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    Hen with dirty butt....

    I have a year old hen with a dirty butt. She is our friendliest hen and she is avoiding me.... She's always the one to run over and see what treats you brought her. Can I use ACV? How much per gallon? Thanks!!
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    Ameracauna with runny poo...

    Our girls - we got them in May - have been laying until recently. It's pretty cold here (Wisconsin!!) and we don't heat the coop - 2 have still been laying... I went out the other day and spent some time out there talking to the girls and noted that one Ameracauna - Cinderella - was kind of...
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    Gapeworm?

    What is this and the syptoms?
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    Our favorite chicken is coughing!!!!

    Help! My favoprite Ameracauna is coughing/choking... I can't see anything down its throat. I sounds like it is hoarse... I stuck her beak in the water to make her drink - she didn't like it! Any ideas? No other sick hens. Thye are about 22 weeks old and just started laying. Help! She is our...
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    storing fresh eggs

    I was told not to wash them - just brush off the dirt. Then I was told not to refridgerate them right away. But I do want to refridgerate if they are fertilized - right? By the way we are proud-egg-parents!!!! We finally got eggs 5 in 3 days!!!! We are thrilled!
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    Wisconsin Coop Tour

    We are having a coop tour in Madison on August 25th. Should be great - last year it had great attendance! Here is the link! http://www.madcitychickens.com/calendar.html I can't wait!
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    Norwegian Jaerhon

    I am Norwegain - so of course when it came time to pick out breeds we bought a Norwegian Jaerhon. But what I don't know is - how good of an egg layer are they? All I know is that their eggs are white.... Anybody have one that can tell me? We live in Wisconsin - I figure a Norwegian chicken...
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    runny poo... ACV?

    One of my 6 weekers has runny poo. The problem is I don't know which one it is. I have watched them and they all have normal poops also...... I put 1 capful of ACV (per 1 quart water) in their water today. I hope this will help. Can someone be more specific as to the ACV per water formula...
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    putting 6 weekers together with 2 weekers

    We have 4 chicks (6 weeks old) out in the coop: 2 Ameracaunas 1 Norwegian Jaerhon 1 RIR They get along great! We also have 2 chicks (3 weeks) in the brooder: 1 Silkie 1 Leghorn I am in a time crunch. We leave for vacation in 2 weeks and need to put all of them in the coop (our neighbors are...
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    Chick that runns backward - normal?

    I have a 2 1/2 week old Leghorn (?sex?) that runs backwards! It (Sammy) is still in the brooder, and runs into the walls. Sammy does it alot - not just when startled. Is this normal for this breed? Does Sammy have some neuro-disorder? Weird - huh?
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    free range in our yard

    I would like to keep our 4 chicks - 5 weeks old - free in our back yard during the day. Problem is that we have a Coopers (?) hawk and a cat that roams the neighborhood. When are they old (big) enough that I don't have to worry about a neighbors house cat? Standard size not Bantams... We live...
  12. New chicken family

    running backwards....

    I have a 2 week old Leghorn (?sex?) that runs backwards! It (Sammy) is still in the brooder, and runs into the walls. Sammy does it alot - not just when startled. Is this normal? Does Sammy have some neuro-disorder? I have not seen Sammy scratch yet. It's brooder mate - a Silkie named Gloria...
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    table scraps....

    At what age can I feed my chicks table scraps? What should I definately avoid? What is their favorite? Thanks!
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    flooring in the coop?

    We currently have linoleum in the floor of our coop. We built one like was pictured in a 2005 issue of Backyard Poultry magazine. The actuall enclosed coop is about 2 x 4 feet. the rest of the coop is the run: 4 x 6 feet. My concern is that the linoleum in the enclosed area is very...
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    dust bath?

    My 3 1/2 week old chick was kind of rolling in the wood chips - but not rolling over. She was fluffing up her feathers and laying on her sides. At first I thought she had some neuro-disorder!!! She stopped doing it tho - thank goodness! Is this a dust bath? Should I give them a basin with...
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    newbie questions...

    I just got a chick from a kindergarten class at my kids school. All I know is that it is a leghorn. If it (Sammy) is a he - when will he start to crow? Also - we have four 3 week old chicks - when can I put them together? And - I would like to put the 3 weekers out in the coop. We live in...
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    Single chick...

    Not me - I am happily married! But we do have a new baby at our house. A class at my kids school incubated it and it hatched today. The teacher said her one last year died. I took this one home for the night. She didn't even have a warming light! But the baby (Sammy) is not happy. She...
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    dead chicks....

    We lost our first Buff Oroington pullet when she was just 1 week old. OK, that I can handle. But now we lost another BO pullet at 2 1/2 weeks. They all were doing great until yesterday when we noticed that one was listless. We held her to keep her warm, fed her allittle plain yogut and some...
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    What am I?

    This was supposed to be a RIR - but obviously not.... Do you think a sex link? Other thoughts were an Ester Egger (is that an Ameracauna?). She has yellow feet. And is very curios and flighty.... Thanks! http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb1/solvei_adams/whatamI2.jpg...
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    dead chick

    We lost our first Buff Oroington pullet when she was just 1 week old. OK, that I can handle. But now we lost another BO pullet at 2 1/2 weeks. They all were doing great until yesterday when we noticed that one was listless. We held her to keep her warm, fed her allittle plain yogut and some...
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