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    swollen eye area

    could lice or mites cause this. We have a ton of house sparrows swarming and "sharing" the waterer and food of my hens. could they bring in problems? I assume so.
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    swollen eye area

    has anyone seen this, injury? illness? is it emergent?
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    swollen eye area

    my 4 year old Americana is acting perfectly normal. My son noticed her swollen eye yesterday. I have 6 hens including her. Everyone else is looking and acting normal. Never had any health problems. I do have a huge population of house sparrows this year eating my girls food and drinking thier...
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    4 year old hens. someone is laying more than ever

    I have 6 hens 2 easter eggers, 2 brahmas, 2 rocks. i am getting a blue egg every other day right now. I think it is coming from my most timid hen pecked girl. I am surprised to be getting ANY eggs at all right now. It is March in Massachusetts, it is freezing out ...there is more daylight...
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    can we have chicken cousins visit our flock?

    I disagree. The use of the phrase "horrible conditions" and "why would anyone buy a coop at Walmart" were harsh, unneccesary, classist and judgemental. If she meant it as a joke, it wasn't funny from my view. I think most of us have seen photos of "horrible conditions" for raising hens- my...
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    can we have chicken cousins visit our flock?

    Thank you. I have learned all these lessons, I broke my girls of this habit. sleeping in the box leads to pasty butt leads to egg bound leads to sudden chicken death. Almost happened. I have also read of some hen owners "getting away with it" with no issues. Maybe it depends on how fluffy the...
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    can we have chicken cousins visit our flock?

    i invested in a large expensive hen house, but now I wonder how we will ever get any more hens...without getting a complicated integration plan. Geez, they make it look so easy and natural in all the youtube videos :) and then to have people judging on this page... there are humans allover the...
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    can we have chicken cousins visit our flock?

    thanks for your post. my sister picked them up a few hours after we realized they were not going to integrate easily...idk why it was so easy last year?
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    can we have chicken cousins visit our flock?

    her hens choose to sleep in the boxes and are perfectly comfortable...I am pretty offended and insulted by your response to be hones
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    can we have chicken cousins visit our flock?

    the possum that has visited us comes for chicken feed not to eat our hens.
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    can we have chicken cousins visit our flock?

    her pen is pretty tiny. her 2 girls sleep in their nest boxes. Alot of people have about 2 squre feet per hen indoors. that is what they sell at walmart etc. her run is nice size for 2 hens but she has foxes where she lives. I don't know why she didn't arrange for better care for her hens. she...
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    can we have chicken cousins visit our flock?

    she doesn't have an electric door so they would be locked inside their tiny coop
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    can we have chicken cousins visit our flock?

    well how do people add hens to their adult flocks then? i am hoping to get serious help and info
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    can we have chicken cousins visit our flock?

    2 weeks
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    can we have chicken cousins visit our flock?

    Assuming i find a safe way to keep the cousins contained but in sight, how long-ish before i should be able to let them all into the same run?
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    can we have chicken cousins visit our flock?

    Thanks for looking and giving it thought. Maybe I will bring the crate into my girl's run which I can lock shut at night ....i will figure something out.
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    can we have chicken cousins visit our flock?

    ok, that was a lot of drama. I let both cousins into our run immediately. One of our EE and our Barred Rock who has been broody for days tried to murder their cousins. So I put the two BOs back in the dog crate in the corner of the run. i am worried about sun tomorrow and the possum who...
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    can we have chicken cousins visit our flock?

    the girls are coming today...I wonder if my girls will pass something to hers? They look fine to me but still. I may go for it and let them work it out after a brief separation. The dog crate with 2 BOs in it might be pretty cramped, being stuffed in the crate might be worse than having them...
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    can we have chicken cousins visit our flock?

    I had 8 hens for about 1 yr. Gave two to my sister. She has had them about a year. She is going on vacation for 2 weeks and wants me to board her hens. I took them for her last summer and it was no problem. I do not want to overcomplicate this...but I am a bit worried....Will the girls all...
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    Can chickens eat raw peanuts?

    It also says above that a full steady diet of raw legumes can be a problem...not partial diet or occasional consumption. I am not roasting the peanuts nor will i feed them to my hens as their exclusive steady diet. I have I will dole them out as a snack. I amsure all the squrrels and hens will...
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