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i've actually left this as a reply in another thread, where i found all the answers i needed, sans one. here it is: our hens have stopped laying, we get 3 eggs a day & my 2 little girls eat 4 eggs a day..... so you can see our dilemma. i'd like to encourage a bit more laying, with a bit of...

i came looking for exactly this answer- 14 hours. thanks to OP & great replies! we have 11.2 hours between sunrise & set. if i were to use a simple 13w florescent- not sure what that converts to in light output vs. a conventional bulb- would that be sufficient? i thought i would let it run for...

So, how many were girls? Thanks for the loan MRB.... I'll be starting mine soon! R

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Our 'easter egger' has decided to make a nest in my roses. We JUST found 9 eggs in the nest and 2 loose in the immediate area. It's been hot here (80's-90's in the sun)- is it a wash, should I just toss them, or could they still be safe? I soaked them in egg wash to clean them up, but they are...

we have a silkie hen who walks up to my 5 year old daughter and sits down to be petted on her back- the two of them are very attached to each other, great pet!

Quote: kids are older, no liquid drops, just the gummy bear type and i am sure they have iron. could i also give them flax seed (ground flax even) or some fruit, berries, anything? have the egg boiled up & hope they are all o.k. i'll stick them up in the unused hen house for now & cover the door.

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no kidding. my 4 year old knows about these. a few weeks ago we lost 2 baby chicks- it was a tragedy IMHO. horrible experience with my pet chicken, woman laughed as one of the birds keeled over while we were on the phone (after spending 4.5 hours on hold to get her) too little too late for those...

Quote: we mixed oyster shells into their feed. i think the bag said 1 pound per 20 ponds of feed. i am sure that is what we did. is this enough? How much feed are you giving them? Are you feeding free choice? Are you feeding the chicks starter or layer? we are feeding free choice (i guess)...

As stated, I am very much a newbie here. I have 8 silkie chicks (5 weeks old) one easter egger and 1 buff orpington. the EE has been laying from the day we brought her home, with a day or 2 off now and then for 3 weeks now. one of the eggs was long, pointed at both ends. each egg is smaller than...

I am very new here, so I hope posting links is allowed. I had to look up the exact name of the book- here is the link- http://www.amazon.com/Hen-Art-Chicken-Maintenance-Reflections/dp/1592287700 It is called Hen and the Art of Chicken Maintenance, and it is hysterical. It also gave me more...

We lost one more yesterday. the rest seem fine- I hope this is it for now! We have used the vasoline each night- our girls don;t protest too much! Temperature is down to 90 and they are still not directly under the light. We have put a handful of soil in with them & changed to a very large...

that is a great idea, i'll do that now! we also used vaseline and have adjusted the temp, which i thought was a bit cool already (93 degrees) down to 91. thank you! Quote:

Are you referring to the title- I meant here. We have 9 clean hineys & DH is working on the vaseline now. Thank you all so much! It's nice to have found such great help so quickly! I will write more later. Sincere thanks.

Hello. I am very new to these boards (just received a link to check it out a few minutes ago). My question is this: we have a problem with pasting up. We lost a bird over the night because we could not get it's little behind clean & we may have chilled it. I am feeling very inadequate here &...