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  1. swampcat

    Will this cause egg binding?

    My ladies couldn't get to the nesting boxes today and after searching their pen, there was no sign of any eggs. I usually get 5-7 a day. If they couldn't get to their nest, will they become egg bound from holding it in? I'm really petrified right now that something horrible is going to happen...
  2. swampcat

    What happens is they couldn't get to their nests?

    So my hair-brained daughter never opened the chicken door this morning. The chickens were let out, but were unable to get back into the coop until we went out to lock them up and realized they were locked out. Therefore, no one could get to the nesting boxes. We searched the pen and found no...
  3. swampcat

    Any other truly "lonely onlies"?

    Has anyone else grown up an only child and now wish so badly you had a sibling? I've only had one lonely only friend in my whole life and she was my best friend for ages but she is gone (she moved away 12 years ago, and passed away last year). Oddly enough, most of my friends have twin sisters...
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    The wait is killing me! (College rant)

    I've been plugging away at pre-reqs and co-reqs for the nursing program at UConn. Originally I was planning on going to community college route to get my ADN, but since my kids are still little (6 and 9) I don't need to work right away, so I decided to go for my BSN. So now I have all but one...
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    How to attract the fox in subfreezing temps?

    That darn fox is back and got my favorite chicken yesterday. The neighbor scared the fox off when she was trying to sneak away with my chicken, so I still have the majority of the body. We put poor Nelly chicken in the havahart trap last night. We saw the fox lurking around the area this...
  6. swampcat

    Do they know their flockmate is gone?

    The fox struck again this morning. We have been pretty fortunate over the past 5 months, but this morning he got my first egg layer, Nelly. The kids and I are devastated, and I'm really considering halting this whole chicken raising thing because I cannot handle this much heartache. But that's...
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    Co-farming/co-housing/communish-thing?

    Does anyone live in one of these? I would love love love to live in a communal environment and work on the community's farm... in the garden or with the animals. I was reading about a CSA one in NY, but they expect everyone to build a eco-friendly house which costs somewhere between $200k and...
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    Dewormer Chart

    Hey all! I've been reading the bazillions of threads on here about de-wormers. I even stumbled across a few that suggested a de-worming chart. Since I haven't found one on the site I thought I would link to this...
  9. swampcat

    Another ventilation question

    We built the coop when they were babies and we made high vents on each of the tall sides (excuse my lack of building terminology). Now they have taken a liking to roosting up in the eaves and I'm thinking these two vents are too drafty for them (two of my leghorns got frostbit on the tips of...
  10. swampcat

    Do you knit or sew? Help rescued chickens!

    http://littlehenrescue.co.uk/jumpers.aspx One day I'd love to be a home for homeless chickens This is so sweet! Just thought I'd pass along the info.
  11. swampcat

    Say it or not? (Long and vent-ish)

    Straight up I'm going to tell you I'm bitter. But I'm okay with that... I'm debating what to do. My neighbor has been telling me her "woe is me" financial stories and I've about had enough. They are well-to-do, both work, kids always have the latest stuff, brand new pool, gym memberships etc...
  12. swampcat

    How do I know if she's eggbound?

    My Nelly laid 11 eggs in row (her first eggs), then yesterday went to the nesting box, came out squawking, but no egg. I thought maybe she took the day off even though I was a little nervous about the whole situation (can you tell I'm an over-protective chicken-newbie?) Today she went into the...
  13. swampcat

    A bed for laying....

    So I think this is hysterical, and apparently no one else does... Big Guy (who's really a girl) is going to lay any day now. She's basically 24 weeks old and her brooder mate started laying back on the 7th. So anyways, Big Guy snuck into the house while my son was coming outside. I went in to...
  14. swampcat

    Day 11 of laying... did routine but no egg?

    So my barnyard mutt started laying on Sept 7. Every day, like clockwork, she would high-tail it back to the coop and go snuggle up in a nesting box until she emerged, triumphantly singing her egg song. She did the same thing today. Went out to collect the egg but there was no egg to be found...
  15. swampcat

    Stay in the yard!!!

    Just in the past week or so my girls have found the neighbors across the road have grape vines Thankfully the neighbors are cool with chickens. The house behind them in the woods also has chickens that just end up in their yard. Apparently their yard is the chicken party spot. I pretty much...
  16. swampcat

    Cystic Fibrosis

    I don't know how many of you know anything about CF, but the gist of it is mucous plugs a bunch of organs in your body and the person with it ends up not being able to breathe well all their life. Life expectancy is around 30-something for those who were diagnosed early in life (there are...
  17. swampcat

    Did your chicken act really different before she layed?

    Did she? I ask because my Nelly has been acting very odd. For example, she has had this obsession with getting into my husband's garage. She had been in there one and was shoo-ed out... but today and yesterday she is making it her life's mission to get in. She did get in unbeknownst to my...
  18. swampcat

    How to keep them entertained while penned?

    Okay, so maybe I'm a little too crazy for my chickens. I just feel so bad for them being in a pen. My ladies always free range as long as there is someone out there with them, but today it is raining. I surely don't want to sit outside and chickensit....but..... they look really bored. I put...
  19. swampcat

    Itty-bitty yellow thingies??

    So we had the bag of feed in the basement. Next thing we know there's a little bit of a yellowy-looking mold on things near the food bag. Upon closer inspection, these tiny dots (like the size of a pencil tip) are MOVING!!! And these are all over the feed bag!! Tossed the whole bag of feed...
  20. swampcat

    Will this work to trap a fox?

    Hey all. I've done a lot of reading on the forum about different methods to catch a fox. I have a havahart trap because I have many cats and there are neighborhood cats, and some not so brilliant dogs that I don't want to kill. I was thinking, would getting a petstore mouse and putting it in a...
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