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    Red Mites

    A few weeks ago I treated my coop for red mites. At the time there was a reasonable infestation, but the birds seemed ok. This evening, I found that 8 out of my 12 chickens had abandoned their roost and were sleeping in other spots in the coop. Most were on roosts on the other side of the...
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    Is it too cold for my chickens?

    We are expecting it to drop to 7 degrees celcius overnight (45F), and it is quite windy. I have two broody hens together in a wire cage out in the yard - Buster Camp! The cage has tin sheeting over the entire roof. The back of the cage is tarped, as is half of each side of the cage. So...
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    My Rooster - Protector or Big Sook?

    Howdy all, Just wondering if the debacle I witnessed this afternoon was my rooster being a big brave protector, or a big wimpy sook! I was sitting in the coop this afternoon watching my pullet, Biscuit, lay her first egg (yay!) when all of a sudden I heard my rooster George let out the most...
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    How cold is too cold?

    I have a broody hen who was put in the Buster cage ("Busterville") this afternoon to break her. It is expected that it will drop to 8C degrees (46 F) overnight. Is this too cold for her to be outside of the coop? Thanks in advance, - Krista
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    Question about laying during moult

    Hi all 5 out of my 8 laying hens as well as my Rooster are currently going through their moult. They are around 16 months old and it is their first, as well as my first experience of the moult too. The volume of feathers in the coop and run is nothing like I could ever have imagined - it...
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    Effect of moulting in a rooster

    I have a small flock of 1 rooster and 8 hens. My rooster is approximately 15 months old and he is a Buff Orpington. His name is George. In Spring (and for most of the Summer) he was constantly mating his hens, to the point where their backs were bare and they all needed the protection of an...
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    The Age Old Question - Pullet or Cockerel?

    Hi everyone. The following picture is of my two BO x RIR chicks. They are almost 17 weeks old. I got rid of three others from this hatch of five, both because at just 7 weeks they had massive red combs and lots of wattle development. These two, I presumed were pullets. They looked...
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    Question about integration

    Hi everyone I have a question about integrating with an existing flock. Some details first:- Our Main Flock - Consists of one 15 month old BO rooster, six 15-20 month old RIR hens, and two 15 month old BO hens. The ones we want to integrate - two 16 week olds and one 19 week old BO x RIR...
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    How to help my hens gain weight

    My hens are all around 14 months old, and are fed a free access diet of a top quality layer's crumble, water, crushed oyster shell and grit. Each morning they get a small bucket of vegies, and they get a small handful of wheat or scratch in cold weather, but since it's Summer here they don't...
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    Is it "normal" to moult this way?

    Greetings all I have a Buff Orpington Hen who is approximately 14 months old. She had what I would call a relatively mild moult about 4 months ago, where she lost some feathering around her neck and undercarriage. The rest of her looked a bit tatty, like an old teddy bear that had been...
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    Will temporary mould hurt my chickens?

    We have had several days of 40 degree celcius temperatures (100F) and finally the rain came through yesterday. Unfortunately, it is still hot and terribly humid, and I awoke this morning to find the whole run (yes, every inch of the bare dirt ground) covered in a fine, fluffy mould. The rain...
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    Mouldy Ground....

    After a week of consecutive temperatures over 40 degrees celcius (100F+) we were delighted when the rain finally broke through. The trouble is, it is still so hot and humid that when I awoke this morning I found that every inch of the bare dirt that is our chicken run is covered in a fine...
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    Withholding period for egg consumption?

    Hi all, I have a girl who has recovered from a recent respiratory illness (she exhibited some wheezing but that was the extent of it) and she was prescribed "Oxytet Powder CCD OTC" which was a yellow powder that I added to her water for four days. She has now ben five days without...
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    Was it a red mite?

    Hi everyone, I live in the bush in Australia. This morning I went out to my isolation coop to check on a chicken I had separated and was busy replacing water and feed when I saw a bug. It was a single bug, about the size of a plump match head, and it was right red - like, fire truck red...
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    Are ants an issue?

    Hi all I've just been out to my isolation pen visiting the sick and recovering chickens. One of their pens has a massive trail of ants passing through it, swarming around the feeder and then through all the bedding. They are your regular garden variety black ants, not fire ants or...
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    Where did their leg colour come from?

    I crossed my BO rooster (whitish legs, currently with a pink flush) with my RIR hens (yellow legs) and I got some chicks that have yellow legs, some that have whitish legs like their Dad, and some that appear (in the right lighting) to have a greyish-greenish tint to them. Is this just a...
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    Impacted Crop - Updated, and seeking further advice please!

    Hi all, Can someone kindly explain to me the treatment and possible outcomes of an Impacted Crop? I have a 1 year old BO with a very distended, hard crop which is about the size and feel of a tennis ball. She is very quiet and has been for a couple of weeks now as she is currently in moult...
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    Cranky rooster

    My rooster, a one year old Buff Orpington, has never given me any trouble before. Today though I had to lock his favourite girl in a separate cage and he was not happy. He made a couple of quick lunges at me, and then twice flew towards me with his legs up. Luckily for me he has no spurs...
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    How long until i can consume her eggs?

    I have a chicken whom this morning presented with a raspy wheeze. I immediately took her to the vet and she was prescribed Oxytetracycline Soluable Powder to add to her drinking water. Unfortunately, I forgot to ask the vet what the safe withholding period is for egg consumption with this...
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    We have a Winner!

    Hi everyone For several weeks now there has been a bit of a competition going on between my two best layers, both of which are 1 year old Rhode Island Reds. It seems that they are trying to out-do each other in the egg-laying department, and each one has been consistently putting up 76...
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