I had a 3year old r&r hen that has been laying very large eggs 1 every day. I went out to get the eggs yesterday, got the eggs but noticed she was laying in the corner of the run Listless. When i picked her up about 3 ins. of her egg laying guts was hanging out of her butt. She died about 4...
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My weapon of choice is a hand held butane torch. Burn the tent and the worms. Start at the bottom and work up. The worms will burn before the tree limbs.
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I have a chicken tractor, with 2 hens in it. We have had 100 degree weather for weeks. We use frozen gal. water jugs in the run and the coop. I have a regular house fan that i take out and set it about 10' from the run. I turn it on low. The hens run up and into the coop and stay there until i...
I have a chicken tractor, with 2 hens in it. We have had 100 degree weather for weeks. We use frozen gal. water jugs in the run and the coop. I have a regular house fan that i take out and set it about 10' from the run. I turn it on low. The hens run up and into the coop and stay there until i...
I have a hen just a little over a year old. In the last couple weeks she has been laying deformed eggs. Before her eggs were great. The shell is hard, but deformed, and some times cracked. Looks like the cracks are from the inside. We give them oyster shells also.
[Heres what they look like. Any...
I'm almost in the center of Kentucky. I'll try to help out, maybe as a drop off point, or some kind of connection. We don't travel out of state that much. Maybe 1 or 2 times a year. Just contact me for help.
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Go to your nearest Lumber Yard or Lowes and ask for 1 section of eve siding. It has all kinds of little holes in it, you can cut it with tin snipes or a heavy set of sissors. Its about a foot wide, and 12 foot long.
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I have 2 RIR hens 1 RIR rooster. My coop and run have no way for anything to get in. Week ago was getting 2 eggs a day. For last week no eggs at all. I think Rooster has scratched all the bedding out of the nest boxs. Hens are lossing feathers on lower back and butt area. Is the Roo, or the...
Go to your local store that sells cheep tarps. Cover the slab. Stake it down. Green if possible. Looks more like grass.
This way you can spray it off, or change it once a season. Might help.
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Caju,
Hope this helps. It is 3ft long, 2ft high, Has 3 nests. I built this when my hens got close to laying. I only have 2 hens and 1 roo.
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I built this to keep my water from freezing inside the coop. We had 18 days of sub freezing weather last month. It worked fine. It can be made as long as you want, just add more lights. This one is 8" long, but i only have 1 Roo and 2 Hens. It screws to the coop wall with 2 screws. It has...