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    Electrolights

    A friend of mine told me to use electrolights to help make a "pecked" hens feathers grow back fast before winter. I went to the local agway and asked them about electrolights and they looked at me light I had 5 heads. Can anyone give me some advice. Where do I buy electrolights? Thank you...
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    Introducing 4 new hens

    A friend of mine just gave me four hens, Three of which i raised for the first four months of their Lives. I brought them home tonight and put them into the coop with three of my hens. I am unsure if is was the right thing to do. Has anyone else done this? There was some pecking, but none...
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    Shouldn't my hens be laying?

    I have three hens that I raised since two days old. They are 33 weeks old. I have a gold comet, rhode island red & barred rock. The golden comet started laying at about 20 weeks, only laid about 5 eggs and the others have not laid at all. At the end of the Golden Comets laying streak, I...
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    Shaking heads!?!

    I have three hens about 16 weeks old. They are living outside in their coop. I noticed tonight that all three are shaking there heads! What is going on? I just don't know what to do. Is there any advice or ideas out there?
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    When to move chicks outdoors?

    I have three 6-7 week old chicks and a 1 year old hen. The hen is obviously already outside in her coop, but when should I move my chicks out with her? (I have been letting the chicks & hen mingle under my watch of course).
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    Gapeworm Question

    I believe my 5-6 week old chicks have gapeworm. I don't believe badly, but some of them have started to do the "yawn" thing and shake their heads like it is itching. Does anyone have any experience with this. I am not sure what I should do. Any advice wo
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    Gapeworm Question

    I believe my 5-6 week old chicks have gapeworm. I don't believe badly, but some of them have started to do the "yawn" thing and shake their heads like it is itching. Does anyone have any experience with this. I am not sure what I should do. Any advice would be appreciated.
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    Chicks picking on Chicks

    How come my leghorns are picking at the other chicks feathers? I am new to this, so any help would be great.
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    How old are my chicks??? PIC HEAVY

    I bought these chicks at the local agway. I forgot to ask how old they were when I bought them. I have had them about 2 weeks. Any ideas would be helpful. Thank you in advance.
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    Heat Question

    I just received my first 12 babies. How warm am I suppose to keep them? I have a 250 watt red lamp and I am using a rubber maid tub. Thanks
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    Question about Sevin Dust

    Has anyone used sevin dust on their chickens? I am curious because we have a cause of mites and would like to treat for them as soon as possible. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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    Hatching Naturally!

    I will be using a broody hen to hatch naturally. Since I have never done this before, I wanted to reach out to see if any of you had suggestions for me. Thanks
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    where do you buy your fertilized eggs?

    I still new at this.....I have a broody and I would like to have her hatch a few eggs. Where does everyone buy their fert. eggs? Thanks
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    New Chicks

    If I were to have a hen hatch chicks, how long do I wait to put the chicks in with the older hens? Still new at this......
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    What are the signs of being broody?

    I am still in my first year of having hens. I am a little unsure what it would look like or how the hen would act if she were broody?
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    Heat Lamp Issues

    I have a smaller coop with 4 hens. My Standard Hens keep rubbing up against the heat lamp & burning their feathers off their bodies. NO JOKE! They look terrible! I am worried about them burning their bodies. Does anyone have a suggestions about what I should use to cover the head lamp? THanks
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    My Hens have Singed Feathers from heat lamp....

    I started using a heat lamp a few weeks ago and today I noticed that my brahama & cochin have singed their feathers. Their bodies are not burned, thank goodness. Has this ever happened to anyone else? Will the feathers grow back?
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    My Chicken Is Drooling!

    My hen is drooling. Not a lot, but she seems to do this before, during and after she drinks water. Is this normal?
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    what breed do I have?

    Anyone know what breed this hen is?
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    Hens got locked out of coop today and.......

    I had two hens get shut out of their coop today. The wind blew their door shut! When they entered the coop I noticed that both beaks were bleeding when the comb meets the beak. I feel so bad. Also, one of the hens has a thinning beak (at the end of the beak). I don't know what to do. Has...
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