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    Catching a semi feral chicken for rescue

    Someone in our neighborhood moved away last month and left one or more of their chickens behind loose. There is only one chicken left, and she's roaming around our urban neighborhood, showing up in backyards in a several block area. I've already tried approaching her with a dish of scratch, as...
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    RIP, Ginger 2010-2012

    We lost our first chicken today. My daughter accidentally slammed the coop door on poor little Ginger. We rushed her to the vet, but within 15 minutes she was gone. She must have been bleeding internally. We feel awful. I can't believe she's really gone.
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    Ok, I know this is a crazy idea but has anyone ever had a hen spayed?

    Hermione, one of our favorite pet chickens, has female trouble. She's been eggbound once, and now is laying very bloody eggs, with the inside of her vent torn up. She's just laying eggs that are too big for her. We discussed what options there are with our vet, and he explained that the...
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    Poor Hermione...her egg is stuck

    One of our favorite bantams, Hermione, is having trouble passing an egg. She's only about 1 1/2 lbs herself, but she's laying eggs that weigh about 35 grams. That's a big egg for a little chicken. I noticed this morning that she got down slowly off the roost and instead of her normal...
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    toxic plant lists

    I found these excellent sources on the subject of toxic plants. http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/index.html http://www.vet.purdue.edu/toxic/cover1.htm http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/pp/poison?p_x=px The first two sites give pictures of the plant in question, which is very helpful. And the...
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    Danger from shatter resistant lightbulbs

    This article was linked on another bird blog and I thought it should be publicized here, too: http://blog.mcmurrayhatchery.com/2011/02/18/shatter-resistant-bulbs-a-po=tential-danger-to-your-chickens/
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    Biosecurity foot bath

    We may be selected to be part of the chicken coop tour in our city this year, and since visitors will be coming from other chicken yards I thought it would be a good idea to have a biosecurity foot bath to hinder the possible spread of germs in and out of our yard. Do you use a disinfectant...
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    Dog climbing fence? Yup.

    There are some pretty athletic dogs out there, it seems. I had no idea. http://www.louispage.com/blog/bid/25680/How-Dogs-Can-Climb-A-Tall-Fence-Video?source=Blog_Email_[How+Dogs+Can+Climb+A] I guess this means you really can't count on a wire or chain link fence as absolute protection from dogs!
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    building an insulated roost hover?

    To make our coop a bit cozier this winter, I'm thinking of fashioning a roost hover out of some left over reflective foil insulation I've got lying around. I haven't exactly figured out how to rig the panels up yet, so I was wondering how other folks do it. Anyone have pictures to share? Thanks!
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    They grow up so fast!

    One of the pullets that we hatched out the first week of May this spring has just laid her first egg. Awwwwww! My little girl is growing up!
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    Chicken sitting business

    I came across this while browsing this morning and thought it was interesting. I wish someone would start a chicken sitting business in my area! http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/23/smallbusiness/urban_chickens/
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    Propping open awning windows

    I'm getting to the point where I have to decide how to finish the windows on our new coop. I am using recycled wood sash windows. I think I want to hinge them at the top and use them like awning windows. It's hot here much of the year, so I will want to have these windows completely (rather...
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    Dremel Multi-Max...a sweet little power tool

    I made another exception to my "no power tool" rule, and bought this last weekend: http://www.dremel.com/en-us/Tools/Pages/ToolDetail.aspx?pid=Multi-Max I used the sanding attachment to prep some recycled wood sash windows for painting. Then I used the cutting attachment to plane off the edges...
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    Material for interior walls

    I'm having a professional build me my "last" chicken coop (hee, hee). I'm handling the interior finish out myself to save money, and also because I enjoy puttering around with chicken housing. I'm going to be insulating this coop, so I know I need to cover the insulation with something on the...
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    Portable fan for tractor

    Our weather forecast calls for 100 degrees tomorrow and the day after that and the day after that... I've already been putting my flock in a chicken tractor parked in the deepest shade in our yard, plus I wet the grass inside down every hour, plus I put ice in the waterer and give cold treats...
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    My new hoop tractor

    Here's my new hoop tractor, built with row cover hoops I bought from Farmtek. I really like this model: it's light, easy to move, and easy to tarp for shade and in case of rain (that's a plastic drop cloth there on one end because rain is forecast today). It was pretty easy to build, too...
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    Help me decide...

    I have three groups of chicks each hatched out and brooded by one of our hens. The chicks are now six and seven weeks old. I have rehomed all but two of the little roosters, and now I'm undecided about how to manage the final two. I have two little pullets that I can rehome with the boys. But...
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    Rooster is an early bloomer...

    I have an eight week old Serama/OEGB crossbreed roo that is already crowing (sounds like a creaky door hinge on a very tiny door) and last night I spotted him trying to mate with his sisters. At only eight weeks themselves, there was no way they were willing for that, so they screamed as he...
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    Free Serama crossbreed roosters - 8 weeks old - North Texas area

    Thanks, they've already been rehomed.
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    Foot feathering/muffs in d'Uccle crossbreeds

    I have a crossbred d'Uccle/Serama hen that mated with a Serama/OEGB rooster and produced two chicks with alot more foot feathering than the hen. The hen herself has only a single feather on each foot, while her chicks have almost as much foot feathering as my pure d'Uccle chicks. I've read...
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