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    Bumblefoot Surgery

    Thanks. I am a bit concerned because everything I read & watched said you need to get it out, but I couldn't just keep tearing at what appears to be perfectly healthy flesh. Yeah, the scab was a bit different, but I never really tore my scabs off. It was a bit pointy in the middle where the...
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    Bumblefoot Surgery

    Hi there - I've had chickens for more than 10 years, had a chicken for the 1st time with Bumblefoot. Discovered Monday night. Scab was about the size of a dime, no redness or real inflammation. Vets that see chickens where I'm from are hard to find or one for sure is about 2 hours away...
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    10 year old "retired" hen laying again after 3 years

    Wow, so I guess this does happen. I never cull my hens when they stop laying. As far as I'm concerned, they are still useful. Mine free range, so they take care of the bugs, weeds & work the compost, plus, all my hens are very tame & aren't just utilitarian to me, more like pets. I can't...
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    10 year old "retired" hen laying again after 3 years

    I have experienced what you've explained above when a hen had been sick, but this is just way out there.
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    10 year old "retired" hen laying again after 3 years

    The egg appears to be fine, a little smaller than she would have normally laid, but I checked the box she was in after I posted & she laid another, no blood this time. I am just shocked, this makes no sense to me at all, that's why I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this.
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    10 year old "retired" hen laying again after 3 years

    Not sure why folks are NOT reading the entire post. She is 10 years old, stopped laying 3 years ago, at 7 years old & all of a sudden started laying again.
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    10 year old "retired" hen laying again after 3 years

    I know they lay after 3 years, I am a seasoned chicken owner. She is 10 years old, has NOT laid in 3 years, since she was 7 years old & she just started laying again, so I am questioning if anyone else has experienced this.
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    10 year old "retired" hen laying again after 3 years

    Hi everyone - Has anyone ever experienced a fully mature, "retired" hen, laying after not laying for 3 years? I have an Easter Egger, that was my best layer, 6 eggs every week, unless molting. About 3 years ago, she stopped laying. She virtually never prostrated herself to me (head hen) &...
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    Inside brooder to outside coop

    I always keep my new chicks brooder inside the house in a spare room. When they get to be pretty feathered out on warmer days, I'll take them out into a blocked off area in the main coop for a little while so they can start acclimating to the weather & the other chickens. Each day I'll have...
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    Chicks freaking out every time I come near - help!

    .....& yes, talk to them, kinda like talking to a baby.
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    Chicks freaking out every time I come near - help!

    Hi there - They are behaving like normal, untamed animals. You aren't doing anything wrong & definitely not picking them up too early. The earlier the better. My suggestion would to be holding them & talking to them softly every day, for maybe 5 minutes each. That is what I have always done...
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    Culling Baby Chicks

    Hi Everyone - This isn't really a question, just want to share my recent experience. I don't know if you'd call me a veteran or not, I've been keeping chickens for 9 years, on my 3 addition to the original flock. One of the original is still alive & kicking. I had to put down a baby chick, 5...
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    $840 fine for 4 chickens in Vacaville CA

    Hi there - I am a member of the Vacaville Homesteading & Backyard Gardening Guild. Several of us along with a couple of other ladies in the community are working on getting the code revised/changed. There has been a big-to-do over the "issue" of backyard chickens in Vacaville. The code is...
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