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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    Looking back on this thread, it looks like the pictures of hens are very diverse, some have no combs and wattles at all and some have quite prominent ones. Is this just the diversity of the breed? One of my chicks had very long tail feathers at day 3 and now they are all the same size except...
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    WHAT?! Now that was not what I wanted to hear! 😄 I guess 6 roosters and 3 hens is not good chicken math!🤪
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    Your hen that is orange and white gives me hope that my little roo might be a hen after all because the comb and waddles are the same. That would be a nice surprise! :D
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    I'm new to SFH. I got some chicks from a local breeder and let my Cochin raise them. They are doing so well and very self-sufficient! No problems at all; although a hawk did manage to get one. 🥺 They are 9 weeks and I think the light-colored one is a cockerel, although I have seen no male...
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    How long did it take?

    This is the first successful brood for my Cochin and she is at week 9 and still mothering her chicks and not laying. Here are pics of week 1 and week 9. :)
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    Bumblefoot in both feet

    Did you treat both feet at the same time? I have a hen that I need to treat this weekend that has it on the bottoms of both feet. I have treated it before successfully, but it was only in one foot. I was wondering if yours had any problems walking?
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    API General Cure

    I add the powder to a very small amount of peanut butter and then carefully open the chickens mouth and then, using my finger scrape a small amount on the inside side of the top beak. After that, they do the rest with eating it. Kind of like a dog with peanut butter on the mouth, they will...
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    Hawks and fishing line - am I wasting my time?

    We have covered an area between our house and our privacy fence with fishing line, spaced every 3 inches and we put bird netting on the sides. The girls have bushes to get under and their feed is in a secure coop. Stringing it up was quite a task for my husband and I. We felt like we were...
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    Using Crow/Owl Calls CD to Deter Hawks?

    So I am not sure if this works. Today there was a hawk in the neighborhood. I have an owl decoy also in the backyard that I move around and I turned the owl CD on. The hawk did not roost in the tree as they usually do but he moved on to another house. I am not sure if that means it worked or...
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    Grain mites living in DE!!

    So I had some grain mites in some chicken scratch. I read where it was fine to feed it to the chickens since they eat bugs. (not really the point of my post, so moving on . . .) Since I have a large bag of DE I thought I might as well use it to get rid of those pests. I sprinkled it in the...
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    Vent Gleet?

    I have been dealing with a similar issue with Harriet, her bestie was taken by a hawk right next to her and I think she is suffering from PTSD :-( I am not an expert by any means but after a lot of research, I have been giving her espom salt soaks for 20 minutes a day (this is day 6), rub...
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    Using Crow/Owl Calls CD to Deter Hawks?

    Thank you all for your replies. I think we are going to add a movable chicken tunnel onto our chicken tractor. But I did try the boombox and crow CD, as I had already purchased them. (The owl CD has not come yet.) Let me tell you, it was pandemonium in the backyard! First off, it is very...
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    Using Crow/Owl Calls CD to Deter Hawks?

    Well I am going to give it a try. I got both the crow CD and the Owl CD and an old fashioned boom box. I hope this works! Fingers crossed! :fl
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    Using Crow/Owl Calls CD to Deter Hawks?

    So I just had a hawk kill my chicken right in front of me in our backyard. I am still traumatized. I had done many of the things suggested to keep the hawks away, none of which that particular hawk cared a lick about. Then I read about crows and hawks being enemies and then it dawned on me...
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    Limping Running Polish

    She is limping again and it is worse! She is on layer feed and oyster shell and egg shells. We have her separated again. This is so frustrating! Anyone have any advice?
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    Limping Running Polish

    I took her to the vet and he said she had pulled a tendon. He said she needs more calcium. So I have switched them to layer feed and oyster shell. It has been about 3 weeks and she is still limping but markedly improved. I have also noticed my other polish doing the same thing! I am...
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    Limping Running Polish

    Yes she is. I think I'm gonna take her to a vet. She is our favorite . ❤ I'm just so new to all of this!
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    Limping Running Polish

    I put her in a crate today but at night it was a problem because she was crying and flapping her wings like crazy trying to get up into the coop and to top it off there was a bad storm so I broke down and put her in the coop for the night. Is that bad?
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    Limping Running Polish

    Yes I was wondering that too. Are you supposed to do anything if that happens 🤔
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    Limping Running Polish

    So I have an 11 week old Polish hen who has been limping for about 3 days but only when she is running across the yard. She does not have any cuts, scrapes, mites, bumble foot, no heat anywhere that would indicate infection. I have given her a good once over and nothing. Otherwise she is...
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