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  1. bobchell

    Dead Chicken with Blood from Mouth

    Sadly today when I went to check on our 3 Rhode Island Reds I found one of them at the coop entrance laying upside down dead. She had blood around her head, looks like it was coming from her mouth and maybe her eyes. There was blood around her head and her neck was at an odd angle but I am...
  2. bobchell

    Another Hay Question

    Hi Everyone, We have had our chickens since January (3 RIR's) and have been using chopped straw for their bedding and it has been working out great for us. I have read on here that some like sand, pine shavings, straw, etc.... My question is that I went to our local feed store today, a...
  3. bobchell

    Dirt Bathing

    Just had to share this one! Thank goodness I had read on here previously about chickens taking dirt baths because I just went outside to check mine and one of them was flopping around on the ground. If I hadn't known they do this I would of thought she was dying, lol! It was a very funny...
  4. bobchell

    Very Thin Shell on Egg

    Despite this weather my chickens, 3 RIR's, have been giving us plenty of eggs. Production slowed down to about 1 or 2 a day since we hit the minus zero temps at night for the last 4 nights in a row, to be expected. Today we got an egg that was a lighter brown and slightly darker brown on the...
  5. bobchell

    Cold Hen or Adjusting to New Place?

    Hi All, I am very new at this so I hope this is the correct place to ask this question. We adopted 3 RIR on January 4th, it will be 2 weeks this Friday, they were doing very well the first week despite the horrible snow and cold weather we have had, we even were getting an egg a day from each...
  6. bobchell

    Snowing and Windy/New at having Chickens

    We just received our 3 RIR's on Friday, they are less than a year old but adults. The weather has been cold (down to 5 degrees one night) but we have plenty of straw in their coop with a 75 infrared heat lamp that we turn on at night. They are use to being in an un-heated coop and they are...
  7. bobchell

    Heat for the coop

    Okay, I am very new to this, we are getting our first 3 chickens next week in the middle of the winter so I am kind of overwhelmed and worried. I've been reading as much as I can and my husband and I are still a little confused. He thinks we don't need any kind of "heat source" other than the...
  8. bobchell

    We are getting our first chickens

    Wasn't sure where exactly to post this so I am trying here :) I am so excited! We are getting our first 3 chickens next week! A co- worker of my hubby's needs to find homes for 8 of his chickens and we are taking 3 of them. We think they are Rhode Island Reds but won't be sure until next week...
  9. bobchell

    New to Everything Chicken

    Hi Everyone! My name is Michelle and my husband is Bob. We just moved to 5 acres in Mountain Home, Idaho and plan to have a "mini ranch" in the spring. The house we bought in July has been vacant for a year so there was much work that needed to be done and we didn't move in until July 27th so...
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