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    Bumblefoot

    I noticed my hen limping a little last week. When I checked her foot I found what I'm assuming is bumblefoot. We soaked it in Epsom salt and my husband popped the scab off. A small amount of blood came out but no other drainage. We applied vetericyn spray and some triple antibiotic, then...
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    Gapeworm vs heat stress

    Everything looks absolutely normal. I stayed outside for awhile when I got home from work yesterday and watched her. She seems to have stopped breathing that way for the time. She was bee-bopping around with the rest of the flock. I'm hoping maybe she was just over heated or stressed. I'll keep...
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    Gapeworm vs heat stress

    Approx 10 week old hen has been stretching her neck out and breathing with her mouth open off and on for a day or two. no other symptoms. Eating, drinking and acting fine otherwise. None of the other birds are acting sick. It has been hot where we are. The barn they're in is around 100 degrees...
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    Free range chicks

    I like the spray bottle Idea!
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    Free range chicks

    Mama and chicks are loose in the run all the time. In the evenings when the other hens come in they're all together. The others hens don't seem to bother with the chicks
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    Free range chicks

    I have two 8 week old chicks that mama hen had hatched and is raising. She's a very good protective mama. The rest of the flock free ranges during the day but I've been keeping mom and the chicks in the run during the day. Are they big enough to let them free range with mom and the rest of the...
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    New chick

    Update on "Tiny" --doing much better now that we got 3 Americana sisters to keep her company
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    New chick

    I'm a little attached to this one....she may be an "indoor/outdoor" chicken😉
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    New chick

    That's great! I did tease my husband that this one may have to be a house chicken. He didn't love the idea quite as much as I did! 🤣
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    New chick

    Thank you! Getting more chicks was definitely a good idea
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    New chick

    Update on the lone chick.....we went and bought 3 Americana chicks just a few days older to keep her company. She seems happier and better now. 🥰
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    New chick

    I have a mama hen who hatched and is raising 2 chicks that are almost 2 weeks old. She was sitting on one more that hatched this morning. Mama showed no interest in this little guy. I took him in the house and warmed him up. He's drying under the heat lamp and so far so good My question is IF...
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    Help getting hens to accept out rooster in the coop at night

    I got him first and his original 3 hens have all passed away. The new hens are almost a year old. The rooster is around 3 yrs. They all free range together during the day and he mates with all of them. At night sometimes he goes straight to his bachelor pad and sometimes he goes into the hens...
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    Help getting hens to accept out rooster in the coop at night

    I think I'll try that, just let them sort it out. I can always go referee if I have too😉
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    Help getting hens to accept out rooster in the coop at night

    . When he tries to go in at night the girls get all antsy but he just stands around. I've never just let him stay in there and see if they all eventually settle down.
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    Help getting hens to accept out rooster in the coop at night

    7 hens, 1 rooster and the coop is around 7 ft long and 4 feet wide.
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    Help getting hens to accept out rooster in the coop at night

    My hens don't like our rooster in the coop with them at night. When he tries to go in with them at night they tend to freak out. They all free range during the day and get along fine. Right now he goes into a separate coop at night. He's not aggressive but is also not cuddly and I've never been...
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    Combing flocks

    They are about 4 months old. I noticed today that 3 of them are sticking closer to the rooster and older hens. I hope you're right! Fingers crossed!
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    Combing flocks

    I originally had a small flock of 3 hens and 1 rooster that free range. Two of the hens have died and my husband got me 7 chicks. We have a separate coop for the "new" girls but they all free range together during the day. The new hens are all over place and have kinda separated into two groups...
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