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    Lash egg or something else?

    I posted yesterday about my black sexlink, Lady. She had a nasty case of watery stool for a few days. After Epsom salt soaks, Greek yogurt and some nutridrench she seemed much improved. Then she laid this just an hour ago. I first was sure it was a lash egg but when I cut it open all that...
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    3 days very watery diarrhea???

    Hello (again!) Everyone! I'm genuinely stumped. 3 days ago my (almost) 2 year old black sexlink, Lady, wouldn't come off the nest. She's never been a broody girl and aside from staying tucked onto a nest she wasn't displaying the typical behavior- no poofy screeching pancake, no nest guarding...
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    Coccidiosis or worms- pics included.

    Hi all, Sorry I've not been on much, hubby started a new job and with the kidlets out of school I've not had much free time. We've have heavy rain, heat and humidity all through June and July and five days ago I noticed some bloody poo where my 14 week pullets had been napping in our garage...
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    Earthquake affecting today's eggs?

    We had a smallish earthquake at about 3am last night. It was 4.7 but the epicenter was only about a mile away from us so it shook hard enough to knock things off shelves, tip over things in the garage, etc. I went out to check on my girls last night and while wide awake and clearly shaken they...
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    Tales from Henrietta: The forever broody hen.

    After the marvelous suggestion of using an old rabbit hutch I discovered it in need of several structural repairs including blocking off the nesting box with something sturdy but temporary as I'd love another bun someday. By the time I finished up Monday night she seemed better and I'm thinking...
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    Broody breaking not working.

    One of the reasons I've always been reluctant to lock Henrietta up in the past is she's not solid broody- lays every other day and didn't live on the nest except the one time of three. I wouldn't care except she only has two flockmates and naturally they both give her a really hard time with...
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    Flooring for large coops - preferences?

    I know several people here have used scraps of vinyl, kitchen/bathroom flooring where others just use wood. What's your preference and why? At this stage I'm leaning toward vinyl for ease of cleaning but I've never had to deal with flooring before :confused:
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    It's really happening!

    We're officially beginning construction on our walk in coop! Get ready to move again, girls! (Our big girls just moved into their spiffy free standing coop about 6 weeks ago :gig) Damn chicken math!
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    The pullets are "helping" !

    We've cleared some literal junk (old swingset, lumber, etc) to begin the big, all ages walk in coop and the littles wanted to do their part!
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    At my wits end! Broody AGAIN!

    Henrietta, my one year old buff Orp is broody for the third time in two months. Last time was about four weeks ago and she walked in a grey area of puffing and clucking but kept laying and coming out on her own. I only did broody jail for about 36 hours and she *seemed* fine but a little stand...
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    Treat training future free ranging babies!

    I've been allowing my four pullets some supervised time in the open yard and training them to come back to the garden/run when I call. It was going okay but inevitably one would see three inside and then worry the fencing instead of rounding that last corner where the gate is. I bought a bag of...
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    4th of July and panicked birds? Dangerous?

    I'm sorry if this should be in predators or behavior but I'm concerned for my girls this coming 4th. To say my neighborhood goes all out would be a massive understatement. We're outside city ordinances and near an Indian reservation that has a whole booth city to sell you what the state won't...
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    My beautiful baby Blue Andalusian!

    Look at my baby TinyPeep getting her big girl feathers!
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    Free ranging and wasted feed in spring/summer.

    Long story short my girls free range an extremely varied acre of land (natural stream and wetland plus grassy yards and trees!) and now that summer's here they simply aren't eating as much commercial feed. The fermented feed they once were crazy for gets subtle pecks throughout the day and the...
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    Mistaking good leadership for aggression.

    This post is more observation than question, although I do have a question. I've had my layers since early winter. They came to me at 18-20 weeks old and consist of 2 barred rocks and a Buff Orp. My Buff is low hen while the bigger barred rock is "alpha hen", the other BO is the Switzerland of...
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    Pullet caught in fly strip, adhesive removal?

    My mother in law hung a bunch of fly tape strips around her coop. One of her birds, 14 weeks, got caught. I've gotten the strip off but dawn and warm water is doing nothing. The internet suggests solvents I wouldn't feel comfortable putting on an animal. HELP!
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    Broody break or wait and see?

    Henrietta (see avatar) is broody... AGAIN. I'm questioning jail because she's not spending excessive time on the nest, just fluffing and clucking the ticking timebomb cluck of doom. My alpha is outright attacking her on back of neck. Do I broody jail this early or will locking her out of the...
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    Ignoring feed.

    I went through this once before and began fermented feeding. My girls loved the FF and had it morning and evening with dry chow available all day. Between the weather warming up and having moved coops they're foregoing their actual food for free range, springtime goodies. They're eating grass...
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    Giving eggs away to virtual strangers?

    My blinker went out earlier this week and the Hubb's and I got to chatting with the clerk helping us. My chicken enthusiast came out and he was truly interested. He asked if we had any eggs to spare and not only do we but will be drowning in them come late summer when the littles turn into...
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    How can I still be this naive?

    I freaked out a few weeks back because I spotted what looked like a growth on one of my layers. I was all ready to ask you all but decided to Google first for some reference. So, it's her preening gland :gig I had no idea it was visible :confused: It's perfectly healthy, just a little nub...
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