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  1. farmerjill

    *****Kitty problems!@#$%**&^@$******

    A couple of weeks ago, I moved one of my outdoor, grown, cats into the coop with my chickens. (Mixed flock, half are full-grown, others were born mid-May). He doesn't bother them at all and I can't imagine him figuring out how to eat an egg. He's there to keep the rodent population in check...
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    HELP!!!!! Mass on rear end- Possible Prolapse

    Honey, not Yoney.
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    HELP!!!!! Mass on rear end- Possible Prolapse

    There's some discussion that Preparation H is bad for chickens (they absorb it through their skin, and the chemicals are potentially harmful b/c hens are such little critters). Yoney is harmless, and worked well for me, so if you've got it, that's what I'd use. Some hens lay at four months...
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    HELP!!!!! Mass on rear end- Possible Prolapse

    If it's a prolapse (google pictures to see if that's what you've got), you need to act quickly. 1. Gently remove any membrane or egg shell or egg parts that are stuck in her vent. You may have to insert your moist, clean finger in her vent to ease this out. 2. Clean debris off of the...
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    Huge fox problem-suggestions, please!

    You could price an electric netting setup from Premier One fencing. They are specifically designed to keep poultry in, and predators out. They are very effective as long as you keep the fence hot all the time, and in our experience, the fences are very durable. I've found that it's ever so...
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    Free Roaming Hens- egg collecting

    Hmm. Sounds like other folks' chickens are better behaved than mine. I have to leave mine locked up in the run until after noon because by then, most of them will have laid their eggs (and they do go in the coop to lay them). Otherwise, if I let them range all day, they all get together and...
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    Skunk Outside! What to do about SMELL?

    Boil a great big old pot of vinegar and water. It helps. It won't eliminate the smell entirely, but it helps to neutralize it. But open your windows first. Fresh air is your friend, even if there's a bit of skunk in it!
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    Can you extract a broken egg?

    I'd advise against Preparation H. I had great luck using honey to treat a prolapsed vent. (And I did have to remove some broken shell from that chickens' vent first, which I did by just removing gently with my finger). I'm not sure what you mean about feeling the broken shell from the outside?
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    How many is too many roos???

    If you end up feeling attached to them, there is always the option of building a smallish pen (we have a chicken tractor) to house the roosters. Sort of a bachelor pad. That's what we did with all three of our roosters. Now the 24 hens live in bliss and we still get to hear plenty of crowing.
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    would you eat them???

    Heck yeah. So long as the bloom isn't washed off the eggs (which it wasn't until you floated them), they'll keep a long time. A cool dirt pile sounds just about as good as a refrigerator!
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    Is this a disease or a feisty rooster's doing?

    I have a Dominique that had this happen as well. (Though not to my other Dominique, nor any of my other hens). There's no rooster with them. I'm wondering if it's just some genetic quirk? She's otherwise healthy and perky (and very very friendly).
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    Too many chicks - need cheap ideas to add on to coop and run

    How big is the actual coop? Because I kept nine hens in a coop that was only 4 x 4 x 4 and they did just fine. They just went in there to sleep and lay their eggs. I just had to make sure that they didn't overheat in the summer. (Parked it under a shade tree). During the winter, I covered...
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    Hens wont use nests

    You could move all of the already laid eggs to the nest box, in the hopes that they'll say, oh, here's where we lay eggs! Remember though, that they are ground-nesting birds and they like to lay eggs best in a box close to (or on) the ground. So the lowest, darkest quietest box is probably...
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    Groundhogs aren't a threat to chickens are they?

    Woodchucks are totally vegetarian and they'll hiss if they feel threatened, but I've never heard of them attacking.... They dig dens/holes when they have cover in front of their entrances (piles of brush, woodpiles, tall weeds) so you can keep them from undermining your buildings if you keep...
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    SKUNK -vs- dogs... OH NO! HELP

    We had something similar happen. You should definitely search on the Internet for solutions, but one thing that worked for us was boiling water and vinegar--made it so we could stand it (though the house started to smell of vinegar, but that was a HUGE improvement). And then, just time and...
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    Baby Chicks Insides Are Falling Out!!!!

    If you're asking what "cull" means, it means kill them--put them out of their misery.
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    HELP, Day Old chicks got SOAKED*Update, still need helppost6!*

    It sounds like you dried everybody off, and with warm temps, I think they'll be fine. I did something similar to my chicks when they were a week old (a paper towel got into the corner of the waterer and wicked all of the water out and onto the floor of the brooder during the night), and I also...
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    going into the coop at night -Are my chickens complete airheads?

    I agree about the light inside. Perhaps bring a lantern and hang it inside the coop for a bit in the evenings. I really think their eyesight in low light is terrible, and if they wait outside too long, they often can't see to get inside very well....
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    plasic bins for nesting boxes?

    I use two of those on the floor, just on their sides, as I don't see the point of fastening them to the wall. The chickens use them happily. (They are ground nesting birds, after all...) Ventilation isn't really a problem, as they just pop in there to lay their eggs, and leave. And everyone...
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    Almost a tragedy!

    Nature's Air Sponge Odor Absorbers (you can order online, and they come within a day or two...) are GREAT. They actually seem to absorb odors, instead of just layering a horrible perfume on top of them. I've used them for years in rooms with cat litter pans and they work very well. I imagine...
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