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    Does anyone know how to get blu-kote off skin?

    So I have a leaky bottle of blu-kote and before I knew it my entire hand is....well, blue. Does anyone know how to wash it off? I have tried gas, WD-40, and alcohol. It's a little bit lighter now but still very blue. I really don't want to go to work tomorrow looking like a smurf.
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    feedback on brooder idea

    I want to get some chicks (it remains to be seen if my hen will stay broody or I have to buy them). I have some questions on a brooder. My idea is to build it in the run under the covered part so my hens will get used to seeing the chicks on a regular basis. My run is plenty big (8 x 20 w/...
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    Surprise surprise

    So I killed my only roo Sunday. After 2 years he started attacking my hens. He did so much damage to one he nearly rippeed her comb completely off and damaged her eye so bad I'm not sure she can see out of it. I have been wanting one of my hens to go broody for months now with no luck, so my...
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    Can you make a hen go broody?

    I'm fairly new to chickens. I have decided to try to let my hens hatch some eggs so my daughter can experience having baby chicks. Problem is, none of my hens are broody. I had one who acted like she was going to be but she lost interest after only 5 days. Is there any way to make a hen go...
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    feed question

    I read a thread yesterday talking about protien percentage in layer feed. I don't keep my bags when I buy feed so I don't know the percentage of protien in our normal feed. I am considering changing my feed since we want to start letting one of our broody hens hatch some eggs. We have one hen...
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    Broody hen getting attacked by rooster

    I have a hen who has just started with broody behavior. She is not fully committed yet, as she will not stay in her favorite nest box that I left eggs in. My rooster started brutally attacking her. He is not trying to mate. He is trying to kill her. This has been going on for 5 days now. I...
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    Rooster Singling Out One Hen

    I have 1 roo and 5 hens. This group has been together for 2 years with no problems. They are in a 4 x 8 coop with a 8 x 20 run attached. We let them out during the day almost every day. I noticed yesterday while I was outside with them, my roo attacking one particular hen. This is not...
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    newbie to BYC and chickens

    Hi, I'm from NW Florida and got my first chickens last summer. Sadly they were killed by, we guess a racoon. I was wondering the trick to getting a friendly rooster. We never wanted a rooster when we decided to get chickens but they were free and it was a take all or none deal. It turned out...
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