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  1. DawnM

    Advice on checking broody eggs

    We have a broody hen that is hatching out chicks right now. My daughter is freaking out because the only thing I will let her do is listen and she wants to lift the hen every few hours to check progress. The hen isn't happy being moved but she doesn't fight it either. It's also her first hatch...
  2. DawnM

    Will a good broody raise chicks she didn't hatch?

    We have an excellent mamma hen that is either broody or raising chicks. She is getting finished raising a bunch of ducklings for a local lady that breeds Runner Ducks. It's a great arrangement because she is such a stubborn broody that without eggs she would starve herself to death. You could...
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    Vanilla Leaf plant for insect repellent

    I just found out about a native West Coast plant that repells flies, the Vanilla Leaf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achlys_(plant). I have seen many posts about the vanilla air freshener and I'm sure this is where it came from. I was even told companies use this plant for things like perfumes and...
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    Electric fencing for dogs

    We live in the kind of neighborhood where things have to be pretty bad before neighbors call the authorities on each other. This works out pretty well except with certain people. Our neighbor's Cattle Dog can jump the fence into our backyard. So far she has killed 3 of our chickens in two...
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    Need help with bipolar rooser

    We have an EE x Giant Cochin rooster that is just now hitting puberty. We have 5 hens and one is his sister. She just started laying eggs so I'm assuming he's hitting sexual maturity as well. He has picked out her and one of the Barred Rocks to go after very aggressively, I'm assuming to mate...
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    Shipped chicks dying off one by one

    I just got an order of chicks from Purely Poultry Friday morning. They were all fine when they arrived. There were 11 + 2 Japanese Bantams and 5 + 1 D'Uccle. Ever since they arrived they have been dying off one by one. They are fine one minute and half dead the next. They don't have pasty butt...
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    Recommendations for Ebay Sellers

    I haven't used Ebay for almost five years now because of a mistake Paypal made (taking $700 out of my bank account when it was supposed to be out of someone elses) but I think it might be the best way to find hatching eggs that don't cost a fortune. Paypal doesn't make you have an account...
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    Experiment: Washed Vs. Unwashed

    My daughters science fair experiment this year was testing whether washed or unwashed eggs hatch better in her incubator. She got a Hova-Bator 1602N for Christmas. Since her science fair timed perfectly with the excitement of getting the incubator we pulled both projects together. I have told a...
  9. DawnM

    First time incubation questions

    My daughter is using her new Hova-bator 1602-N to do her school science project. She got 24 eggs from a local seller and put them in the bator on January 1st. They were all laid either on the 31st of Dec. or the 1st of January. She split them down the middle and washed 12 of them, her experiment...
  10. DawnM

    Just want to thank everyone for winter management tips

    I don't post often but read a lot on these forums. This week we had some very cold weather for our area, usually in 40's and 50's but it went down to single digits. All we did with our coop was to insulate the inside with cardboard and change the roosts so they were flat where the chickens feet...
  11. DawnM

    Managing an Urban Rooster?

    A few weeks back the neighbors dog got into our yard and killed one of our chickens. It wasn't a huge issue like it is with most neighbors because both us and the neighbors thought the yard was secure. The dog, an Australian Cattle Dog, figured out a weakness in the fence. The wire that runs the...
  12. DawnM

    Production Red?

    I got this girl when she was about 8 weeks old. We replaced a bird that was supposed to be a pullet but ended up being a rooster. When we got her, she was larger than the rest of the girls who were 10 weeks old and her feet were huge. For a while I wasn't even sure she was a girl at all but then...
  13. DawnM

    Hello from Tacoma

    I have been reading a lot of information on here and thought it was about time to join. We have 6 chickens, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Rhode Island Red, 2 Barred Rocks, 1 Black Star, and 1 that we were told was a Cherry Egger. They are all about 5 1/2 months old now and most are laying. No problems so...
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