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I did not find the hulls cheaper than pine shavings…. Our feed store did not carry it, and it was $70 for a 45 pound bag! Also, if it does not absorb water, I can’t see how it will decompose unless it just breaks up into dust and is added to the ground. Someone told me the chickens scratching...

She isn't big enough to sit on a lot of them though. We have a d'Uccle who started getting broody too, but she's even smaller.

We have a broody bantam cochin.... should I buy eggs from you and have her sit on them, or should I buy chicks and sneak them under her? And she has been sitting on fake eggs for about 3 weeks now (I was trying to obtain eggs or chicks that I wanted and haven't succeeded).... will she still sit...

Hello, I live in Great Falls and am looking for French Copper Marans, bantam EEs, Cream Legbars, frizzles, or partridge silkies. Also any olive eggers, particularly if eggs are spotted somewhat. Does anyone have any fertile eggs or chicks or pullets to sell for pickup?

Has anyone tried putting shipped eggs under a broody hen? I have one, and right now she is sitting on some ceramic eggs just to keep her in the mood. I was going to order some BCM and olive eggs, but after reading all of these posts I wonder if it's worth it.

Can I also insert the Monistat suppository into the vent for vent gleet, or is that dangerous for them?

I get that, but in our case, the guy knew it was his dogs... they brought a chicken home the first time, and they had feathers in their feet from the mud this second time. I just went to talk to him tonight, and he immediately knew it was his dogs, claimed that was the only night since the last...

So I just need to keep dogs off of my coop and run.... the chickens don't leave that. Do I use the step in posts, one every 5 feet or so, string three levels starting at 4" from the ground? Would like to be able to step over it so gate would not be necessary. And is polytape the best? When...

We had a rooster who liked to nest and sit on eggs! He also crowed, but he was gentle with the hens and very friendly. If you went into the coop, he would immediately race in and hop into a nesting box, get all the bedding squared away and settle down, egg or no egg there. Unfortunately our...

How is the gate done? I am interested in doing this around our coop and run because our neighbor's bird dogs have killed all of our chickens twice now, busting out small windows each time. The last time I thought the professionally made walk in chicken coop was sound, but I didn't pay...

Thank you for your responses! I decided since she could not keep any food or water in her, it didn't matter if she healed up well, she would die. So our neighbor took care of it. Thanks again!

To make sure since it's so hard to see, I want to trim out her periwound of the feathers and clean it up first, before I decide to euthanize her. Will the feathers bleed if I trim them? And if I have to euthanize her, what method do you suggest (instead of the traditional wringing of the neck...

8 chickens were massacred, but we have one Ameraucana with no injuries and a small black silkie with a large gaping wound to her lower neck/chest. This exposes her left breastbone, her crop with the contents falling out, and muscle. We found her about 12 hours later hiding under the other...

Thank you! I just made my bucket with horizontal nipples and am waiting for the deicer that is made for plastic buckets that also has a thermostat. Can't wait to test it out!

Here is a deicer meant for a plastic 5 gallon bucket.... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002QXN1EQ/ref=psdc_13764281_t2_B000FK03E8

How warm does the water get? I read somewhere that warm water will promote bacterial growth, so you just want to keep it from freezing. What are the temps offered on the aquarium heater?

Your aquarium heaters were frozen in the ice? They didn't break? I have one, but I was nervous about trying it out.

I have my coop sectioned off right now to put some 6 week old chickens in the back so the bigger chickens get used to them. I don't have enough room to put waterers in both sections, so could I make a small one like someone pictured earlier, and swap it out daily with another small one due to...

Could you detail out what you made and what nipples you used?