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  1. kellyjeanne

    How long will hawk keep coming back?

    We arrived home today to find a hawk eating our favorite bird inside the coop. We’ve not had a problem in 2.5 years and leave the birds out to range all day most days...they have lots of cover, super shocked that it went INTO my coop. How long do I have to leave my birds cooped up or supervised...
  2. kellyjeanne

    Hen feathers turned white and then she died.

    i figure this is probably one of those random chicken deaths, but I haven’t seen anything that matched this, so I thought I’d post it and see if anyone has suspicions. My 2.5 year old campine’s feathers started turning white in August. I thought she might be early to molt. They got...
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    My broody pooped on hatchling's head...

    ...I only saw two chicks of her three and then smelled something terrible. My broody had let out a huge poop and it landed on her hatchling's head and she was stuck in it. I cleaned it up, pulled her out, wiped her face, but her eyes are all white and she seems like she's struggling. I gave her...
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    7 month old hens raised together and now fighting.

    This morning I woke up to a mega ruckus coming from my chickens. I went out there and my buff and BR were on one end of the run and the other three were perched up at the other. The buff was just SQUAWKING loudly. When I let them loose, I realized that she was bleeding from her comb, so I...
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    NH Red first egg, egg yolk stuck to it?

    This is my NH's first egg (middle)- it seems to have yolk on it? veteran egg folks, does this look like a cause for concern?
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    Two hens suddenly roosting in the run at night.

    My pullets have been living in their coop since early September and in just the past week or so, two of my girls (and once all of them, but usually just two) have been choosing to roost in the run instead of going into the coop at night. I don't feel that the run is as secure, and so I have...
  7. kellyjeanne

    Do I have to teach them to dust bathe?

    My pullets are now 11 weeks old and fully established in their coop and run. The floor of their run is grass clippings, raked leaves, and random lawn detritus which they love - and in the back corner, I made them a sand box that has dirt, sand, DE, and will have wood ash now that it's cool...
  8. kellyjeanne

    Those who use DLM - coop AND run? One or the other?

    I've just moved my chickens into their coop and am finishing up their run right now - I currently have about a 2-3 inch layer of pine shavings on top of vinyl covered OSB in the coop and a poop board under the roosts to catch as much as I can. I have been reading about Deep Litter Method and it...
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    Almost complete coop - hoping for chicken door input.

    I'm almost finished my coop - I'm done all the big stuff, and now am working on the finer details. The last big part I have left (other than finishing with the HW cloth) is my chicken door. This is my coop as it stands - obviously still needs work. This is looking down the run at the...
  10. kellyjeanne

    Newbie Construction Question - Inner Walls and Outer Walls

    Hey all, so I'm both new at chickens and new at carpentry (I once built a beehive, but that was my only previous foray into carpentry, and bees are pretty darn forgiving). Anyway, I am building from The Garden Coop plans which say to hang your henhouse siding BEFORE putting your "inner"...
  11. kellyjeanne

    Roofing panels - clear vs translucent vs opaque

    Hey all, I'm working on a heavily modified Garden Coop and it calls for "sun tuff" roofing panels, which are pricey - but I've used them before and I really like them. I went to Lowes yesterday and got clear ones, but now in re-reading the plans it says to stay away from clear. My questions...
  12. kellyjeanne

    Just got chicks today!

    Hey All, I'm a long time lurker of these forums, but new to having an account. I ordered chicks from my pet chicken back in April and they just arrived! Answers to the template questions. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes / Today! (2) How many chickens do...
  13. kellyjeanne

    Bad Thunderstorm - Found Chicks Outside of Brooder.

    Hi, I'm new here...my 5 little chicks arrived this morning (after I was that crazy girl driving up the street looking for my mail carrier). The little peepers arrived and are super active and adorable. I have a 2'x4' wire dog crate that I converted into a brooder. It's in an upstairs bathroom...
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