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    Is Mighty Mint safe?

    I sprayed some Mighty Mint Rodent Repellent (peppermint oil solution) in and around my coop to deal with rats. I know some say it’s not effective - well, I’ll find out. But that’s not my question. I started to worry that the “fumes” from the product might be hazardous to the chickens due to...
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    dead hen - egg bound or internal laying?

    Today our 15-month-old Americauna died suddenly. She seemed fine earlier in the day and was showing no sign of illness. Then all of a sudden there was a ruckus in the coop and we got out there just in time to see her thrash around on the floor and die. I examined her and sure enough there...
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    FREE Buff Orp Cockerel, 4 months old, CHICAGO local pickup

    Cannot keep this healthy Buff Orp cockerel, as he is becoming increasingly aggressive toward/protective of the hens and causing them stress. We have our birds in an enclosed run in our city back yard, which does not seem to be a good situation for this rooster. He would probably do well...
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    FREE Buff Orp Cockerel, 4 months old, CHICAGO local pickup

    One of our chicks turned out to be a rooster, and he's starting to get aggressive with the hens so we would like to re-home him. We are on the west side of Chicago and do not have a car, so you would have to pick him up. He is healthy and beautiful, we just don't want a rooster in our flock...
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    UPDATE: scissor beak chick

    A couple months ago I posted here about one of our chicks that developed a scissor beak. The chickens are three months old now, and she has seemed to do OK, eating and acting like a normal chicken, except that she is much smaller than the others. We provide "feed porridge" along with the...
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    new flock not roosting

    My birds are three months old, and yesterday we moved them from their brooder in the basement to their brand new coop. They seemed to acclimate pretty quickly - they're eating, scratching, preening, and all the normal chicken stuff. The only thing is that they don't seem to be using their...
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    Chicago: Yesterday's Sun-Times says roos are legal!

    http://www.suntimes.com/6942644-417/raising-chickens-legal-in-chicago-and-people-are-crowing-about-it.html I have been under the impression all along that it is only legal to keep hens in the city of Chicago, but according to yesterday's Sun-Times roosters are legal too! Does anyone know more...
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    "hardening off" when moving to coop?

    I am about to move my three-month-olds to their new coop. They've been raised in the basement thus far, therefore they are used to an environment with little temperature-change and no wind. I've read that chicks raised indoors should be slowly exposed to the outside, like "hardening off"...
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    urban chickens in chicago

    I am a new chicken keeper. I've been on this board for a while now and have posted three questions... But today I discovered that I'm not allowed to post in the "for sale" section until I've done ten other posts! Feh. I hate wasting space on forums, but now I have to think of seven more posts so...
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    how to file a scissor beak?

    I hope this is the right place to ask this - have searched the forums many times but not found an answer. I have a 3-week-old scissor beaked Americauna chick. I need to file her beak to make it easier for her to eat, but I can't seem to find clear instructions on how to do this. I don't want to...
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    scissor beak - help!

    I am raising chicks for the first time and have a two-week-old Ameraucana with a scissor beak. I have read the threads about this, but I'm still completely confused! So far she seems to be eating and drinking adequately, although she does have to work harder for the food. I am trying mashed up...
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    newbie question, white spots in poop?

    Hello, I am raising chicks for the first time, forgive me if this question has been addressed before but I couldn't find it on the forum. My chicks are a week old. They seem healthy and active but I have noticed that there are white spots in their poop. Not totally white, just spots. I read...
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