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I have a black sex link hen that's been broody for nearly two months. She sits whether there are eggs or not. Starting around 7am I pull her out of her nest to make her eat and drink with the rest of the flock, and repeat this process two to five times throughout the day. She'll drink, eat a...

Just FYI for anyone curious... I worked bone meal into the soil around it shortly after I started this thread, and it's now LOADED with buds. There's about to be a solid white flower canopy over the chicken run!

It does like cool roots, and it's a deep rooter. I'm in Louisiana so I keep it mulched for the roots, and water as needed. It's evergreen here so no die back issues, and it blooms profusely in summer in it's old spot without pruning (except for grooming). It's definitely not moveable. It carpets...

Before I found out clematis was on the no list for chickens I transplanted some around the run to eventually cover and provide som shade. My chickens constantly ate the leaves they could reach around the bottom until I blocked the area with chicken wire. They never had any health issues...

Well unfortunately we had a new kind of attack. A neighborhood dog dug under the gate (the only area where chicken wire wasn't buried), and pried the bottom opening part of the gate ajar. They took my new silver laced wyndotte, and my favorite best pet girl, the Colombian Rock. I was so sick...

So for two days we had a significance of rain here in Central Louisiana, and I noticed my 9 month old wet hen had huge bare patches on her body. I brought her inside to inspect her for injuries (we've recently had some attacks and stolen birds), but there were no injuries anywhere on her. The...

Question for chicken flock experts! I started out with five 2 week old sexed pullets for our first backyard flock in March. Long preditor story short we were down to two as of this month. They are almost 9 months old, and have been laying since the beginning of August. After finally preditor...

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Update on my girls. They definitely have fowl pox. The wounded girl has it the most severely around her eyes. I'm topically treating them with hydrogen peroxide, and I've added Terramycin to their water in case of wet pox, but so far I haven't seen any signs of that. Unfortunately they seem...

Update. We still have just the three hens, and they definitely have fowl pox. The injured bird has developed it significantly around her eyes. :( I'm treating the lesions with hydrogen peroxide on all of them. I've also added Terramycin to their water in case of wet pox, which I haven't seen...

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Forgive me for skipping from pg. 270 to here. I have a question about pox. Unfortunately I did not vaccinate my girls for it due to ignorance. Last Wednesday night we had a preditor attack. One of my four girls was stolen, and another was left plucked in several places, but all superficial...

Also we are in Louisiana where mosquitos are always bad. I'm pretty worried it's pox now. If introduce any new hens, should I vaccinate them before I mix them with my girls? How long do I wait past the normal 30 day quarantine to mix them in?

I think, if it is pox, it is dry. They don't seem to be having respiratory issues. She doesn't seem to be spreading dirt around her face, but I have noticed her dust bathing more frequently. I use a livestock safe mite, etc. repellant in thier coop and dust bat areas, so I don't think that's a...

Thanks HS Pye. I can get some antibiotics for the water, and the ointment. I can get pictures tomorrow. I've also noticed the injured girl scratching her head area today..... If that's helpful?

I had four hens around 8 months old. Last Wednesday night something go into the yard and attacked one, and left another plucked in several places. She is recovering fine, but I did notice what looked like fowl pox on her comb and wattle, and the red around her ears went whitish. I assumed it was...

Looking to buy two pullets or laying hens around six months old to match age with our three girls. Any good laying breed. We lost one to a fox last night, and have another that was plucked pretty good, but fought back enough to get away. We assume it was a fox since they climbed the chicken yard...

I think I have a big enough habitation to harvest a few every so often for the girls. Google says they populate like crazy. Every female lays three to four clutches a year. If I oNly catch four or five every few months or so it shouldn't affect the population. However, if it did, I would not...

Is your coop predator proof? That's not where they were killed is it?

My girls did the same thing. They preferred to roost on top of the coop, and on the branches I set up for them in the run as opposed to the roost bars inside. I had to heard/carry them in, and lock them up inside for about three weeks. After that they finally started going in on thier own...