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    Healing Hen Sleeps a LOT. Is this normal?

    My 6yo EE hen, Thirteen, got attacked by a dog on Tuesday evening. Her wounds looked really scary, so I treated her as best I could with what I had to work with (betadine and blukote) and tracked down an avian vet who saw her on Wednesday afternoon. Luckily, there is no damage to her internal...
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    4 yo Bantam Cochin With a Firm, Swollen Belly

    So- I got home from a week long vacation late last night. When I went out to check on the chickens this morning, my 4yo bantam hen, Olga, was standing by herself in the run and quite puffed up. When I picked her up to bring her in the house, I noticed that her belly is hard (it feels like a...
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    Hello? Earth to Doris!!! (Hen staring off into space)

    I have an almost 3yo EE hen (Doris) who, as a general rule, does not like to be handled. She didnt come out with the rest of the flock when I let them out this morning. I checked on her and found her just standing on the roost, staring off into space. She didnt really react when I picked her up...
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    Do chickens get constipated? UPDATED: 7 days later- a full recovery!

    I've been treating my 2yr old (today!!!) serama hen, Stig, for a prolapsed vent since Friday and have not seen an egg from her since Saturday evening (its now Thursday). I've been keeping her in a dark hospital pen in the house and tending to her vent once or twice a day with Preparation H and...
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    I really should write a Thank-you note

    ... to all of the companies who bought my address just so they could send me junk mail. Thanks to them, I dont have to pay for material to line my nest boxes... or any bedding for my coop, for that matter. It all comes nicely hand delivered into my mailbox, every day, & all I have to do is run...
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    Replacing a chewed cord

    So it appears that a critter of some description has chewed through the cord to the heated base for my chickens water tower. Is there any reason why I cant replace it with a piece of extension cord? Since it would get plugged into an extension cord anyway?
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    Waiting out a fox?

    I did a search but didnt find quite what I was looking for- Anyhow, the local fox has finally discovered my yard. I was out planting tulip bulbs in my front yard this afternoon while my girls were exterminating bugs & spiders from the side of the house. Next thing I knew, they were cackling &...
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    (SOUTHERN CT) Bantam Roos!

    "Golf Ball" and "Gimli" Hatched 1/17/12. Wonderful little boys, but the neighbors dont appreciate their wake up calls. Must go ASAP! Can deliver within a 30min drive of Norwich CT (06365). "Golf Ball" "Gimli"
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    7mo EE Rooster (New London County, CT)

    Sunshine is a healthy, happy, good natured boy who just cant keep his voice down in the mornings. I held out as long as I could, but now that its warm enough for sleeping with open windows, he needs to find a new home before my neighbors start to complain. It breaks my heart- but I'd rather see...
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    My rooster has started stalking my dog

    He's done it twice, that I've noticed. She wont even be looking at him or the hens (she ignores them completely) and he'll start stalking her. I thwarted his last sneak attack by yelling- when she looked up, he turned around and walked away. Messing with my dog is right up there with messing...
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    Taking Chicks from the Hen

    I'm letting my broody hatch some chicks for a friend. What is the most humane way to take the chicks from her? I'll have them for about 10days before they'll be picked up and taken to VT. Should I take them & raise them in a brooder from day 1? Or should I let her at least have *some* of the fun...
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    My favorite hen died & I dont know why

    I found my favorite hen, Matilda, dead on the shelf in the coop this morning. I'm devastated over this- but I'm also concerned for the rest of my flock. I checked her over before I buried her and didnt find anything- no parasites, she was well fleshed, no injuries, nothing. It looks like she...
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    Frizzle chicks- which one to keep?

    As much as it pains me to do so- I need to thin out my flock of mixed bantam chicks. They came from a backyard mix & to my absolute delight, I ended up with 2 frizzles!! I'm fairly sure I have both a male & a female. I'd like to keep the frizzle genes in my flock, and I've read that breeding...
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    I think Mama hen is "over it"

    After living on my front porch for the past 8 weeks, my beloved Mama Matilda seems to be done being a Mom. She's been- not really "ignoring" the chicks (who are 5wks old today), but definitely not fussing over them like she used to. I had them out free ranging on the front lawn today and twice...
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    Showing Poultry in 4H

    My 6yo son started 4H this past month and has already asked about "doing chickens for 4H". As an ex-4H'er, I'm all for it... but my experience is with horses... I dont have a clue about showing chickens, LOL! Anyhow- my broody recently hatched a whole bunch of mixed bantams & I'm thinking...
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    Are there any (BBC) Top Gear fans here? (Its relevant, I promise!)

    I've decided to name my 10 day old, breed-as-yet-undetermined white bantam chick "The Stig" but I'm having trouble coming up with a good tagline for him/her. **For those who dont know what I'm talking about, "The Stig" is an anonymous "Tamed Racing Driver", who is always dressed in white...
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    Keeping everyone where they're supposed to be

    My (EE) broody blessed me with a whopping 13 bantam chicks yesterday. They're going to live on my front porch until the beginning of March, which gives me roughly 6wks to build them their own digs. I'm planning on converting a 4'x8' green-house (built out of PT 2x4's) into their own private coop...
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    My mystery chickens

    I'm fairly certain this one ("Sunny") is a boy (8 wks old tomorrow!), but I'm sort of hoping I'm wrong- what do you think? (Also- he's an Arauacana, right?) Also- I *think* this one, Admiral, is an EE, and for the longest time I was thinking it was a boy as well, but he/she doesnt have the...
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    My 1st timer broody keeps turning her eggs upside down

    My EE, Matilda, is on day 4 of sitting on 14 bantam eggs. They were shipped, so I'm fully expecting a few duds when I check them this weekend. But, every time I see her off the nest, I notice several eggs turned pointy side up! So I flip them around... and she promptly rearranges them when she...
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    How do you get pics of iridescence?

    the sun was shining *just* right on my "black" EE, Bowling Ball, today & I swear she has purple stripes going across her green iridescent feathers. At first I thought it was a trick of the light, but they were on every single feather on her back & wings. I moved individual feathers around to be...
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