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    Is it okay to let hens stop laying?

    My hens, bantam cochins, have all stopped laying since it started getting dark so early. Is it okay to just let them not lay for awhile or do I need to set up a light in the hen house and extend daylight artificially? I am not concerned about not having eggs at the moment but do want them to...
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    If I was a Zillionaire I would.............

    We play this game in my house everytime the lottery gets ridiculously huge and we buy a ticket. For me it's the real prize in playing the lottery. The What I Would Do game! So here goes.... If I won a zillion dollars I would immediately give my loved ones trust funds with a couple million...
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    Yawning/gaping

    I have a young barred rock pullet - approximately 10 - 12 weeks old. She has been the picture of health since I got her about a month ago. Up until yesterday. Yesterday she was extremely lethargic and not particularly interested in her food, not even treats like grapes. I could tell...
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    5 and 1/2 days late but peeping. HELP!

    5/25 at 9pm was exactly 21 days. 4 chicks hatched within 12 hours prior and after that time. Yesterday I went to toss the remaining 6 eggs. Before I ddi that I did a float test. OMG one of the eggs started bobbing around like a bobber with a fish on the line and it was PEEPING! I...
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    Cochin chicken has the snuffles?

    My standard cochin pullet, born 12/25/10, has what I can best describe as a wet snuffle/sneeze. She does this little cough/sneeze thing and it always sounds wet. She doesn't have any discharge and she is otherwise seemingly healthy. She eats, drinks and poos just like her coop mate. I am...
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    Wanted Standard Cochin pullet or young hen

    I am in need of a standard cochin pullet or young hen. I care more about health than color but if I had a choice I would probably choose black or buff or partridge first. I am in Fayettevile AR and am not opposed to paying for shipping as well but would prefer to pickup or meet. Thanks so much!
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    Coop Suggestions for the South - Hot Humid summers/Cold Winter

    I am starting the process of designing and building my coop and would like some suggestions. I live in Arkansas where it gets really humid in the summer and sometimes pretty hot - 90's and up. It also can get pretty cold in the winter - down into single digits and snow. I'm a little stumped...
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    disinfect a chicken coop?

    We are getting a friend's coop. I am guesing I should disinfect it before putting my chickens in it but don't know how to go about doing that. Suggestions, tips, advice, brownies?
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    Arrrrrgh

    I just bought my first ever chickens today! Four cochin pullets - two splashes and two partridges - Nugget, Potpie, Fingers and Little. I am so ridiculously excited even though really I have no idea what I am doing. Hence joining this board! I am sure I will be spending hours upon hours...
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