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  1. Monika S

    New Jersey Giants sleeping in nesting box

    Hi all, so I have 4 New Jersey Giants. I've been having various chicken breeds within the last 12 years and never had much of a problem with the ladies not using the coop to sleep at night. While my Australorp was still alive, the Jersey Giants slept on the roost. She died of old age about 6...
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    Found coon tonight

    Since losing one of my chicken to a predator (probably a coon) in the past, I made my coop a fortress, or so I thought. I used hardware cloth and doubled that up with chicken wire on the inside (since I already had chicken wire I left it). I also put cement all the way around, so nothing can dig...
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    Too cold? 10 year old Easter Egger and almost 1 year old Jersey Giants -15F

    Hi, I normally am not worried about the cold. I do have a heat lamp in there that I only use when it gets below 10F. It's a fairly large coop, but I can close the doors and I do have a small vent hole in the top. What worries me is that my Maggie is almost 11 years old and my Jersey Giants are...
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    Crowing 10 year old hen

    So I have this crowing 10 year old hen. She's the only one left of the 5 gals I got at the same time. When I got my new ones, she didn't crow right away. I had them for a year and these last few weeks Maggie has been crowing every morning. I know there are things like spontaneous sex change...
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    Mimi still Wheezing/Parasite confirmed

    In my previous thread I was talking about my almost 10 year old bird Mimi. She has steadily been losing weight and has been wheezing since January 1st. I have treaded her twice with safeguard and twice with Ivermectin. Both orally. Every time I pick her up I feel like something is crawling...
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    1 month and still wheezing

    First off, there is no Avian vet anywhere close to where I live. The closest is about a hour away from my house. So on January 1st I made a post about Mimi, my 10 year old. She's been wheezing and I have tried treating her for different things. The first treatment was Fenbendazole for...
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    Mimi is Wheezing

    So today when I was feeding my girls, my 9 year old hen comes up to me and looks at me funny (she normally goes for the food right away) and then I hear her wheezing. I picked her up and she snuggled right away. I can tell she's not feeling well. I have been massaging her throat and tried to...
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    Eggbound? She looks like she's dying

    I got a real emergency. I found my Flame in the corner this morning and her butt is bloody. No egg to be found. She's lethargic. I felt her up and even stuck my gloved finger in where she is bleeding from, but I can feel no egg. I sprayed some disinfectent on her butt and separated her.. not...
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    Old Member new name

    Hi, I once was a member, but I can't remember what e-mail I used, so I had to sign in anew with my current e-mail. I'm Monika from Wisconsin. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I've been a chicken owner since June 2013 (2) How many chickens do you have right now...
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    Bumblefoot? And do I cut those nails?

    I found Mimi looking like that. She's not limping, but I saw this and thought it might be bumblefoot? I also wonder if I should cut her nails? Thanks, Monika
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    Chicken eggs dissappear and cickens don't want to go into coop

    I've been thinking that one of my chickens is eating their eggs... not all of them, just some.. sometimes there are shells left, sometimes not.. then I started noticing that my girls are not going into their coop at night anymore. Today I discovered a hole the size of a softball under the fence...
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    Wild Birds (like Sparrows) and Chickens

    Hi, I was just wondering if anyone else has the problem of the wild birds getting into the run and eating the chickens food? At first I didn't mind cause there were only 3 or 4 of them, but now when I go outside in the morning to feed my chickens there are 20 or more birds in the run and then...
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    Adding Chickens easier than thought

    I thought adding my 5 girls was gonna end up being horrendous. So far it's not going too badly. Moose (my big Speckled Sussex) is very protective of her flock. When I got my new ones, one of the Speckled Sussex Babies ended up being the mother hen. When I started letting the big ones and the...
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    I ordered 5 Speckled Sussex. What breeds did I end up with?

    I think my girls are old enough now to where some of you may be able to tell me which breeds I ended up with, since it is obvious that I have at least 2 girls that are NOT speckled sussex. :-) I don't mind that I didn't get all the same... I had asked if I could mix breeds and they told me no...
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    Chicks a week old ok without heat lamp?

    I know that chicks should start out with 95 degrees and go from there. HOWEVER, my chicks have been uncomfortable from day one with a low heat lamp. So I raised it and it's at 85 degrees right now. I cannot hang it any higher and they still will not stay under the lamp, nor do they huddle...
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    Can molting ever be dangerous?

    Hi, I've lost two chickens in the past year and now I'm overly worried. I don't want to lose another one. My favorite chicken went into a molt in late November and today was a high of 4 Degrees here today. Tonight it will be -2. Moose (that's her name) is in a hard molt. It's actually her...
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    Diarrhea, labored breathing, still in molt

    Help. Another chicken is dying! Baby girl is 15 months old, not quite over her molt yet and hasn't laid any eggs in weeks due to the molt. I checked her for stuck egg, but nothing and symptoms are more that of illness. She's been having diarrhea for a couple of days now and still acted...
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    Losing feathers and no eggs in two days then 2 eggs in one - one of them transparent

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) She is an Easter Egger 12 months old. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. She's lost some neck feathers Two days no egg than earlier today I got the blueish green one, which is normal...
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    I love my chickens! Is this Morbid?

    When Monster died this morning I was devastated.... still am really sad!!! Then I thought I would cut a few feathers to remember her by. As I was cutting I thought about the little masks I bought years ago, cause I LOVE masks and thought I could make my own, but never had the time nor drive to...
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    Chicken Died today. Worried about rest

    HI all, my Monster died today. She has no signs of illness, but she did quit laying a few weeks ago. since she was so late in laying I just figured she was going through a stage again. Then this morning she was not moving much and her breathing was labored and a half hour later she had moved...
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