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    PANICKING HENS

    I called them. The only one available locally is Doktor Doom? Is that safe?
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    PANICKING HENS

    Thanks for your replies! Ya that was the problem I ran into, was trying to find these products in Canada. Luckily we don't live far from the US border, and my dad is heading down that way in a couple of weeks. I will have the Elector shipped to a postal outlet there and he will pick it up for me.
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    PANICKING HENS

    They won't be allowed back in until it's dry etc. The One Shot was our only option short term, believe me, I made a lot of phone calls yesterday. Even the local vets didn't know. I've ordered Elector PSP which is Spinosad. Is there a brand of permetherin?
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    PANICKING HENS

    I should clarify, it was One Shot crawling insect killer (like Raid). It was still a little wet in the coop from the spray, and still smells, although we have a fan in there. Will the smell bother their respiratory systems? The other active ingredients are Naptha, pyrethrins, dimethyl ether...
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    PANICKING HENS

    So, we have mites, but that's not why I'm posting. We are in the process of cleaning out the coop (I've ordered Elector PSP but it will take almost 2 weeks to arrive), and can't let the hens in there right now but they are super panicked, banging against their coop door because they want to go...
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    My rooster is attacking my dog!

    This is one of the main reason we won't get a rooster. We have a border collie and she acts as their protector, so we don't think they would get along too well.
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    Feeding scraps to chickens

    Haha yup. Ours hear the door open too and come running. I have to practically sneak out the door when I'm heading off to work otherwise they think I'm coming to give them something.
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    Feeding scraps to chickens

    I read somewhere (on this site maybe?) that younger chickens are more fussy and won't necessarily eat the scraps, but as they get older they will eat them. I don't know for sure, though. We have young hens (about 6 months) and so far they only really like watermelon and corn (on the cob and in...
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    3 eggs from 1 chicken today?

    We think one of our hens laid three eggs yesterday. We aren't 100% sure, but here's the story...she laid an egg in the morning (we know this because we have 6 hens and had 6 eggs). Last night she was lethargic, didn't want to eat anything including scratch, and was extremely puffed up (super...
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    snacks for chickens

    Oh my, do they ever love it!
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    snacks for chickens

    Great idea about the cabbage in the pot! I make frozen corn treats too. :)
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    Total nighttime lockdown.

    We've been discussing whether to leave their door open or not at night. Right now I get up around 5am and open their door. For the most part I don't mind as I have to be up for work during the week anyways. But I agree, getting up early on the weekend sucks! Their entire yard area is completely...
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    Beak Trimming?

    Yes, we got them at about 18 weeks (point of lay). I suspect they were from a commercial farm but I don't know for sure (we got them through a friend that was picking up about 6 dozen hens for themselves). She is healthy, laying nice eggs etc, so we'll just keep an eye to make sure she stays...
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    The Swinging Hens.

    We got our girls as "point of lay" as this is our first foray into having chickens, but that's great advice for when we eventually start with chicks. :)
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    Things people say about chickens

    I admit that I took a little too much pleasure in telling my "know it all" brother in law that hens don't in fact need a rooster to lay eggs.
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    Time well spent... who lays what egg?

    You'd get along with my hubby! We have 6 hens, he knows them all (we named them) by sight and by sound. He's joked about putting a GoPro in their coop facing the nesting boxes so we can see who lays what egg. At least I think he's joking...
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    The Swinging Hens.

    We have a swing, but can't convince the hens to use it. We've tried enticing them with scratch, corn cobs, placing the hen on the swing. Nothing works so far. Hubby is sad, he really wants them to swing haha!
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    They can't fly/get to the roost

    Sounds like you may have figured it out. We had the same issue, but we were told ahead of time that we would have to show our hens how to do certain things, like getting up to their roost. We physically placed them up there for a few nights until they figured it out. They came from a big farm...
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    Beak Trimming?

    Yes it does look like that, although they were like that when we got them (about 6 weeks ago).
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    Beak Trimming?

    Thanks for the links!
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