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    can I eat this chicken?

    Hi I had a 7 month old light brahma hen drop dead. She had been laying as far as I know, but I'm not sure. I have 2 others that look the same and I can't tell them apart. I think it is the one who was making this funny noise. She had been doing this high pitched squeak now and then, (maybe a...
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    Feeding Mother and babies?

    OK, so the babies will hatch soon. Then I will be having the babies with their mother in a little coop. How do I feed them? Give them all chick food including Mom? Put out chick food low down and layer food higher where only Mom can reach it? What's the way it's supposed to go? Thank you for the...
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    putting other chicks under the broody if hers don't all hatch?

    Hi I have my first broody hen ever. She has been sitting on a dozen eggs and I think it's about time for something to happen. Just curious though, if the hatching rate doesn't turn out so well, I was thinking about grabbing a few chicks from TSC and slipping them under her once I am sure that no...
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    Broody's got mites in the nest....

    I dusted her and the nest with diatomatious earth. Will that solve the problem? What else do I need to do? Also, some of them got on me do I need to be worried about my dog or cat getting infested ? Thank you!!!
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    rooster oppression, what to do?

    Hi, I have 2 buff orpington roosters that were born in June and raised together, along with pullets. They are full grown now and acting like real roosters . One of them is the clear dominant one. He chases the #2 roo all over, ALL DAY, every day. The #2 guy does nothing anymore but frantically...
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    my chicks are going to escape the brooder... can they live outside???

    I have 10 BO chicks that are 4 wks old. They live in a dog pen in the house, but have been outside during the day in a small fenced in area (lined w/ chicken wire), whenever it's warm enough. They LOVE being outside, and hate coming in, but today they let me know they've had enough. As soon as...
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    Found my hen dead this morning, help me figure out why, please

    Hi This morning one of my ISA browns was dead. Nothing got her, she was just dead, stiff, laying on her back with feet straight out and head turned to one side. She had a bit of dried blood oon her beak that looked like it had come out of her mouth. I got her and her "sisters", 9 others, fully...
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    coop size- too small? what if I add a loft?

    Hi My coop is 4x8 and 7 ft tall, and the hens have a large outdoor run. Right now I have 10 hens but want to get 10 baby chicks soon. I will keep them separated for a while, but I am worrying that my coop won't be big enough for them all when the babies are grown. I wondered, if I added some...
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    Chicken coughing? How to treat it?

    Hi I have just been given several adult laying hens, and these are my first experience with chickens. We noticed that one of them has been coughing, or at least it seems like that's what she's doing. Since we're so new at this, I don't really know what to look for as far as problems are...
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    feeding maggots from old fruit/veggie scraps?

    Hi, I was wondering if, when the weather got warmer and fruitflies are everwhere, would it be ok to let some fruitflies take over fruit or veggie peels, etc, and then when they have maggots, feed the whole thing to the chickens? Or would the food be bad for them and I should just give them the...
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    Clueless newbie needs help with coop- please!

    Hi! We are expecting the arrival of around 10 adult chickens in several days. We have never owned chickens before. Sooo... We need to build them a coop, asap. We don't need it to move to different locations, as we will be fencing in an area of yard for them, and we are in the very north of the...
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