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  1. dreamwallaby

    Hawk attack

    One hen was killed and we just discovered this under the wing of another. I have a tough decision to make. This is an older hen, doesn't really lay anymore, BUT this is one of the first 4 chickens I ever owned. She helped start what is now a 40 plus chicken farm. I don't want her to be in pain...
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    Horse stall to chicken coop

    My family bought a 22 acre horse farm and it has a wonderful 13 stall barn. The horses are going on one end and my chickens are getting a couple stalls at the other end. Construction started yesterday as my Mother's Day gift :). The front bars have been enclosed with hardware cloth, 2x4 s run...
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    From Crib to Brooder

    I bought this crib on craigslist and I am using it for my brooder. It came with drawers underneath that I actually set where the mattress would go. This will keep the chicks close to their heat source, food and water with it's divider for the first few days. The drawer doesn't reach the back of...
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    A jubilee orpington became a serama or 9

    Chicken math. Need I say more? Probably not but I will anyways 5 years ago I bought my first chickens, 4 lovely Easter eggers and somehow managed to stop there and avoid the chicken math disease that was plaguing so many others. Then I lost 2 of my hens in the past 6 months. One to an impacted...
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    Leg mites or just bumblefoot?

    I went out to the nest box today and my RIR was sitting on the nest. When I lifted her up to look for eggs I noticed her legs looked funny and immediately thought she had leg mites. None of her coop mates have any symptoms at all and legs look normal. I decided to treat with gasoline and A&D for...
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    Serama eggs, when to set?

    So I read Seramas tend to hatch around day 19. I have 7 eggs in the incubator that went in on July 22 so I think August 10 is day 19 so when should I stop turning and up the humidity, tomorrow? Thanks for any help
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    Several questions, chicks should be hatching in a couple days

    So my serama chicks should be hatching in just a couple days, fingers crossed. I have 7 in an incubator and 2 serama hens sitting on 13 eggs(of which only a couple seem fertile) I plan to place the incubator chicks under the seramas when they hatch and they are due to hatch the same days as the...
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    Brinsea, shipped eggs, air cell ??

    My eggs arrived today ( a day late in a crushed box USPS sucks) and I just want to be sure of a few things 1. They arrived at 9:30 am, I am going to leave them in the carton, pointy end down for 24hrs to allow air cell to setttle/reattach as needed. 2. ????? I will be incubating them in the...
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    Serama hatching eggs

    Hello everyone :) I have 3 serama hens that were in with a rooster when I purchased them a week ago. They were laying eggs but not sitting them and the nest box was also too hot where the coop was. So I tossed those first few eggs and moved the coop so the nest box is in a better spot, all shade...
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    Please tell me he's not a he EE

    We just picked up two beautiful pullets yesterday. 4 months old. Something is telling me the one may actually be a rooster. The seller was very nice and said if there were any mistakes in sexing she'd take it back for a trade but I'd like some opinions before we get too attached. My hens are...
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    Sick hen

    I have a hen who is lethargic, seems to have a much fuller crop than everyone else but still has an appetite. She also has a pale comb. I came home with crickets to give as a snack and everyone ate them and then I noticed she was basically falling asleep afterwards. I don't know if she was...
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    Wyandotte question please

    Hello everyone, I have a question about SLW. I went to a farm today to purchase 2 hens to replace one that sadly passed from my small flock a few months ago. The ad said they had Easter Eggers and that's what my other girls are. So I dragged my 3 boys and fiance out to the farm and told the boys...
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    Sand questions

    This is my second spring with this coop and run and since my chickens have dug A LOT in the run I am having mud problems. The run is on a slope and the water runs away from the coop but I am still getting this mud spot. The smell and flies have also kicked up seriously this spring. I want to put...
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    shelless egg?

    So I posted earlier today about one of my hens having thin shelled eggs. Today I found an egg that felt and looked like a water balloon, no shell?? Why would this happen? all my hens get oyster shells and the other eggs are always nice hard shells.
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    I knew it was a matter of time

    I live in the suburbs on less than an acre, but my lot backs up to woods where I have seen deer, turkey, opposums and skunks. I knew them pesky raccoons were out there somewhere. A few weeks back I found raccoon tracks in the snow. Chickens were fine and it appeared that the coon had checked out...
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    Couple issues all at once

    I have 4 hens. One use to attack me, she hasn't done it in at least a month, but now she is attacking one of the other hens instead. Every morning Buckbeak will peck Carly on the head. Carly will run away to the other side of the run to eat and Buckbeak will walk over after a minute or two and...
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    organic chicken feed

    Does anyone feed this http://www.groworganic.com/organic-layer-chicken-pellets-50-lb-bag.html or suggest a brand? Thanks
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    can you eat eggs that froze

    I pulled my eggs from the coop late today and i think they are frozen. If they thaw in fridge, are they ok to eat? I'm guessing yes, since we do it to meat, but just checking
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    They stopped laying in the nest box?

    So my EEs just started laying about 2 weeks ago. It started with one hen laying every other day in the nest box (which is actually divided into 3 boxes for my 4 hens). After 5 days, another hen started laying but she started laying them in the bottom of the coop instead of in the nest boxes. She...
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    Where are my eggs?? and a mean hen UPDATED w/pics

    Im getting a bit frustrated. My four EEs were born in early May. Two months ago I heard them do the Egg Song. My neighbor heard it too, had chickens growing up and told me what the noise was. Went out to check about an hr later, no egg Have checked every morning since and no luck. No more Egg...
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