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  1. Sabrina24

    When to move broody and chicks

    There is a small lip and it is only about 3 feet down. There is also a ramp but it is only a 2x4 with 'steps' on it. We wish now we had made it wider, and will when we remodel the coop this year. I was just worried about them being able to get to food and water. If I add more wood chips can...
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    When to move broody and chicks

    We have an Australorp who has been broody for 10 days now. Last year when we moved her to the ground she stayed there and hatched with no problems. We moved her a couple days ago and after about 24 hours she moved back up to a nesting box. She is no longer in a favorite box so we don't mind...
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    Day 16 ok to introduce chicks?

    Our hen has been broody since monday and this morning I slipped some ceramic eggs under her which she took with no problem. In 12 days a local store has chicks we would love to get but is this too soon to introduce chicks? It would be day 16 from going broody and day 12 from when I slipped the...
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    OK to not put eggs under broody hen for a few days?

    Thanks! Probably easiest to not try to time hatching with this, huh? Bummer, but better than having rejected chicks or eggs.
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    OK to not put eggs under broody hen for a few days?

    We were hoping to hatch a few of our eggs and slip a few sexed chicks from our local store under her as well. Their shipments are every saturday so I am trying to figure out our best option. As fun as it is to hatch eggs, I'm leaning towards getting some ceramic eggs and just introducing store...
  6. Sabrina24

    OK to not put eggs under broody hen for a few days?

    Their shipment comes in saturday so should we wait to put eggs under her till saturday?
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    broody hen question

    Our hen has been sitting on eggs for 2 days now. Can I take them out from under her and put them back Friday or Saturday or will this affect development?
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    should i trust my broody with eggs yet!

    Our mama didn't really peck at us last summer when she went broody. She just went broody yesterday and is the same again. All puffed up and dazed look on her face.
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    OK to not put eggs under broody hen for a few days?

    Our hen went broody yesterday but we are thinking about pulling what is under her and putting everything we want to hatch under on friday. Our local farm store is getting a chick shipment 3 weeks from saturday and we were hoping to buy a few sexed chicks to add under her. Is it likely she will...
  10. Sabrina24

    Ivermectin paste?

    Nevermind, I found the pour on. Thanks. =)
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    Ivermectin paste?

    I am running into our local store today to get wormer for our chickens as I have seen a couple round worms on the poop board. I was debating between Ivermectin and Valbazen but our local store only has Ivermectin. I am not sure if they have the pour on though so I'm looking for more info on...
  12. Sabrina24

    milky diarrhea and listless chickens

    The report from the necropsy basically said the oviduct got infected. It could be because the oviduct of older hens can take longer to retract, or because older hens sometimes carry extra weight, or from vent pecking, all of which can allow bacteria to enter. My only question that wasn't...
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    milky diarrhea and listless chickens

    At the time we had Wazine, it only kills round worms, but my understanding is that is the most common one to affect chickens and it was all our local store had. I will pick up medicated feed tomorrow and I'm hoping to take in a fecal sample tomorrow (do you know how much it has to be, there is...
  14. Sabrina24

    how to collect poop sample?

    We lost a chicken yesterday and another I'm pretty sure is going to pass tonight. She pooped a little but I'm not sure if it is enough, it's pretty small and in wood shavings. Do I just collect it all in a tupperware to bring it into the vet?
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    milky diarrhea and listless chickens

    Thank you for your reply! She passed away a few hours later and when I moved her I also separated the other sick chicken. I cleaned the board yesterday and used a bleach solution on it so I have no other sample right now. I did find a few local vets that do birds so if I can get one I will...
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    milky diarrhea and listless chickens

    Back in January we had one of our chickens die, she had had diarrhea for several months (we did worm them during this time). It was sometimes bloody but usually just watery and almost milky looking. For the last 2 weeks or so one of our chickens started having similar diarrhea, but no blood...
  17. Sabrina24

    Are these 2 eggs not going to hatch?

    They still haven't hatched. Guess I need to throw them out. So sad and hard to do when we could see the babies inside. =(
  18. Sabrina24

    Are these 2 eggs not going to hatch?

    We moved them tonight and they seemed to take well to it. We candled the eggs but could not tell if they were moving or not. There was a good air sac in both and we could see a chick and tell that it had feathers. I don't think there is any sign of rotting, they usually smell before they...
  19. Sabrina24

    tips for keeping mess down?

    I added a second brick, I think that will help stabilize it. If it doesn't work we will get a gallon one. Thank you!
  20. Sabrina24

    tips for keeping mess down?

    I think I read somewhere that putting the feeder and water in a container with sand will help keep the mess down. We have chick feeder and waterer that use mason jars. But the bigger chickens keep knocking the water over into the wood chips, they seem to prefer it over their water, I'm...
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