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    broody, not dying!

    So I have 3 chickens, 2 new girls, about a year old, and one old girl, 9 years old. My old girl lost her best friend (same age) about 2 months ago. The new girls and Polly, my old girl, are in separate but side by side coops and free range together in the afternoons. Don't like sleeping together...
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    I can't believe my chicken ate the end off of the thermometer!

    One of my chickens has apparently eaten the little glass bulb end off of the thermometer we had hanging in the henhouse. We found the thermometer on the floor early this morning and looked and looked and looked for the missing glass, but found nothing. Went through all of the bedding (with a...
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    space for chickens

    Like just about everyone else we built our coop too small... It is 12 square feet inside and has a 20 square foot run attached. The chickens also get an hour or two a day of foraging around outside the pen, depending on work schedules and weather. Right now we have two chickens. I would like to...
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    our first egg!!!

    Polly, my australorp, just laid her first egg at 18 weeks. It is small but perfect, and a lovely dark brown color. It's my first egg ever, too, and I am so excited I have called everyone I know to tell them... I feel like a kid, and I'm 46 years old! Do I need to refrigerate the egg right away...
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    cold weather with only two birds

    I only have two birds right now. I am planning to get more in the spring, but that leaves these two with only each other for warmth thru the winter. They are three months old and very fluffy and fully feathered. They have a nice, dry house with no leaks at all and only a little bit if draftiness...
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    grapes

    I read somewhere here that the seeds in grapes are toxic to chickens. The back of my property is a hedgerow of wild berries and grapes, totally tangled and not at all easy to remove. They're probably 30+ years old and enormous. I'd like to let my chickens free range back there but don't want to...
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    vitamin/electrolyte powder and ACV

    Can you put ACV and vitamin plus electrolyte powder in the birds' water at the same time or do they mess each other up? Should I alternate days with them?
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    corid yes or no?

    I need some advice on whether to give my chickens corid as a preventative or wait until they get sick. I started with four chicks back in August. One died after about a day and a half. I now know it was from coccidiosis, but I didn't know then. The feed and seed store people said it just...
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    grit?

    My birds are eight to ten weeks old. They have sand and gravel in their run and I am wondering if those things qualify as grit. Do I need to provide something special for them?
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    flies :(

    Anyone have a great idea to get rid of flies in a chicken coop? Other than routine maintenance of course... Can chickens eat flies off of those icky yellow fly strips, or will their beaks get stuck or something? Thanks for any ideas!
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    wild bird food as a treat?

    I know it wouldn't substitute for chicken feed, but can chickens eat wild bird food as a treat? It seems like it would be nutritious, with all those different seeds and grains...
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    older chicks make a fuss about being handled

    My chicks (five weeks to seven weeks) have been out of the laundry room and in their new outdoor coop for the last two nights. They seem very happy and plenty warm at night, and they love pecking around during the day. They make a big fuss if I try to pick them up or pet them though. They come...
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    poultry shows in northern CA

    Hello, I live a few miles south of Sacramento and would love to find a poultry show within a couple hours of here. I'd like to see a birds of different breeds in real life, not just through photos. I currently have a barred rock, buff orpington, RIR, and an australorp, but there are so many...
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    treats for chicks

    I have lots of corn coming in from the garden, and am wondering if my chicks would like a corn cob to play with and/or eat, or if they are too young. They are between two and three weeks old. Any other treats that would be appropriate at this age or do I wait?
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    sick chicks

    Hello, My first time posting, and first time raising chicks. We started with four chicks, two day-olds and two week-olds. They looked great for the first couple of days, and then one of the little ones got listless and stopped eating. No trouble pooping, no pain, just sleepy and completely shut...
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