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  1. rachaelakers

    I said Id never bring a chicken in the house.....

    So I have ended up with a sick hen in a rabbit cage in my basement. So... Let me give you a little history on this hen. I got her nearly two weeks ago. And Truthfully know nothing about her. Not even her age. I know she was in a pin with too many roosters for the amount of hens so she...
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    How do I keep birds out of my coop?

    So I need to figure out a way to keep the birds out of my coop during the day but allow my chickens access to it. These sparrows are eating me out of house and home. Not to mention they have given by hens lice. (since been treated) but they are gross. And I dont like feeding them. I keep about...
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    Alright. I'm about lost now.

    Long story short. Here I go... *New chicken owner as of september of last year. *Got three 18mo Golden comets. *May of this year ended up killing on of them due to the fact that she was suuuuper sick and had lost a ton of weight and was not eating or drinking. Also had discharge from her nose...
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    Weasel...... Help me catch that evil monkey.

    He has killed two hens. How do I catch him?
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    Seriously. No eggs out of two hens. Its been weeks.

    So I have two golden comets that have not laid in a month. Neither are submissive or have bright combs. They are not molting. and they are getting fed a high protein pellet with cracked corn mixed. I don't know what their deal is. I have an aracauna hen that is new and she started laying 3 days...
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    Ahhhhhhh! Help!

    Okay So went out to the coop this morning and one of my hens is very listless. She will peck at the ground for like 30 seconds then stand there and then tuck her head and sleep and she sounds a little nasally. She had an upper respiratory thing about 7 months ago and that cleared up on its own...
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    Dirty Vent, Red, No change in behaivior.

    One of my three hens has a pasty butt. I decided to clean her up today and I took warm water soaked paper towels with dish soap on them and scrubbed it off and then rinsed with warm water. While I was cleaning her I noticed her vent looks a little red and swollen. And I have noticed that there...
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    Coyotes right behind the house. Video*

    Went out and shut the girls up in the coop, went in and got my live trap, walked back outside and was startled by this.
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    Photos*** Who's teeth make this mark?

    My guess is it is some sort of rodent. I have not seen any rats or had any signs of rats. But we do have squirrels and lots of rabbits out by the coop. It just looked odd... And I cant seem to place what tried to get into the chicken feed. Anyone recognize these teeth marks?
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    Video. Protection dog. : )

    My dog. He is a purebred catahoula. We have charging issues with him. But he never even mouths them. Good boy
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    Calcium tumors on shell. (picture)

    Does anyone know what these little calcium tumors are? and why they appear on the shells? I have one hen who has been laying them recently.
  12. rachaelakers

    Hard boiling eggs...

    Okay....... Here's my issue. Every time I boil my eggs, I put them in a pot of cold water and then put it on the stove. When it starts boiling I set a timer for 11 minutes. I have also added salt or baking soda... As soon as the timer goes of I put to the pot of water in the sink under cold...
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    To boost? Or not to boost?

    Can I hear the pros and cons of egg booster and what it is and how it works? A friend of mine had gotten six eggs in three days........... From two hens.... And she said that is the only thing she changed.
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    Again. With the hawk.

    One of my hens likes to come up on the back porch all the time. (two story deck) And she was out there making a racket so I looked out there and pretty much just had a odd feeling. So I got my coat and a banana. And had her follow me back down two flights of stairs. And I dropped the banana at...
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    What in the world is going on with this poop?

    I have three hens. And this morning I went out and let them out of their coop and two of them walked behind me and one pooped an army green runny mess and there was a ton of it. So i stood out there to see what one did it and I have her singled out. She doesn't have a dirty butt. She just has...
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    Broody Hen... But no eggs.

    I have three golden comets. Two of which are laying just fine. I have yet to see the third one lay. She is broody though. Will go take care of the other hens eggs. Also crouches down when you approach her. But I watched them today and Big red (the head of the roost) went in and laid an egg...
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    I guess she would be a good mom.

    One of my chickens was in the nesting box and was sitting on an egg that i dont think was hers. and she got up when i walked in and she continued to cover the egg with feathers and shavings while i stood there watching her. What is this called?
  18. rachaelakers

    One of those "what in the world eggs"

    This morning I went out to let the girls out of their coop and check for eggs and I saw that they had laid two. So I picked the first one up and it looked fine. The second one had a huge white splotch on it and I thought to myself well thats interesting. Anyhow I went on and was melting the ice...
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    Coyote Trouble.

    My adventures are endless with these chickens. I am amazed at how much I like them. At around 5:45am a lone coyote broke into our coop. Thank goodness I was awake. As soon as I heard the commotion. I sent Moose (our big manly catahoula leopard dog) (who is very gun shy.) I had a BB Gun in tote)...
  20. rachaelakers

    Hello from Ohio!

    My name is Rachael, I have three golden comets. The first chickens I've ever owned. I am very new to this. And truthfully am doing okay at it. But I have a ton of fun with it. My girls love them. But I am always looking to learn more and find out new ways to make their life better : )
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