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  1. Aunt Mildred

    feather eating addiction!

    We have four hens in an 8x12 closed chicken run. All four of them have lived together for about a year with no problems. In January, we had a blizzard that kept the hens "cooped" up for a couple of days. My husband was out of town and I"m pregnant and couldn't shovel out the snow. Even...
  2. Aunt Mildred

    feather eating addiction - but not skin picking - how to stop?

    We have four hens in an 8x12 closed chicken run. All four of them have lived together for about a year with no problems. In January, we had a blizzard that kept the hens "cooped" up for a couple of days. My husband was out of town and I"m pregnant and couldn't shovel out the snow. Even...
  3. Aunt Mildred

    how long are the eggs good to eat?

    How long are the eggs safe to eat if kept in the refrigerator? Also, sometimes we miss an egg in the coop for a day... or two... How long can they be unrefrigerated and still be good to eat? What about in the summer heat?
  4. Aunt Mildred

    Difficult Broody to Break - need help!

    I guess Aunt Inez is definitely one of those "broody" hens that routinely goes broody. She did it twice in the winter time, but locking her out of the coop for a day worked like a charm because of the cold. She went broody once again during the spring, but we decided we'd let her sit on some...
  5. Aunt Mildred

    Help Identify My EE's Gender

    I have 6 Mixed EE chicks. They began hatching on May 4 so they are all about 8 weeks old now. The mothers were Americaunas and the father was a mix that I dont know. The eggs were light green and I bought them from a local farm for my broody hen. We want to keep two of them but want to...
  6. Aunt Mildred

    Broody Hatched Her First Chick (early) - How to prep the coop?

    I bought my Broody hen some fertile eggs - didnt expect them to hatch until at least thursday. Came home today and a a little head is peeping out at me from under my hen. I have raised many chicks from the hatchery (day olds) but never tried to support a hen raising her own chicks. How do I...
  7. Aunt Mildred

    is this what broody is?

    Aunt Inez is just shy of a year old. She's been laying for the past two months or so, and then the day before yesterday she started acting funny. She started sleeping at night in the nest box, not on the perch. Also, she spends all day in the nest box. When I open the door to check on her...
  8. Aunt Mildred

    what's considered "excessive" when establishing an order?

    I'm fairly new at this chicken business. Last spring we had three polish hens that grew up together from hatchlings. At about 10 months old, one died from a dog attack. We were worried that the remaining two would get too cold in the coop come wintertime, so we got two more chicks. We wanted...
  9. Aunt Mildred

    hen-pecked comb - almost detached

    We have three chickens in a fairly large coop (not a space problem). Three different breeds, all around 6 months old. The cuckoo maran is the oldest, but is getting picked on by one or both of the others. She's already laying, the other two aren't yet. She has a bright red face and bright...
  10. Aunt Mildred

    Wild Animal Attack Update - good news and thanks

    I wanted to give everyone who has given us advise through our ordeal an update on our progress. Both hens are doing well. Aunt Florence has grown her tail back to about half height and is operating normally with the exception of being highly sensitive to loud noises or other things that used...
  11. Aunt Mildred

    Want to Buy Silkies in Central Oklahoma

    I want to buy two hand raised juvenile or adult silkie hens, preferably different colors. Please let me know if you have any for sale or know of a useful contact. Thank you
  12. Aunt Mildred

    To stitch or not to stitch???

    As many of you know based on our recent posts, our chickens suffered a wild animal attack about two weeks ago. The wounds for the most part are healing very well and feathers are starting to grow back like crazy. They are eating and drinking well. This post is concerning two wounds on Aunt...
  13. Aunt Mildred

    chickens can growl?

    So my two polish chickens have recently started making a new noise, that I'm not sure what to think of. About two weeks ago they were attacked by stray dogs, and are now separated while the one's injuries heal up. At night, when they're calm, we've been putting them back together to spend some...
  14. Aunt Mildred

    Recovering chick - should I worry? - update

    This is an update on a wild dog attack from 10 days ago. Our chicken was on the road to recovery - showing great improvements. Yesterday and today though she's starting to show some odd behaviors. A few days ago she was able to stand and hobble around - kind of like she was drunk, but walked...
  15. Aunt Mildred

    Can a Chicken with no back feathers wear a saddle?

    A little over a week ago Aunt Louise was attacked by a dog. Currently, she has no back feathers. She has a lot of scabs on her back that are healing up nicely, but today she started picking around them. There are several little red pick marks around the edges of the bigger scabs. We've tried...
  16. Aunt Mildred

    WIld Animal Attack (update + questions)

    First, thanks to everyone who has advised me from my first thread ( https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=132555&p=1). Your first aid advice was great and very helpful. Below is an update and a few questions about the next stage of recovery: Update: Aunt Florence is doing...
  17. Aunt Mildred

    Wild Animal Attack!! Please Advise

    Yesterday some type of canine got into our yard and attacked our 3 polish hens Aunt Dot, Aunt Louise, and Aunt Florence (1 year old this month). Dot was killed (she will be greatly missed) but we found Louise huddled away in a corner of the yard, all her back and tail feathers had been stripped...
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