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  1. EmmaDonovan

    ISO Easter Egger, Arizona

    Looking for a young, smallish, sweet tempered laying hen who looks like this. Can be an Easter Egger or an Ameraucana or a mixed breed. One year old or younger and laying regularly. The egg color doesn't matter but her appearance and temperament do. She must look like this and be...
  2. EmmaDonovan

    Do they stop singing the egg song at some point?

    We get very few eggs these days, 0-3 per day from 12 hens, all 21 months old. Sometimes they eat the eggs before we can get outside to collect them (there's no reason for them to do that, they have plenty of feed and protein and treats and oyster shell, lots of space and clutter in the run)...
  3. EmmaDonovan

    Possible causes of thin hen?

    One of our black Australorps is skinny. The flock just went through a hard molt and foul pox at the same time. The pox is waning and everyone is doing fine. She is the only one who is thin. She is 1 yr 8 months old, moves fine, eyes bright and alert, eats, drinks, crop is empty in the morning...
  4. EmmaDonovan

    Chick’n Aid Chicken Supplement in 90-100F - throw it out?

    I just found three bags of this stored where they shouldn't have been. That means they have been baking in 90-100F temps for many months. The package says to store it below 70F. Should I throw them out? Do high temps render this dangerous or just less effective?
  5. EmmaDonovan

    Bad molt and fowl pox at the same time

    Our chickens are going through the worst molt I've seen and we discovered yesterday that several are also infected with dry fowl pox. Due to the pox they're eating less and we're only getting a few eggs here and there. We're providing extra protein (grubs, sardines, tuna) and Chick’n Aid...
  6. EmmaDonovan

    How deep to bury hardware cloth in a run?

    How deep should we bury hardware cloth so that the chickens don't dig down to it?
  7. EmmaDonovan

    Cleaning out a hoarder house: any helpful tips?

    My friend inherited a hoarder house located about 20 minutes from where I live. She asked if I would help her clean it out, she's overwhelmed, I said sure. There aren't piles of trash or animal feces or anything like that. The utilities are on and working. It's just packed with stuff like a...
  8. EmmaDonovan

    How often do you remove a hen saddle?

    If you have hens who wear them full time how often do you remove them or do you just leave them on?
  9. EmmaDonovan

    Digging out a run

    Need to dig out about 16 cubic yards of dirt and then put it back. I am not a construction person so I'm not sure how best to do this. It's level ground, no landscaping, no plants/rocks/gravel, just desert dirt, and no objects to dig around. It's not compacted as I can dig down at least a foot...
  10. EmmaDonovan

    I'm at the end of my rope.

    I do not know how we ended up with a flock that hates each other. I didn't even know that was possible. It's awful. I'm about done. We have built a larger, relocated run. It is brand new/neutral ground/toys/clutter for all of them. This is the 4th run we have built for them in 13 months. There...
  11. EmmaDonovan

    Do pinless peepers work with port feeders and RentACoop water cups?

    I'm guessing no but has anyone tried it? Some of the material about using pinless peepers say you need to have open pans of feed and water and we can't do that here because of squirrels.
  12. EmmaDonovan

    Reintroducing a split up flock

    I have all but given up on trying to get our flock to get along. Mixed flock of twelve, one year old, all grew up together. They are bullying, egg eating, and feather pulling. They're currently split into three groups: eight, three, and one. We just completed a new run in a different part of...
  13. EmmaDonovan

    Mildly broody

    One year old Bielefelder, sitting in next box all day and night, blorped out (pancaked), ticking-clucking, for three days now. She is not aggressive and will allow me to move her and remove eggs. I removed all the artificial eggs. She will leave the nest box to get treats and I have seen her...
  14. EmmaDonovan

    Mycelium Pigeon Racing Food okay for laying chickens?

    Ingredients are Canadian Peas, Milo, Pop Corn, Maple Peas, Wheat, Austrian Peas, Oat Groats, Safflower, Barley; Vitamin Pigeon Premix Ingredients Containing Niacin, Riboflavin, Vitamin D-2 (Vegetable Source), Vitamin A, 500k Vegetable Calcium Pantothenate, Choline Bitartrate, B-Carotene 334k/g...
  15. EmmaDonovan

    What do you wish you knew before you built your coop and run?

    I wish I'd known to put a sheltered table/workspace near the coop and run. I have one now. It's so handy for preparing food/treats, treating ill or injured hens, doing small repairs and cleaning and other projects. It's under a tarp so it's protected from sun and rain. I also wish I'd built...
  16. EmmaDonovan

    When is a poopy butt a problem?

    Some butts are poopier than others, I know. Usually they come and go as the hens clean themselves but one has had a poopy butt for six days which is unusual. The poop doesn't smell unusually bad, it's just poop. No changes in feed. She is moving, eating, drinking, behaving normally. She allows...
  17. EmmaDonovan

    What is this connector called and where can I buy it?

    I can't remember where I found this, I think it was in an Amazon product review. The purchaser used conduit pipes to reinforce the frame of the run, which I think is a great idea and I'd like to do it, but I have no idea where to get those black connectors.
  18. EmmaDonovan

    BPA-free PVC tee pipes?

    I'm setting up a water system similar to this: but I can't find any tee-connectors that are BPA free. Anyone have any ideas on where I can buy that type of tee-connector that is BPA-free? It can't be a regular PVC tee-connector because it has to have the threaded outlet for cups:
  19. EmmaDonovan

    Parrot shredding toys for hens?

    I had an older tarp over part of their pen. It started to fray and the chickens began shredding it into strings. They have plenty of room and stuff to do, I think they just did that because it was fun (?). I replaced the tarp with a new one because I was concerned they might ingest some of the...
  20. EmmaDonovan

    How big a jail and for how long for aggressive alpha hen?

    We don't have a rooster. A 7mo white leghorn named Snow is our flock's alpha. She was sweet and timid but friendly as a chick, then adolescence hit and she turned into Sneaux: the Mean Girl. She doesn't just peck. She jumps on top of a hen and holds her down and rips out her head and neck...
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