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    hatching wormed chicken eggs?

    I have a person that is worming her chickens and was wondering if she could hatch the eggs from the chickens she is worming. I thought is was a good question--better than throwing them away. Anyone have any experience on this.........
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    anyone ever try puttng week old chicks with a broody hen??

    I have some chicks I hatched out with the bator a week ago and now I have a broody hen. I was wondering if she might take them-has anyone tried this.
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    Lost a hen to a coopers Hawk

    Well, today after getting back to the house from running some errands I heard the girls making odd noises when carrying in groceries. I put some away and then decided to go check on them as I didn't see them under the coop which there are always some under there. I go over and open the gate to...
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    what kind of ducks to get???

    My son (age 30) is interested in getting some ducks for here at our farm. we have a nice creek that flows by the house and we have wild mallards go by frequently. My question is --will they come to the house and get into my flower beds and wreak havoc--I just put my chickens in a run this...
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    lethargic rooster,quit crowing,maybe impacted crop

    My rooster quit crowing a few days ago and he keeps to himself. He stands kinda hunched up with head pulled in. He has quit crowing and stays to himself. My husband and I checked him last night on the roost and he has a bump on his chest on one side that you can put your fingers around about the...
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    Is this a good incubator???

    I have BO's and would love to have some lavender ones----as they are hard to find the pullets I have looked and found eggs that can be hatched. I can get this BRAND NEW HOVA-BATOR INCUBATOR 1602N & 1611 EGG TURNER---- the incubator and turner for 69.95. I know it is a good deal but after...
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    How old before they get broody

    I have some BO's that are 7 months old that have been laying for a couple of months and I have one that is acting broody--how old are they usually before they get broody??? My other question is do they continue to lay an egg every day during the 3 weeks it takes for the eggs to hatch or do they...
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    A MUST READ-if wanting to relocate coons

    Just got off the phone with my sister in law-she read where I was having coon problems. She said last summer she and my nephew were trapping them in her yard (eating her birdfood and she has chickens) and letting them out several miles away. She kept telling him it was the same coon and he said...
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    close call tonight-coon in the coop-update-got him!!!

    So everyday I sit here and read about all these people losing their chickens to predators and thank my lucky stars I have a predator proof coop-----if I close the freaking door at night this evening we got company and after they left -10:30-my husband looks at me and says you didn't get the...
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    Does anyone grow pennyroyal for the mites and lice????

    I was reading in one of my chicken books that you can put pennyroyal in the coop and nesting boxes to keep the mites and lice out. It is in the mint family. If so ,I am going to plant some around my new coop to have for inside. It comes back every year and I guess proliferates greatly! I also...
  11. effie

    all these feeds!!! are they really necessary??

    I have put my 6 week old BO's in with my two grown hens this week--the hens are eating some of the medicated chick food and the chicks are eating the layer crumbles--is this a big deal?----because I wonder if I had a hen that hatched these babies out would you change the all the food in the...
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    found dead hen in laying box

    I went to the coop to find one of my hens dead in her laying box this morning. I got these 3 hens from a neighbor that had to move to the city-she let them freerun and put them up at night- I have had them about 3 weeks-letting them free run occasionally. She had been getting up in the box and...
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