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    Arizona Chickens

    URGENT: NEED HOME FOR 6 LAYING HENS I live on the Northeast side of Tucson. Because of a critical family illness, I will need to be spending extended periods of time in Phoenix for the next year or more I have six laying hens that are healthy and I need someone who can take all of them...
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    Arizona Chickens

    Raccoons will kill ALL accessible chickens, so would a badger and possibly a coati. They frequently kill just to kill and leave multiple carcasses. Bobcats tend to eat their kill where they drop it unless threatened. Coyotes will usually carry their kills away unless they are in a remote area...
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    Urgent: Need home for 6 laying hens ASAP

    Because of a critical family illness, I will need to be spending extended periods of time in Phoenix for the next year or more. I have six laying hens that are healthy and I need someone who can take all of them together. I don't have time to find six different homes. There are two leghorns...
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    Do I need to clean out the run..?

    Yes you need to clean the run. The grass will be gone after a season, chickens love to eat it and they are unmerciful scratchers. Your run will be dirt by next year. Chicken poop stinks, draws flies, harbors bacteria and won't go away by itself. However, it composts well into a great organic...
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    Arizona Chickens

    Any NE Tucsonans that want to have coffee at LeBuzz? I have six hens that are my egg suppliers and also my pets. Wanna talk chicken? Terri
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    Any NE side Tucsonans wanna have coffee at LeBuzz?

    I would like to meet some 'chicken' people in NE Tucson. I have six hens that are also my pets. Anyone here that would like to talk chicken? Terri
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    Opinions on best egg layers

    I like my Leghorns, they lay large to very large eggs and continue to produce eggs throughout the winter (without extra light) but less frequently. They lay over 300 eggs a year typically. I do live in the desert southwest so the winters are mild. In colder climates heat lamps and a couple extra...
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    Giant eggs!

    Those eggs are AWESOME! I bought a couple of Leghorns last year because my barred rock, dominique, easter egger, and orphingtons quit laying a good part of the winter and the leghorns keep on laying like good girls. One of them and my barred rock lay giant eggs too but haven't seen one quite...
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    Barred Rock lays very large, thin shelled eggs-any liquid supplements available?

    I have a 4 y/o Barred Rock hen that has always layed very large, beautiful, very thin shelled and sometimes deformed eggs. She has layed "no shell" eggs twice, and also layed a couple of "membrane only" eggs in the past. The other hens lay very thick shelled, normal appearing eggs. All the hens...
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    NatureWise Feather Fixer pellet- anyone using?

    I use the feather fixer and found that it works best after chickens are completely or nearly completely done "blowing" their feathers. It seems to speed re-growth of feathers but doesn't really seem to have an effect before the chickens are done molting (doesn't speed the process.) I don't feed...
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    What is this on the egg?

    It is calcium deposits. It's normal, and poses no risk to the hen nor does it affect the quality of the egg itself. I would rather see this on my eggs than risk a calcium deficiency which can result in bone loss and fractures and thin shelled, fragile eggs. I provide either oyster shell calcium...
  12. momgoose

    Arizona Chickens

    I've got a problem. Wonder if any of you have any ideas on how to stop this destructive behavior-it's driving me nuts! I have five hens. My Leghorn died after tearing her vent badly laying an egg. Even though she was the smallest of all of them, she was the boss and the hens got along until she...
  13. momgoose

    2 problems: Blood and Bullying

    I have a Barred Rock (1 y/o) pecking the snot out of the other hens. My Leghorn alpha died and this BR is a witch. The only hen she leaves alone is the Dominique she hatched with. One of my EE's is featherless on her back and the BR pecked her bloody by the time I could separate the victim. I...
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    Strange object found in egg

    Could you post the pictures?
  15. momgoose

    Arizona Chickens

    My prayers for your strength and comfort for your wife and family in this time of difficulty for you! Terri
  16. momgoose

    My leghorn died mysteriously?

    My leghorn hen (Daisy) died sometime early this morning (after laying her egg). It was cold last night for Tucson, and was raining this AM. She was eating and acting normal yesterday. She has always been the smallest hen (out of a Barred Rock, Dominique, 2 EE's, and a Buff Orphington) but has...
  17. momgoose

    egg with no shell??

    My hens started their 'mild' molt in mid-December and in mid-January one of them layed a totally shell-less egg. I missed it the evening before because that morning I went to get the eggs I found two 'warm' eggs beside the partially frozen naked egg! I took it in the house and let it thaw on a...
  18. momgoose

    Creosote and chickens

    Hi all, I have a bunch of old railroad ties laying around. I was wondering if anyone knows if using railroad ties that were soaked in creosote would be a bad thing to use as walls for a chicken coop? Most animals avoid creosote soaked wood (it's not incredibly palatable) but I can't find any...
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    Help!! My chicken swallowed a 2 foot rope!!

    I found ONE emergency vet in the entire city of Tucson that 'does birds' and their office wouldn't even connect me with the vet. They said they "can't give advice over the phone" and that they would have to "see her". I really feel bad about not rushing her into a vet but as I said before, an...
  20. momgoose

    Help!! My chicken swallowed a 2 foot rope!!

    Well, it's dark, she was distressed so I cut it off at her beak. She's a fairly large hen, so hopefull it'll pass in the next couple of days. I'll re-post with the results whatever they are. I dosed her with 5 cc of vegetable oil that might hopefully help it slip through. Keep your fingers...
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