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  1. hennypennysmom

    Aster update : spoke to the vet.....not looking good :(

    I've had great advice from folks here about Aster, my hen who was attacked by a raccoon on Sunday night. Here's what we've done for her so far: removed her from the flock she's in the garage in a tall cardboard box with pine shavings cleaned head wound (punctures, superficial scrapes) with...
  2. hennypennysmom

    How to use Blue-Kote on Aster (attacked by a raccoon last night...)

    So - thanks so much for the advice on the other thread I posted last night. Aster is still hanging in there, although she is just sitting, and is not interested in water or yogurt. I suppose that's because she's still in shock? I went out and bought antibiotics and Blue Kote from the Agway. The...
  3. hennypennysmom

    Raccoon in the hen house! Wounded hen...HELP!

    Got home tonight after a b'day BBQ - hadn't secured the pop-up door that leads from the coop run out into the larger extended yard. Heard screeching from the hen house, ran back, husband opened the egg door and was looking eye - to - eye at a racoon. A BIG raccoon. He chased the thing out of...
  4. hennypennysmom

    Runaway Hen!

    This is our first spring with our chickens. We have 7 hens, no roosters: 3 plymouth rocks; 4 cochins. We have a fairly secluded and big back yard - and many people have said (and these are "chicken folks")...."Oh, just let them out and they will come back to the coop in the evening.". We've been...
  5. hennypennysmom

    Altering Pecking Order - isolating the top hen?

    I have 7 hens: 4 cochins and 3 plymouth rocks - all but one (a red cochin) have bare butts and feathers gone from the base of their tail. No blood, still laying and acting normal. My local Agway suggested that I seperate the one that is apparently doing this (the one that has all her feathers...
  6. hennypennysmom

    Anyone else have bare bottom hens?

    History: 3 Plymouth Rocks, 4 Cochins, born last May, all hens, no roosters. Getting 5/6 eggs everyday. All appear healthy, fed laying pellets, handful of scratch, table scraps, fresh water. They are living in the Taj Mahal of chicken coops too (pic below!). They have pine shavings in their hen...
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    Is this an OK broody jail for broody hen & limping friend? Pics...

    After much reading, we decided that we needed to break our broody hen, Aster broodiness. We have no roosters and she's trying to hatch imaginary eggs - that will take FOREVER! We do not have a dog or animal cage, but did have a dog pen in our garage and have set it up. DH was worried the...
  8. hennypennysmom

    Limping hen / holding up foot - in garage now - pics UPDATE...

    Petunia is a barred cochin - one of our 7 seven month old hens. When she was 1 day old she came up lame - wouldn't even put weight on one foot. We built her a hospital room in brooder, gave her her own food/water and within 24 hrs she was flying over that hospital wall to rejoin her little...
  9. hennypennysmom

    Broody hen question....

    So - yesterday my husband said that he thought one of the hens, Aster, was sick. He said she had been sitting in one of the nesting boxes all afternoon while he worked to cover the run with plastic (we had a blizzard here last night!)....i looked at her, reached underneath and found she was...
  10. hennypennysmom

    ONLY Tail trembling/shivering on 8wk old chick....disease?

    I just went out to give our chicks a treat (strawberries) and noticed that one of our (biggest) Plymouth Rock chicks' (about 8 wks old) tail is quivering - sort of looks like she's not doing it on purpose - that's it's involuntary.... This was the fastest growing chick and is visibly bigger...
  11. hennypennysmom

    UPDATE!After 3 days locked in chicks STILL won't go in henhouse YIKES!

    UPDATE POSTED AT END OF THREAD... This is our coop: This is the Garden Coop design. As you can see, the henhouse is on the left - raised 3' off the ground, with a ramp up thru the floor. The entire coop is enclosed in 1/2" hardware cloth (sides,top), the hardware cloth is dug into the ground...
  12. hennypennysmom

    Does anyone use the nipple water drinkers?

    Our new chicks are in the coop and we are using their small waterer right now because the big ones are sold out at Agway - I've seen that ultra mod Eglu coop and they sell a nipple water dispenser that attaches to the side of the coop...(like a big version of a rabbit waterer, etc).....always a...
  13. hennypennysmom

    Are these featherlegs Cochin or Brahma chicks? Hens or Roos?

    Our little flock is 6-7 weeks now - they were sexed "assorted feather legs" (from the local Agway). Are these cochins? Or what the breed it? And do you see all pullets here? They have the MOST soft feathers and are very sweet, gentle and friendly birds. Here's hopin' they are girls! THANKS...
  14. hennypennysmom

    First night in coop UPSET chirping! HAPPY UPDATE & PICS!

    Oh boy - our 5-6 week old babies are in our finished coop tonight! We put them in there this afternoon, and they were pretty surprised, flew around at each other........wouldn't go up the ladder to the hen house either. So we placed all of them into the henhouse - about 30 mins later they had...
  15. hennypennysmom

    Pack & Play - interim brooder? Plus sand/perches question....

    Our 7 "assorted feather legs" (cochins we think) and Plymouth Rocks are getting big (nearly 2 wks and 1 wk) FAST! We've read about using a pack & play for an interim brooder while the coop is being built. Got one from a freecycler today. We wondered how people retrofit it for chicks? I've seen...
  16. hennypennysmom

    UPDATE: Petunia, limping chick, seems a bit better....!

    Hi folks - I'm SUPER new here but thought I'd post this update on Petunia. Petunia is 5 days old, "assorted feather leg" (what does that mean anyways?), was fine til day 3 when she starting limping. She would put almost NO weight on the foot, and the toes were sort of curled in. Yesterday...
  17. hennypennysmom

    How do I give PolyViSol drops to 4 day old chick?

    Hi all - I wrote this weekend about a little limping chick. I read a lot this weekend, and saw some threads that recommended giving the baby PolyViSol (without iron). So I got some and tried it - but it was hard and I wasn't sure if I did it right - she got some in there (I was using a...
  18. hennypennysmom

    Limping 5 day old baby chick....

    We got 4 baby "assorted feather leg" babies on Friday and are getting 4 more Plymouth Rocks tomorrow. Petunia, the fluffiest, cutest and sweetest chick (don't tell the other girls!!) is limping today. She seems to be the gentlest one of the bunch, but perhaps she is actually sick...? I gave...
  19. hennypennysmom

    Update: Limping 5 day old chick Petunia * PICTURES & INFO ADDED

    New chick mama here: 4 baby "assorted feather leg" babies on Friday, 4 more Plymouth Rocks tomorrow. Petunia, (who looks like a baby penguin the kids think), the fluffiest and cutest one (don't tell the other girls) has gone from fairly normal/active to limping today. She seems to be the...
  20. hennypennysmom

    My new baby Peeps!! What is an "Assorted feather leg"?

    I posted a note this morning and several folks stepped right up and helped me. WHAT AN AWESOME PLACE! We picked up our "assorted feather legs" yesterday - and have 3 more Plymouth Rocks coming on Monday. Does anyone know what kind of babies these might be? We LOVE them! I'm going to try and...
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