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  1. Vickir73

    Texas

    Cockle - the stop sign is for the goat - the goat reads much better than the chickens. look at my new broody next boxes!! Just put 13 eggs under a cochin Tuesday night. Hopefully she'll hatch at least half, although half of them were Maran eggs and I think they are little bit harder to hatch...
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    hen acting "funny" - WTH is this?

    ChickensAreSweet: I will try the unrefined coconut oil (just happen to have some). I don't want to cut the feathers as sometimes it takes 6 weeks for them to grow back and since it's show season I don't want to take the birds to the show with missing feathers - Judge definetly wouldn't like...
  3. Vickir73

    Texas

    we got a few sprinkles yesterday, but nothing more than that. We finished the new chicken run this weekend. It will also double as a new buck pen (we will cut "doggie" doors in the main coop doors so the chickens can get in and out, but the goat can't get in.) We added a new fence, then...
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    hen acting "funny" - WTH is this?

    Harry, I was wondering the same thing about the ash. We have burn piles (some with just wood, others with other stuff) and I was wondering if I could just to scoop it up and put it in the coop (the piles with only wood, of course). My hen didn't make it - I discovered she was egg bound also...
  5. Vickir73

    Egg bound - gave bath - didnt' work

    by the time I got home she had passed. she was egg bound, but since everyone in that coop is not laying yet I don't know if this was her first or just too big (i'm getting some very large eggs from my Marans). Her symptoms were sitting on the ground (which those birds never do unless they are...
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    Egg bound - gave bath - didnt' work

    Ok, I gave her a warm bath, but now after reading more, I didn't have enough water for her to float in. I only put it about half way up her back and then gently splashed it onto her vent area. She is drinking (and drank quite a bit during the bath) but as of this morning, no egg. I read...
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    hen acting "funny" - WTH is this?

    when I treat the flock, I treat the coop too, but I just realized that my show coop does not have a place for them to dust bathe - this is probably a huge issue. I will be getting them one this weekend) I have an old plastic sand box that would be perfect. I will fill it with sand, de, and...
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    hen acting "funny" - WTH is this?

    I just treated everyone with Cydectin less than 2 weeks ago. I thought that would kill all the creepy crawlies. Should I treat again??? These only showed up AFTER I treated. Maybe I didn't treat enough??? I only used about 3 drops per bird (1 above vent area and one under each wing) I...
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