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  1. msviolaceous

    Thin and Lethargic Pullet

    Thanks to everyone for your time and attention in trying to help our precious pets. 1) Easter egger pullet, 12 weeks, thin and bony, vaccination status unknown. 2) Mildly lethargic, hanging back and lying around a little more than the others. 3) I just noticed yesterday before bed. I gave her...
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    Splay leg/knock knees at 4 weeks old

    I kept chickens years ago and took a long break but decided to get back into it this year. I'm still relearning all the things I forgot. I have a little flock of four and only recently noticed that one of them is walking with their knees together. They are getting along just fine but with an...
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    What's the longest you've had to wait between squat and egg?

    My 20.5 week old white leghorn first squatted for me on 9/4... 11 days ago! Her form is perfect like a statue, distinct, wings held out in a very unnatural way... but still no eggs. She does it every time I so much as wave a hand over her. What's the longest you have had to wait between first...
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    Southern States version of flock raiser?

    There are two feed stores around here, and neither are great, but the one I prefer to shop at is a Southern States. I tried to switch from chick starter, but the clerk could find nothing in her roster of foods that was for a mixed flock. She just asked if they are laying yet... well, no, and...
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    First Egg a Doozy?

    So, my flock is 20 weeks old today, and no eggs yet. This evening, right before sundown, I went to check on them. I noticed right away that one of my BO's, Lil'Buff, was puffed up. Not 100% puffed like the pictures some people have posted, but still fluffy. First thing I checked was her vent...
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    Hurricane Irene!

    Right now we're smack in the middle of the projected path! Anybody else? We designed our coop with lots and lots of ventilation, with the ability to "winterize" it by adding panels and replacing one screen wall with solid wood. After the coop itself was finished, I wasn't pressing my husband to...
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    Pine straw in nest boxes? As litter? In the run?

    We have a ton of pine trees on our property. Pine straw is abundant everywhere you look. After doing a search on the merits of various nest box liners I saw someone state thar pine straw was the best thing they'd found for it. Does anyone else have experience using pine straw in nest boxes? What...
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    First Thunderstorm

    My husband and I are chicken newbies, and we only recently finished the coop. It only took our six pullets ONE NIGHT to figure out the coop thing better than we had! I went out at dusk and they had cooped themselves beautifully. Aren't those instincts amazing? Anyway, we are trying to figure...
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    Should I add a blind?

    Here's our coop: We live in a hot and humid client, and we know that certain irresponsible schmucks in this neighborhood let their dogs run loose on purpose. I'm worried that if a dog comes and chases them through the fence they will run until they get heatstroke. If a dog comes, will they...
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    Normal voice change or sick birds? VIDEO

    My chicks were hatched around April 25. Ever since they started to make more grown-up noises, they have sounded raspy or whistly, not like full blown clucks. The only one who doesn't do this is the one who still peeps full time (her name is Peep even). I chalked it up to a normal growing up...
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    Transition to coop in hot weather

    I have some wayyy overgrown chicks in the house in air conditioning. I live in a warm climate, with highs in the upper 80's to low 90's and very humid. It doesn't really cool off much at night, either. The coop is done and we just need to finish fencing the run. I did a search and found a thread...
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    Will this coop need to be further winterized?

    Greetings! I live in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Our area has evil summertime highs in the 90's with "feels like" temperatures well over 100 many days during the summer. In the winter, our climate is more like coastal North Carolina than what you may think of as Virginia, with average lows right...
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    Necessary to put a waterer inside the coop?

    I am reluctant to put a wateter inside the coop. It gets very hot here, and very humid. Even with precautions taken against spillage I feel like there will be incidental spillage that will increase moisture inside the coop (I know, I know, ventilation, but I also want to prevent unnecessary...
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    Burying wire apron - how much?

    We have a ten by ten by six dog kennel that will be our run. I'm going to be setting it up and digging a trench for the hardware cloth apron while the guys play with scary saws and things to build the coop. How tall does the raccoon guard overlay at the base of the fence need to be for standard...
  15. msviolaceous

    You can call me Al..

    Why does it have to be the sweetest, most personable out of the group? Purchased from a feed store (but not TSC), supposedly hatched 4/25. White Wyandotte. Sold as a pullet, but I'm having doubts. Loves to cuddle. darn it!! So, what do you say, is it Al or Ally?
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    Switching from non to medicated

    All the threads I've found go the other way! When I bought my chicks from a feed store in another city, they said they were being fed non-medicated starter, so I bought non-medicated Purina crumbles to keep them on the same thing. After having them awhile, I've decided that I would prefer to...
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    Am I being paranoid or do I have sick chicks?

    Our six girls were hatched 4/25 and purchased at 5 days old from a hatchery. They are on unmedicated purina chick starter, and have never been outside or exposed to other poultry since we brought them home. We had them out for one-on-one handling and cuddling earlier and I noticed some strange...
  18. msviolaceous

    First yogurt... ew, my beak!

    I just thought I'd share. We gave the 9-day-olds yogurt for the first time last night. I put it on a shiny spoon to help attract their attention. The brave ones who pecked at it each reacted with total disgust, and immediately started wiping their beaks on the ground. It was adorable! Some of...
  19. msviolaceous

    Should I provide day/night cycles for my Peeps?

    I've had my 7-day-old peepers for two days. I started with a clear bulb but switched to a red one yesterday. With the clear bulb, they were frequently sleepy but woke easily. With the red bulb they are pretty much sacked out each time I go in to check on them. They are just babies, babies sleep...
  20. msviolaceous

    Shelter in Mild Climates

    I live in Hampton Roads, Virginia. The climate here is more similar to coastal North Carolina than the rest of Virginia, and I'm occasionally reminded of my childhood partially spent in South Florida, even. The past two winters were epic, worst in twenty years severe. Normally we'll get a hard...
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