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    The Best Herbal Remedies for Chicken Ailments

    Hi everyone! I want to keep my hens chemical- and toxin-free. I was wondering if there are any HEALING herbal remedies or PREVENTATIVE herbal remedies that you use to keep your hens healthy? Here are a few of my questions: 1. What are your favorite herbal healing remedies for your...
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    Rhode Island Reds have weak shells - do yours??

    Of my 9 girls, 2 are Rhode Island Reds. They both have incredibly weak shells, and lately I've been finding theirs broken in the nest boxes. (Luckily they aren't eating them!). All my chickens have oyster shells available free-choice in a designated feeder. And my other chickens (non-RIR)...
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    Sudden drop off in eggs - should I be worried????

    I have 3 Ameraucanas that lay green/blue eggs, and they were very heavily producing a few weeks ago (almost more than my brown egg layers), but all three have suddenly stopped. A few weeks back, I was getting almost one per day from each of them (and all my eggs were practically green!), and...
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    Please HELP! My whole flock is picking on ONE bird!!!

    Can anyone with more chicken experience - and understanding of flock hierarchy - help me out?? I had an Ameraucana isolated with a Buff Orpington in my chicken tractor for nearly a month because I suspected her (the Ameraucana) of egg eating. We waited until she laid and left her eggs alone to...
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    Really large, soft crop - is this normal???

    Hey folks, So I recently treated my 25 week old pullets for a bizarre case of coccidiosis...diagnosed on Thursday by an avian vet (I saw no symptoms other than bloody stools). They are up and moving, and appear to be fine. However, one of my Ameraucanas has an enormous crop! I could see it...
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    HELP! Bloody Stool/Poop - but no other symptoms...

    I found a mysterious poo this morning on the poop boards under the roost...it is normal size and shape, with white crest, but it also has a good amount of blood on it. Since it was on the poop board, I have no idea of knowing WHO it is. All of the girls are eating, drinking, walking around...
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    When to put an egg eater back with the flock??? SHOULD I EVER???

    Hello all! I'm new to keeping chickens, and my 12 girls are just starting to lay. I have 6 laying hard shelled eggs as of this morning! But a few weeks back when egg laying just got started, I had an Ameraucana girl going crazy over soft eggs that some hens were laying in the middle of the...
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    Soft shell egg -like a water balloon!! What is going on here? HELP!

    Hello all! I've posted my egg woes on the forum lately, as my situation keeps changing. At first I thought my girls were egg breaking and egg eating!! I panicked, and separated the 2 offenders. It looks like one is innocent, but the other most definitely is not. I was just hoping I caught...
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    Egg Breaking or Egg Eating? Is there a difference?? New Pullets HELP!

    Hello everyone! I think there are some changes in my egg-eating behavior...I have young pullets that have just started to lay...one RIR is laying consistently now for 3 weeks! But everyone else is very slow to catch up. Two days ago I walked outside JUST as a Buff Orp was gobbling up what was...
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    HELP! My young hens are eating their eggs!!

    My hens just started laying about 3 weeks ago...at first it was only one hen, as we only found one egg per day in the nest box. Once I found an egg in the run and thought it must have rolled out of the coop. This morning, I saw my Rhode Island sitting, and came back an hour later to collect...
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    What color egg does your MCMURRAY "Americana" lay??? pics??

    Hello all! So I know it's "Ameraucana" and "Araucana" - but McMurray hatchery spells it "Americana". I bought three of them this spring, and have no clue what color eggs they'll lay. Do you have Murray McMurray "Americanas" and if so, what color eggs do they lay?? I'd love to see pics if...
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    Can feathers go into the COMPOST with my chicken poop?????

    Hey everyone! Strange question...and I wasn't sure where exactly to put it. But here's my question: what happens to chicken feathers in the compost? Do they break down eventually? Or do they just get soggy? My situation is this: I have drop-boards so collecting pure chicken poop is...
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    DE and worming...de-worming...WHEN, and HOW?

    Hey everyone! My chicks are nearly 3 months old now, and I'm thinking it's time to worm them. Or de-worm them. Same thing right? They've been outside now for just about a month...in a tractor, and then in their stationary coop and run (with sand in the run). But I've seen earthworms in our...
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    Anyone know where I can get 4 ft wide hardware cloth in small lengths?

    Hi all! So we're just feet away from finishing our run, but we're short a few feet of hardware cloth. I originally bought the 4 foot wide galvanized steel hardware cloth in the 100 ft length from My Pet Chicken, but I'm only about 20 feet short. I need 4 ft wide hardware cloth, that's the...
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    HELP! with mulching around the run...is CYPRUS OK??

    OK I'm no expert, but cyprus is a type of cedar, correct?? I wasn't sure where to post this because it's sort of coop related, sort of managing flock related, sort of injury related (or preventative). Here's the deal: I want to mulch the area AROUND my run to keep the weeds down and make it...
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    SAND or MULCH (or something else???) in the RUN???? What do you use??

    Hello all!! The hubby and I are closing in on the last few stages of completing our run...which means my girls who are in their tractor can now go into their stationary coop and run for good!! But I have a few questions about the run... What do YOU use in your run...sand, mulch or something...
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    Will two coops confuse my flock???

    Hello all! I have a flock of 12, and bought a chicken coop and a chicken tractor for them. I bought the tractor primarily for them to have a place to "graze" during the day that wasn't a sand-covered run. I want them to be able to get out and forage, but we have SO many hawks on our property...
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    Run help!! What do you put on the run floor?? And: paint or no paint?

    Hey everyone! We've started construction on the run and are completely making it up as we go along. Neither of us have any carpentry skills, so we joke that we're working with big legos. My two big questions with the run: #1: Can I paint it, and does it matter if i paint the bottom? I...
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    OH NO. do I have a ROOSTER??? <pics>

    My chicks are just shy of 3 weeks old. They're hatchery birds, as this was my first every time with chickens (YAY! - sidenote, it's as much fun and addicting as I expected it to be!). But I've been wondering for a little over a week now if one (or both) of my Barred Rock chicks are going to be...
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    What color eggs will my EE's lay??

    I have 3 EE's from McMurray that are about 2 weeks old now...but it appears that all of their legs are an olive green color...does this mean all three will lay green eggs??? I was really hoping for a blue egg layer, but am I right that those chickens have slate gray legs?? Or is there a chance...
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