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    Broody Hen hatched an egg-What do you know-Now what?

    She is in the regular coop with all the other chickens. She is a foot off the floor with her chick in a nest box. What about food and water? Should I move them to my regular space that I use for brooding (a big horse watering metal container)? Kind of caught off guard. Will leave her in there...
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    Questions about manure and eggs during Tetracycline treatment

    The girls are going through a three to five day treatment for some coughing. It seems to be going well. Can I use the manure down the road in the garden? Can I cook up the eggs and give them back to the birds I am treating? Would make sense as I don't want to waste them. Also, could you...
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    Where do I start?

    Hello All, I am sorry about posting this problem again if it is already out there, but I get lost in a big forum like this. I have taught Media Studies at a high school and there are many benefits to these types of things but they also get so big that to sift through all the information is...
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    Golden-Laced Wyandotte Rooster-not well

    There is something really wrong with him. Up until yesterday he would make speaking sounds, for a few weeks. Now today his comb is more on the purple side and he is making this sound quite a bit. Seems to be breathing harder with an open mouth. He is one of roosters that I don't need, so to say...
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    round buckets for nest boxes

    Hello All, I know I asked this yesterday in a post buried with questions so I will ask again. Has anyone used larger (at least 10 inches in diameter) for nest boxes? I am thinking the five gallon ice cream buckets for easy clean out, or bigger if suggested. Thank you Lazarus
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    two questions as I build my urban stealth chicken coop

    Hello Folks, Just a few questions to start off with... I have 6 ISA Brown chicks (three weeks old) Insulation wise for up here in Canada in the winter, I was thinking the pink styrofoam sheets. Will the chickens pick at it if it is exposed in the coop? Second question- Has any one...
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    Hello from Windsor Ontario Canada

    Hello Folks, Just got into the chicken field three weeks ago with 6 ISA Browns, finishing off my coop and loving every minute of it, so far! Lazarus
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