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    Injured chick

    four week old chick has a severe injury to one wing and back. Wing seems to be broken with exposed bone end. Featherless area extends from shoulder to back of neck. I have cleaned it and applied Bactine every day. I have her in the house. She eats well, although she is much smaller than her...
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    Old member

    I've been inactive for several years, but joined here in 2007 after I retired and acquired my first hens. At one time l had 30 hens but now am down to 4. In August got 17 new baby chicks assorted breeds, which I am enjoying. Have 2 coops and 3 separately fenced yards. Looking forward to...
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    Anybody have a Roomba?

    Do you like it? Does it do a good job? Does it freak out the cats, dogs, and other small animals? The vacuuming is one thing I just don't keep up with, and I thought one of these might be the answer.
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    Wing clipping nightmare

    but successful! Out of 30 chickens (29 hens, one roo), I had 3 persistent escapees who flew over the 5 foot fence surrounding their yard. They have plenty of room, but seem to want to go into the woods, or my neighbor's property, or (eek) my garden. All was well until this spring when it...
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    They like POPCORN!!

    We didn't finish our popcorn during TV movies last night, so this morning I took it out to the chickens. They gobbled up all the popped stuff right away, then started on the unpopped kernels in the bottom of the bowl. I wondered whether that's how that rumor got started about the...
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    Do chickens play possum?

    My mom let the three dogs out and one of the chickens was in the yard. Yes it was a Speckled Sussex. I have done everything I can to keep them out (see update on my post, Speckled Troublemakers from yesterday). Now I just check for chickens before letting the dogs out. Well she forgot, what...
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    How do you use up little tiny pullet eggs?

    I fill my cartons with the large eggs to give away, and use up the little eggs at home. This leaves me with many, many very small eggs to use up. Here are some of the ways I get rid of them: Of course I gravitate to recipes that use eggs, but if you have a favorite bread machine recipe that...
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    Speckled Troublemakers Update--Painful lesson ***PIX***

    This is the first year I have had Speckled Sussex hens. I have found them to be the worst troublemakers and always going the wrong way when the chickens are supposed to move. Yesterday morning as I was getting ready to walk the dogs, I saw two Speckles on the fence. I took their picture and...
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    Ten week old rooster mounting pullets

    What is with this precocious sex fiend?? He tried to mount a pullet this morning--they are all the same age, hatched April 4. No eggs yet, of course and no developed combs on the pullets. But Peter, my black Australorp roo (an accidental roo that came in the pullet order) is suddenly very...
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    This egg spoke to me......

    When I opened the nest box and saw this egg with the feather strategically stuck to it, it spoke to me. And what it said was, "Do you think I need a new wig? Can you tell that I'm bald? Maybe I should try a comb-over." The feather is firmly stuck on there, and I almost hate to remove it...
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    Adopted Shepherd --UPDATE New Pix on first page

    Here are some pix of the little shepherd mix adopted yesterday at the Humane Society. He is 8-9 weeks (unknown because the litter was dumped) and was brought in with a brother and sister. I had my doubts about him yesterday. He was extremely fearful and ducked his head and turned away when I...
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    Maggots were eating my hen alive: UPDATE she won't eat

    I know that title sounds like the front cover of a horror comic book, but it's true. One of my RIR hens (3 years old) has had a chronically poopy butt, and several days ago I decided to give her a bath. Got a lot of dried poop off, and she looked much better, except for some redness below her...
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    Do I have a little roo here?

    I didn't order one, but.......this little one sure does look roo-ish. They will be 3 weeks tomorrow. I ordered all pullets, but I am wondering about this one. It's a black Australorp. Comb more developed, stumpy tail feathers (the others have longer tails), stands up tall and has a "large...
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    My chicks are hatching today (at Cackle)

    Easter morning! What better time for chicks to hatch?? I ordered 20 in February, and ship date is tomorrow, so they should be hatching right now. I hope and pray that they make it here without problems. I have talked to the post office people twice and told them they are coming, and believe...
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    Can someone tell me what a Delaware/New Hampshire cross looks like?

    Have been formulating my chick order, and looking for something different than what I have. I came across a Delaware/New Hampshire cross offered by Cackle Hatchery. They show the parent stock as a Delaware roo and a NH hen, but no picture of the resulting chicks (as adults). There are chick...
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    Southern chickens chicken about snow

    Last night we got three inches of snow, a rare occurrence in this part of the country. This morning, not one chicken would come out and step on the strange white stuff on the ground. They wouldn't even come out into their covered, attached runs, where there is NO snow on the ground, because...
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    Anyone ever sold point of lay pullets?

    I love raising chicks, but can't keep a lot more chickens than I already have. I've thought of ordering a batch of day-old pullets to raise to point of lay, and then selling most of them. (Keeping a few, of course!) I have a separate coop and run that would be ideal. My question is, is this...
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    Mystery of the Mysteriously Moving Megg---er, Egg

    Don't really know what category to put this under. Yesterday I found an egg in the backyard. The chickens have NO access to the yard. The dogs are out there a lot and there is a 5 foot fence with an electric wire along the bottom (on the dog side) 6 inches up and 6 inches in to prevent...
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    A River Runs Through It

    Well, after four and a quarter inches of rain overnight, what I woke up to this morning on my low-lying property was flooded, washed out runs (my new sand is down the hill a ways), sloppy yards (water still standing 2 inches deep), muddy, bedraggled chickens (having a ball scarfing up all the...
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    Will the chicken coop construction boom help end the recession?

    Just happened to think of this when I tallied up everything I've spent recently on my coop addition. Think of the boon to the lumber yards and home improvement stores as we all rush to build bigger and better coops. Those who build with used materials are saving that stuff from going in the...
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