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  1. Lisa-Lu

    Lethargic, 1 yr old puffed up hen, clear liquid from mouth

    One of our wyandottes suddenly separated herself from the rest of the flock, she stood by the water all evening yesterday and didn't move. When I went to pick her up she didn't startle or anything. She did go into the coop last night, but didnt roost. She slowly walked to a nesting box and...
  2. Lisa-Lu

    4 Month Old Maran hanging head

    I would appreciate any feedback or information I can get. We got 10 chicks back in March. They are still eating starter grower and have been out in the coop for over 2 months now, thriving with out other girls. One of them just started laying. Yesterday, out of the blue, one of the marans'...
  3. Lisa-Lu

    Broody Hen- 6 Weeks and Counting

    We have a bantam cochin who has been broody since the first of February. I tried the cage method for over a week, it didn't break her. She has now plucked feathers out of a huge area on her chest and continues to brood and squawk. She is coming out to eat still, and will dust bathe with...
  4. Lisa-Lu

    My chickens are free ranging into dangerous territory

    We have 14 chickens and until this point, they enjoy free ranging at least an hour or so in the evenings before bedtime and on the weekends when we are outside working. We have over 60 acres on the back of our property that they can roam freely. In the last few days, they have started...
  5. Lisa-Lu

    Our Dog Is Coughing

    Friday evening our dog started coughing while playing with my boys in the house. He coughed non stop for about 20-30 minutes and finally calmed down. The coughing has continued but in spurts. He will be fine for several hours and then have a cough spell, some lasting for just seconds, others for...
  6. Lisa-Lu

    Broody Hen, I think?

    I have a 10 month old bantam cochin who is kind of acting broody and just wanted advice. She is sitting in the nesting box all day, until we move her out and she forgets about it for an hour or so, and then goes right back. She will free range with her friends for a while, eat and drink and...
  7. Lisa-Lu

    Fox Sighting

    The last two evenings we have seen two foxes casually walking through our back field and back into the woods. They havent come close to the coops from what we can tell. My concern is what do I need to be watching for? What is their main way of access/attack? Our flocks are safe in their runs...
  8. Lisa-Lu

    Tylan50 Shortage?

    Every place I've looked on line and around town is out of Tylan50. Does anyone know of any magic place I could get some? I need it asap as I've already lost one bird...
  9. Lisa-Lu

    Eye Swollen Shut, multiple chickens affected, help!!

    I have a 3 month old dominique pullet. I have had her over a month along with a group of 8 others the same age but all different breeds. There are 16 total in the coop and run that she is in. They all are fed starter grower crumble, occasional mealworm treats. She occasionally sneezes, not...
  10. Lisa-Lu

    Bees- Friend or Foe?

    We've got a bees nest in our coop, do they bother chickens? Do we need to get it out of there?
  11. Lisa-Lu

    Treating Diarrhea

    My sweet red sex link has nasty diarrhea, yellow water is more like it. I gave her probiotics in her water day before yesterday, and wet mash. She wouldnt eat the wet mash yesterday, I did get her to eat some mealworms yesterday. Started electrolytes this morning. She is lethargic and stands...
  12. Lisa-Lu

    9 month old hen lethargic with full crop?

    Yall may remember my laying issues with my hens or the lack of I should say. I changed their food a couple weeks ago and one of them just started laying beautiful solid eggs and has done so for the last 3 days. Well today, she is acting totally off, lethargic, just stands around with her head...
  13. Lisa-Lu

    4 Hens- 1 egg per day...at the end of my rope

    Background on the hens: we got them at about 5 months old. 2 of them were laying and continued to for about a week or so, then 3 of them were and was consistent for a few days. then all of them stopped for almost a week. (breeds: 2 barred rocks, 2 red sex links) Now they are about 8-9 months...
  14. Lisa-Lu

    One hen eating another's egg before we can get it!

    We had thought one of our girls was laying broken shell eggs, but this morning we caught another hen breaking it and starting to eat it. What can we do to prevent this other hen from getting to her egg before we do or curbing the desire to do this?
  15. Lisa-Lu

    Best way to weigh a chicken for worm treatment?

    What is the easiest/best way to weigh a chicken to know how much wormer to give? The only way I can think of is to weigh myself and then step on scales while holding her?
  16. Lisa-Lu

    How to "offer" oyster shell

    I have a couple hens that are soft shell laying every other day just about. I have oyster shell in a container in their yard for them to eat as they want, but they dont seem to ever be eating it. I also give them egg shells and they love those. I threw some oyster shell in the yard with...
  17. Lisa-Lu

    Ducks Vs. Chickens?

    Now that we are old pro's in the chicken world (a little over a month in, ha!), we are considering expanding our flock sometime down the road. Chickens were our first step into small farming, and we are interested in ducks, goats, maybe even a cow or two. We have a fairly large pond on our...
  18. Lisa-Lu

    Sneezing and/or Coughing?

    This morning one of our hens started sneezing or coughing, being new I can't tell the difference between the two. She is eating fine and hasn't sneezed since. What do I need to watch out for to tell when its time to intervene? and at that point, what do I do?
  19. Lisa-Lu

    Scared to Free Range

    We've only had our chickens 5 days, but are planning to let them free range at some point, not for at least 2 weeks though. They already love their coop and turn in early every evening about 6:00 or so. The thought of letting them free range terrifies me, what if they wander off? what if they...
  20. Lisa-Lu

    Chickens + Snow + Ice = ??

    I had hoped that spring was well on its way, but we have another round of snow and freezing rain coming tomorrow night into Wed. 3-5 inches is the biggest forecast. We've only had our hens(5 months old) for 4 days, so I am greatly concerned for my girls. Their coop is completely enclosed, so...
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