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    Mobile coop

    I'm in a similar situation. I have two coop/run/forage area setups on the same acreage and want to add a forage set up in a forested area on the same property. I'm curious if anyone has tried to create a Justin Rhodes style chickshaw out of ibc totes. My work has many just sitting around which I...
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    Meyer Hatchery - great hatch from shipped eggs!

    Thanks for the positive reports! I am starting to figure my spring order of chicks and am doing research on hatcheries. I've used Hoover and Ideal, but thought about trying Meyer this time. As I price things, Meyer looks like the most affordable even though I can get deliveries from Ideal for...
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    Meyers Hatchery

    Agree. I ordered 40 from Ideal last winter and, of that 40, only ended up with two roos
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    New chickens, how long should I quarantine

    Agree. I've used chicks from Hoover and from Ideal and both have worked out great.
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    New chickens, how long should I quarantine

    That is the information I needed. The birds I would be adding, from all I've seen (photos only) and what I know, they are healthy and have been small flocks all along, by themselves. The added roo would be the only one in the whole place. The quarantine part is what has me second guessing. I...
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    New chickens, how long should I quarantine

    Good info here. I am considering adding about 15 more birds, from two different flocks. I'm curious how far apart I need to have enclosures. I want them to be within eye shot because I ultimately want to integrate both into my flock of 30, along with my small garden flock. One of the flocks...
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    Ideal 236 vs White Leghorn

    I do not believe there is a minimum. I ordered 40, but they acted like it was a large order via the store. Store minimum for purchase is probably the minimum to order, just guessing.
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    Molting and decreased activity . First time owner

    My ladies are on 18% layer feed, getting snacks and other goodies to bump their protein and energy, but the molt hit hard this year. Still limping along at low production, but I'll be glad when my 9 young ones start up here in a month or two. Those young ones typically go pretty good when they...
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    Is Molting worse this year?

    I hear you there. I have 9 who are about to start toward the middle-end of January and then some who will kick off in early spring. Good news is two of my original hens started laying again, after their molt. That was welcome because I thought that group would be shut off until spring. They are...
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    Is Molting worse this year?

    All three of my flocks (have them separated into smaller groups, but need to merge two of them) have runs that look like birds exploded. LOL The older hens looked mangy and their coop/run is full of feathers. The molt has been hard enough in all my flocks to really slow egg production, which...
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    Second dead chicken today

    That's fantastic! Thanks for that info!! I didn't get any out of them today, but they are getting over being sick and beginning to molt so I don't anticipate a bunch from that group for a while.
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    Second dead chicken today

    Everyone is still alive and kicking today. This makes two days without a death. Everyone was very active this evening, the adult hens were out foraging (not just laying around out there) and the young ones were eating bugs and grass clippings in the run. Looked like normal chickens. Even got...
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    Second dead chicken today

    I'm glad I saw and recognized the signs. Everyone was alive this morning and this evening they were quite active and had good appetites. I'm hoping we are on the mend.
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    Second dead chicken today

    Well, the babies are now without momma. That was a sad one this morning. That said, I think if we make it through the night we might be on the mend. Everyone looked fairly active this afternoon and had a bit of an appetite...even got one egg (which is now in the trash). I sure hope they've...
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    Second dead chicken today

    Not worried at all about the barrage. I, too, shared the thought that one dead is a one-off. Two is a problem. As I was cleaning I did some inspection and I am certain it is coccidiosis. I found bloody poop in several locations and my heart dropped. That coop is the one with my six remaining...
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    Second dead chicken today

    Last night when I went to gather eggs and check the birds, I found a dead hen lying on the floor of the coop. Today, one of my pullets was dead. I'm off to Atwoods now to get some lime for the coop, will give it a thorough cleaning. Will add ACV to their water, but otherwise I don't know what...
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    Feather pecking

    Interested to follow this thread. I'm experiencing something similar. The feather pecking started while the hens were at our coop at the house. Admittedly it was on the verge of too small for the five of them, so we moved them to the farm where they have a huge garden full of bugs and weeds to...
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    Topic of the Week - Feather Pecking/Eating

    Very glad to see this topic. I am experiencing this, but it is with just one hen being pecked. While they were here in town, I understood it because they were on the verge of cramped. She was pecked pretty badly and we removed her, used Vetericyn to heal her up, let her feathers grown back, and...
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    Ideal 236 vs White Leghorn

    You should check with your store and see if they would let you order what you want. I did something similar with our local Atwoods (chain farm store). They order direct from Ideal and since Ideal is shipping to the store weekly, I didn't have to pay shipping as my birds came with the store...
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    Whitetail Creek Farm: Starting from scratch

    Oh man. Many changes since my last post. Originally we had two runs set up at the farm and one in town. Then we decided that the rooster (Eddie) and the cockerels (Amos and Woody) needed their own digs because they were a bit aggressive in their duties with their ladies. So we went to three...
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