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  1. AMChandler

    Only 1 hen left-can I put her with the babies or no?

    I've only got one hen left, she's around 7-8 months. The babies are 5 weeks today, and I really would like to get them out of the house. Would they be ok together yet or is it still too soon. I put them together in the run while I was watching. Last night, the babies were screaming and driving...
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    Lights out!

    Hey everybody, just wondering something: due to circumstances beyond my control right now, my chicks have to spend the night with no light in the brooder. I did have a 60 watt in one of those reflector things above them in the brooder. Tonight I had to make another brooder and split them up...
  3. AMChandler

    And then there was one

    At least now I know how its getting in, and based on the tracks what it is: a skunk! My poor little girl was caught in the side of the door, it couldn't pull her all the way out. So it just ate the part it could get out. I have one big girl left. Today we put new doors on the coop. We thought...
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    Hen was on the nest this morning, but no egg

    When should I start getting worried?
  5. AMChandler

    Chased that mangy old cat away from the coop tonight

    That old rough looking cat that lives around here came up to the living room windows and scared my cats and then ran off and hid beside the coop. We went outside to chase it off and we were almost right on it before it ran off. I don't know if this is what's getting my chickens? It attacked...
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    Babies are screaming at each other

    I just had to move my waterer and feeder up to keep the pine chips out of them. I set them up on bricks. Now the chicks seem upset and are hopping around and chirping loudly and kind of jumping on each other. I'm assuming they're just upset that something has changed and they will get used to...
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    Comb Injury

    One of our girls somehow tore off most of the front part of her comb: I checked the forums here and we did what they said: clipped off the hanging down part, and I put some hydrogen peroxide on it. She's acting ok, jumped back up in the bush with her friend who was clucking for her. Its...
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    Do they have to have layer pellets?

    Our chickens free range during the day, all day, and we have some corn scratch in the coop. Almost out of scratch, do I need to get them layer pellets? They just started laying eggs, although I haven't eaten them yet. They also get fruit and veg and bread scraps.
  9. AMChandler

    Dog hanging around coop in the middle of the night

    Late last night, my son saw a dog - looked like a lab, not a wolf or coyote - come out of the woods, sniff around the coop, and then give up and go back into the woods. Could that be what's been getting my chickens?? I've never seen a dog around at all. We've reinforced the door since our last...
  10. AMChandler

    Newbie from Missouri

    Hey. I'm new here (obvs). We are in Missouri about an hour southwest of St Louis. Living on a 15 acre farmlet with four kids, four cats, a pony and - well - down to 2 big chickens, now. We lost two big girls last week in separate attacks. Got 10 chicks yesterday, 5 Rhode Island Reds and 5...
  11. AMChandler

    Whats getting in the coop??

    We have a metal shed coop on a concrete slab. No major holes from what we can see. Something is getting in there and getting the chickens out! Last Sat was the first time. The only evidence was missing chicken and lots of feathers inside and out. This morning, same thing, but this time there...
  12. AMChandler

    Chicken with swollen eye

    Hi all. I have a chicken who has a terrible swollen eye, it started on one side and seems like its moving to the other. Looked around on this forum and it seems like it might be clogged sinus? Looked in her mouth and it looks like some yellow crusty on the roof of her mouth. We chased down...
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