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  1. DakotaChick

    Sick? Frostbitten? Help?

    Thanks everyone for the ideas and tips.
  2. DakotaChick

    Sick? Frostbitten? Help?

    Thanks for the insights. Pics attached (ignore the spider webs around her head as there must of been one in the dog kennel that I use as a "chicken hospital" since it thankfully hasn't seen any use for a long time). I don't see anything around her tongue except there was a small piece of hay in...
  3. DakotaChick

    Sick? Frostbitten? Help?

    Just looking for any insights. I came home today to discover a chicken I can't figure out what's going on with her. I have 8 hens (no rooster), all was fine yesterday, checked on them this afternoon for the first time today - it's been terribly cold here so I never opened their coop/pen this...
  4. DakotaChick

    When and how to merge babies into flock

    Hello - am new to this and we hatched our first set of babies from eggs - they were born 35 days ago and are getting somewhat big for their home (wire cage) that we created for them. The cage has been right alongside our 6 adult (2+yr) hens where they roost at night (they free range during the...
  5. DakotaChick

    How Can I Get A Hen UN Broody?

    We had tried numerous things (moving her frequently, taking the eggs, elevated kennel, etc) and then I read somewhere that you should move them after they go to sleep at night - worked like a charm (after 6 weeks of no success with other things I'd read). I went out for 3 nights in a row after...
  6. DakotaChick

    Development of new pecking behavior problem?

    Hello - I'm fairly new to this world. Raised 6 chickens from pullets this past summer (2014), lost 4 over the summer to predators (stopped free-ranging and built a coop inside a small farm building after that) and then in August, introduced 4 new girls to the group and a Roo late this fall...
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