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  1. hipmarye

    I'm afraid I made a mistake.

    I had a 4 year old broody hen. Since I don't have any boys in the flock I decided to make her happy and I let her adopt (unbenounced to her) 3 babies chicks. We put them in the nesting box with her one night and she woke up a proud momma. That was about a week and a half ago. Today it started...
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    When the flock turns on their leader

    Stacy's comb is healing. I hope it will stop drooping. She really needs to gain weight so she can hold her own when she finally gets back out to the coop. She eats, but not like I think she should. Any suggestions for helping her gain some weight and start feeling better?
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    When the flock turns on their leader

    Thank you so much @roseyred @21hens-incharge she's up walking around and eating today. I bought some cut heal liquid wound spray for her comb @dawg53 and some buttermilk to mix with her scrambled eggs. I appreciate all the helpful suggestions. She such a sweet ole gal. As you can see from her...
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    When the flock turns on their leader

    Well we went to the 3 local farm supply stores and no one has any. Oh a positive note she's been eating a little today.
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    When the flock turns on their leader

    We brought her into the sunroom where she is sleeping on a heating pad in the dog's kennel. She had\s been drinking powerade and honey water throughout the evening. It's almost 5 am and she's still hanging in there. I'll get some nurti drench later on today. Thanks!
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    When the flock turns on their leader

    Thank you. We are trying to get her to drink some powerade now. I'm afraid she's not going to make it at this point. My daughter has her on her chest with a heating pad and a towel. She will take a drink every now and then, but she barely holds up her head. My heart is breaking.
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    Comment by 'hipmarye' in article 'A Guide To Understanding The Chicken Pecking Order'

    When you reintroduce a bird to the flock will/can the others peck on the bird to the point of death? How can you prevent this?
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    When the flock turns on their leader

    So our poor, sweet 3 1/2 year old Leghorn, Stacy, who just recovered from a prolapsed uterus for the past 1 1/2 weeks is back in isolation. We noticed that the other girls had been picking on her after her absence, but she was holding her own. Well earlier today she was hiding out in the nesting...
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    Prolapsed Uterus

    She hasn't pooped very much. She's been in a dark crate on a low-heat heating pad. I haven't incerted my finger since yesterday when I was putting her uterus back, but no I never felt an egg. Her uterus was mostly pink.
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    Prolapsed Uterus

    I live in South MS where we normally have very mind weather, but not this week, of all weeks. So Wednesday night my daughter was locking up the chickens and came in screaming, "Help, something's wrong with Stacy!" (her white, 3 1/2 year old, leghorn). I went out with her and discovered what...
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    Strange Behavior

    I have a pan of dirt in there for them now. They are hysterical!
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    Strange Behavior

    Thanks y'all I thought that might be what they were trying to do, but I get really anxious about something being wrong with them. I appreciate your confirming my suspicions, and I will get a pan of dirt (at least until I can get them in their new coop/run).
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    Barred Rock, Cuckoo Maran or Dominique

    Thanks y'all, I appreciate the help!
  14. hipmarye

    what can chickens eat

    Love the link to the treat page! We take watermelons from out garden that aren't very sweet, cut them up, and freeze the piece then we give them to the girls in the heat of the summer. They love the cool treat. Also, I heard that pumpkin seeds were a natural dewormer. I don't know if that true...
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    Cuckoo Maran/Barred Rock ?

    From hdowden images I would say Barred Rock. If you have a very dark egg layer I would think there's a Cuckoo Maran in the mix. I'm having a similar issue and was thinking mine could even be a Dominique. In the past...
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    Barred Rock, Cuckoo Maran or Dominique

    We "rescued" this girl when she was just a couple of weeks old. She was an unwanted gift and the receiver didn't know what to do, nor did he know the breed. We've had a number of different breeds in the past, but I have long forgotten how the determine what breed she might be. Her legs are black...
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    Strange Behavior

    We had chickens for several years, but had to give them up when we moved. Now that we are starting over I have a concern. We only have four chicken right now and they just recently got all of their feathers. Due to some unforeseen life events the coop/run isn't ready for them so they are still...
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    Comment by 'hipmarye' in article 'Egghead Jrs Chicken Coop Tractor'

    I really like your design. We have an old dog kennel that I'm hoping to convert into something like this.
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