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    Crowing Rooster ..all night long

    so we got a young Rooster this summer and he has grown into a fine looking boy and doing all the things a Rooster should do..BUT. he crows and crows all through the night. You can wake up at 0200 to go to the bathroom and you can hear him. Wife thinks it's our dusk to dawn light that's...
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    couldn't find this in my search..natl snake repellent?

    so what do you all use as a natural snake repellent? We have done the google search but would like real world experience.
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    odd eggs and yucky yolk

    soo we have had one (we think it's only one) lay an odd egg from time to time in the last couple of weeks. All hens are Buffs,no rooster, no change in diet except the cicadas have been thick so they get one IF it flies into their run. Anyway the yolk is yucky and the shell is not smooth and...
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    Another mystery for the BC brain trust

    so we have this 1 yo Buff Hen who is sick. No real bad discharge just extremely weak and can not stand. ALREADY CHECKED FOR LEG MITES. The thing is we just had another die ( no symptoms just found her dead the next morning) but the common dominator is they both had been given some egg shells...
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    Buff Orpington egg size

    Hi all it's been awhile. So we have 6 Hens after having a few rounds of Hy Line Browns. They are just now starting to lay and are about 2 weeks into it. My question goes into the size of these eggs. They are not very big and not really getting any bigger. It's been a bit as our last couple of...
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    when a chkn dies?

    had our most favored hen die last night. Loved to be carried and our youngest granddaughter's favorite ..anyway she's had what we call a "poopy butt" for maybe a month or more. Definition of poopy butt is just runny enough poop to catch on the tail feathers..worms maybe? but wife had looked...
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    PSA foot splints

    read it on here some time back..we had a hen that had 3 broken toes, we put a splint on her foot cut into a kite shape,. it was made from the foam off of a meat package wrapped with surgical tape..works great
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    broken toes

    got a fat hen with 3 broken toes all on the same foot. She had one so I totally reconstructed the coop/roost to make it ADA compatible and somehow she in 2 days have broken her other two now the DW wants me to hold her while she uses popsicle sticks and surgical tape to splint her toes...
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    How High

    curious to how high you have your Roost? DW had me make a platform and a stair rail the goes up to it , I thought they may use the rails but instead all gather on the platform but am starting to think I made it too tall as a couple of the Hens have a limp now and I'm thinking they hurt...
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    introducing a new Rooster

    some may or may not know that we had a Rooster casualty to a Chicken Hawk a few days ago we only have 6 hens but they needless to say are stressed at the moment but as things become more "normal" should we try to introduce a new Rooster? Should it be a youngster that doesn't quite know he's a...
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    Hens are freaked out

    long story short .. our flock got attacked by a hawk, Rooster went to protect them and got killed by the hawk..he was a fine Rooster...anyway Hens are freaked , wont eat wont do nothing they all just huddle in the corner of their hen house. They are Hyline Browns and very docile. ?
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    howdy all

    Wife got busy so I am the new Hen Nanny and I need some advice as I am a newbie at all this
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