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    1 week to hatch date; now what?

    We had a hen go broody and decided to put a dozen eggs under her. We are one week away from a hopefully successful hatch! Its getting really cold out though and thinking that we should bring her and her eggs into a more temperature controlled environment. If we do get chicks in the next week...
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    hen with a torn wattle questions about cleaning

    My hen's wattle is ripped, I am assuming from a hen squabble but am really unsure. By the look of her is it happened a while before I found her. We stopped the bleeding but she has dried blood all over her face, including around her eye. I cleaned up as much as I could from her neck, a little...
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    How high is to high for a perch

    We have 4 Buff Orphingtons (5 months), and I think the others are a red star, black star and a black Australop, all 3 months old. When we designed the inside of an old wooden greenhouse we modified 2 shelves into poop boards and roost poles. I am not sure how high the top one is, but am...
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    Calming new chickens

    on saturday we got a 3month old red star, black star and black australop, although both black ones look the same.They weren't handled much from what I can tell. The are super skittish and flighty. Every time me or any of our orphingtons go anywhere close to them they squawk and run/fly away...
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    Will they ever grow back properly?

    This little lady was attacked by a dog when she was just a chick. She was very lucky! The vet said that only damage she could see, outside of bruising and shock was a puncture to her cleaning glad and didn't see it to be a problem. We had to cut a bunch of tail feathers in order to clean her...
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    What am I?

    We added 3 new birds to our flock, but not sure what they are, any idea's? Got the best pictures I could at this time as they are so skiddish! Cinnamon has a white tail and they black ones have blue/green hues in them.
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    Thougthts on Vinyl floors

    Our coop flooring is still wood and we need to seal it or do something. Just not sure what that something is, any suggestions? Was thinking of vinyl flooring but am a little leery. We put vinyl in the brooder as the girls got older and they slid and slipped all the time. We ended up having...
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    Love my chickens, love me dogs but..

    I love my chickens and love my dog, 5 year old mini dachshund, but she keeps digging holes to get under the fence to get to the girls. Last night she was successful and although it was not life threatening to the chicken, she is wounded none the same. What can I do to train the darn dog to...
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    Hen acts like a roo and is getting mean

    We have BO's., was supposed to 4 hens, but think we ended up with a rooster, they are 3 months old. Anyways, the rooster is real sweet still, and hope he stays that way, however one of the hens, one of the friendliest, is getting more aggressive everyday. They shouldn't be ready to lay yet for...
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    Ended up the a rooster, now what?

    Well, I am 99% sure my hen is actually a rooster, which I didn't really didnt bargain on. The idea behind hens was for the fresh eggs. Now we are unsure what to do, he is a beautiful bird, whom we have become attached to and would be sad to have to get ris of him. My question I quess is what...
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    Hen or Roo?

    Hi everyone, We have 4 3 month old Buff's that we are hoping are all girls, however I am beginning to wonder if 1 is not a roo. Can anyone shed any light? I am trying to post pictures, but there is no picture icons to do so. All my pictures are on my profile. In the meantime I will...
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    Hen or Roo?

    Hi everyone, We have 4 3 month old Buff's that we are hoping are all girls, however I am beginning to wonder if 1 is not a roo. Can anyone shed any light? I am trying to post pictures, but there is no picture icons to do so. All my pictures are on my profile. In the meantime I will...
  13. chicksak

    Nesting box's under roosts

    This weekend we are finishing our coop modification from a greenhouse we have and have a couple questions. On the one wall there are two existing shelves and we are going to use them as poop boards and affix the roosts just above them. The first shelf is about 2' from the ground and we were...
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    I have 4 Buff Orphinton Hens and I think one might be rooster, how and when can I tell.

    Can anyone help with this please?
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    Brooder Temperature Question

    Hi everyone! Our 4 buffs are 5 weeks old and their brooder was upgraded last week to a more open style with chicken wire on the sides instead of all wood. We have the heat lamp in one corner so they can stay warm if need be or move to where there is no added heat. They only tend to go to the...
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    Building a coop and have question.

    We are in the process of designing our coop and have some questions. We have 4 buffs and will be adding 2 easter eggers next year for a total of 6. Does the 4 sqft per bird include the nesting boxes? What is the sqft needed for the run? As much as I would love to free range them there are...
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    Not Eating or Drinking

    I took my 4.5 week old chick to the vet today after being bit my our dog. I was super concerned that she was not taking any food or water and wanted to know what I could do for the pain. Was told, that the wound wasn't super bad or deep and it would heal however she had a lot of bruising and...
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    Help, my chick is hurt

    My 4 week old chick was pulled from her pen by our dog and appears to have blood within the feathers. The new feathers just above her bottom tail feathers. It looks like a little ball of skin is above the skin. I have no idea what to do for her. Please help! I have separated her from the...
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    Chicks seem to be itchy

    We have one chick who seems to preen herself constantly. She is a month old and at first I thought it was the feathers coming in but now I'm not sure. I don't see any bugs on her and the rest of the girls seem to be fine. Maybe pine shaving bits? Anything I should be concerned about?
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    Lino in Brooder

    My husband just built me a bigger brooder for our girls and put lino on the bottom for easy cleaning. They have been moved and seem to be loving the extra room however seem to be sliding all over the place. I have read where people put lino in the coop so we didn't think much about how slippery...
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