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    broody buff question

    So my Buff, Dolly has been broody for almost two weeks I think. In preparation for trying to get her to accept chicks (which we haven't bought yet), I put her in the chick cage inside the coop, with food and water and her fake egg she's been sitting on. It was a little before dusk when I did...
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    Adding two hens to my flock of 8

    Today we were gifted two beautiful year-old Brahmas and want to know the best way to add them to our flock of 8 hens (who are about two years old).Today, we let them all free range together a little after locking the two up in the coop alone so they could get the lay of the land. They did pretty...
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    Dolly Parton attacked by a bobcat today

    Our 2 year old Buff Orpington was almost carried off by a bobcat today, while my almost 2 year old pyrenees was chilling on the grass nearby, chewing a bone. Luckily my bf saw it jump over the fence and grab her through the kitchen window and chased the bobcat until it dropped Dolly. Dolly had a...
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    My 9 chickens laying has slowed a lot! Is this normal?

    Our 9 chickens started laying toward the end of July and ramped up to 6-7 per week. Now they are 30 weeks old and laying 1-3 eggs per day. We have 3 americaunas that haven't laid an egg in at least 3 weeks. Any ideas/insights?
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    Pandemonium in the coop

    This morning at 5am we awoke to our chickens squawking and flying into the roof. We ran outside, thinking our coop had been breached (we have reinforced it with hardware cloth with a buried skirt), but we went in and found nothing. Could rats cause our ladies to freak out like that? We have...
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    Do my chickens eat a lot, or am I feeding rats?

    How many cups of food should 9 laying chickens, who don't free range, eat per day? I am trying to figure out if my ladies are eating quite a lot, or if we are feeding the rats. I was thinking of trying to just feed in the morning instead of leaving a feeder in the coop, but not sure how much to...
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    Rice hulls and when to prepare the nest boxes

    I have 9 pullets that are 14 weeks old. I have a red sex link (that I think is my earliest potential layer--I also have Americaunas, barred rock, australorp, brahma, wyandotte, buff orpington). I blocked off the nest boxes because they were trying to nest and hang out in there. When do I unblock...
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    19 day old chicks and a mouse

    Ok, I'm obviously not a farm girl and new to raising chicks. My bf just found a mouse (not a large rat) in our bathroom next to the room we keep the brooder in. We have 9 chicks that are about 19 days old. Can a mouse hurt them? We will set traps, but we need to go buy some first and its...
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    Brahma sneezes

    My two week old brahma chick is lightly sneezing from time to time. What should I do?
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    chick dust bath question

    How old do my chicks have to be to have a dust bath? Is it ok to use straight ash from the wood stove? I gave them their first live worms today from our vermicomposter and it was pandemonium. Hilarious.
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    Feeding worms to chicks

    I put a dirt clod in the brooder with my 5 day olds and they are having a ball! There were not a lot of bugs though and I was wondering if it is safe to introduce worms for treats. I have a vermicomposter, so we have a ton of worms.
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    First baby chicks questions

    Thank you everyone, for being my chick support group. I have 9 chicks that are 5 days old. I had 10, but Pippi died the second night, which I hope wasn't my fault. I dipped her butt in warm water to loosen and clean the pastiness on her butt and warmed her with a towel and put her back in the...
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    15 chicks, DOA

    Traumatized by my first mail order chick experience. This morning, I went to the post office and there were two chirping boxes, and my silent box that smelled like death. I opened it to find all 15 dead. I don't want to do that again and am looking for a hatchery in the Bay Area (CA) that sells...
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