    bleed quill and worrisome behavior

    Our otherwise healthy 18 mo old (production) RIR is one of those hens who loosed so many feathers that she in nearly bald so I have been keeping a close eye on her since it has been cold and raining out. She has loss nearly all the feathers on her back and wings but in the past few days her...
  16. aggiemae

    Buf Orp panting, lethargic, ruffled feathers HELP!!!

    She is panting, her feathers are ruffled and her wings are out, she's a little droopy and feels hot to touch, She is about 5 months old, has been laying since she was ~17 weeks old. I am not sure if she laid today but she did lay yesterday. She doesn't have any sneezing, or discharge. It's...
  17. aggiemae

    HELP! egg bound pullet

    Our Buf Orp pullet is egg bound. She was in the nest at 9 AM, One of the other hens was making a distress sound and when I went to check I found she was till in the nest around noon. She did not lay yesterday. She is panting, her vent is hot red and pulsing and her tail feathers are bobbing up...
  18. aggiemae

    broody hen rejecting certain eggs?

    We have a broody Buf Orp. We are discouraging her now but might let her sit if she goes broody in spring. She is doing something I think is weird. Yesterday afternoon I went out to gather the eggs and found both two chocolate brown eggs laid by my Maran hens on the coop floor and the Buf in the...
  19. aggiemae

    Free range Buff Orp fun- found this while looking for an egg song on u-tube

    I loved this and though I would share!:
  20. aggiemae

    EGG SONG-helpful for first timers

    This is an "egg song": Most hens "sing" it at egg laying time. Pullets seem to sing longer than experienced hens. If you free range this gives you time to find then and put them into the nest box.
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