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  1. Noymira

    Vermont

    Hopefully everyone is enjoying spring, or the previews we've had so far. I've taken a bit of a break from the forum and chickens in the past few months. We could not find or trap the weasel in our coop (I believe it to be an ermine which I spotted in the yard recently) and lost half our flock...
  2. Noymira

    Vermont

    I've had no eggs for almost a month, don't know if they have quit due to lack of light or if I've got egg eaters- or a combination of both... I saw some egg eating activity earlier this fall so I'm leaning that way a bit... I lost one chicken last night, I think to a mink or other weasel...
  3. Noymira

    Vermont

    Hope summer is going well for everyone, been busy here! Lost one hen mysteriously, either due to heat or flying into the wall, 2 weeks ago. Also lost my rooster, poor Dr. Ruckus, to a fisher the night before last. Left the carcass in a trap last night, something came back, but I didn't...
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    Fisher killed my rooster, now what?

    Thank you both, this is making me wish our problem fox was around instead. I'll keep a close watch on the hens and keep setting the trap, not much more I can do. Every week is a learning experience with chickens!
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    Fisher killed my rooster, now what?

    We've got a large trap, we keep a few different sizes around, just in case. I'll definitely work on that pen before I put any more birds in there, it's really my fault for not doing what I should have to begin with. If anyone was going to eat that rooster it was supposed to be me. I just...
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    Fisher killed my rooster, now what?

    I lost my rooster to a fisher the other night. RIP Dr. Ruckus... He was in a pen set back and away from the chicken coop because the hens were going bald from his attentions and I was giving them a break to feather back in. It found a weakness I hadn't seen in some overlapping wire and...
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    Camping recipes and ideas! Please share!

    The apples sound really good!
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    Camping recipes and ideas! Please share!

    I've read that some people do boil the bags for an omelet, and eat it right out of the bag. I could just bring hard boiled eggs for a snack, that would be good. I think egg salad would do fine, this time of year it's in the 50's at night and 60-70 during the day. This is spring camping at...
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    Camping recipes and ideas! Please share!

    We are going camping at Lake Willoughby in a couple weeks for my birthday! Yay! I'm already thinking about breakfast on our gas cooktop. I want mix eggs with pre-cooked sausage and some veggies in ziplocks baggies so I can just pour into a pan and cook without a lot of mess. I have some...
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    MItes and Permethrin Powder

    I have the exact same product I am about to use on my flock to treat lice, and i have two broody hens I need to treat as well. Did you get all the bedding out of the coop, or just the nest boxes? I would think with mites you would need to get rid of everything. Do you have straw anywhere in...
  11. Noymira

    Vermont

    I hope everyone is enjoying the spring! I've got two broody hens and just discovered lice on some of my birds, so I've got to treat everyone and move the broody hens somewhere a bit more secluded. Anyone ever try using wood ashes to kill lice? I've got some poultry dust, but am nervous...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I went into the coop tonight to find a black copper marans hen sitting on 3 eggs in a nest box. My rhode island white hen was in a different box than the one she's been on for 3 days. She found another nest box with 4 eggs in it (I keep taking hers) and decided to move. :lol: I guess she...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I'm so sorry for your loss! :(
  14. Noymira

    lice!!!

    Glad I found this thread! I was pointed her from a broody thread. I've found lice eggs on some of my chickens and need to treat my flock and coop. I have a broody hen I am about to give some eggs to set on who also needs to be treated and was worried about using permithren powder on her at...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I do have another question about eggs and broodies. If I collect eggs over a span of 3-4 days for my broody to sit on, and keep them all at the same temp until putting them under her will they hatch at the same time? Does the day the egg was laid make a difference, or only when incubation...
  16. Noymira

    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    That's what I had heard as well, which is why I thought I'd go straight to the permithren dust. Though I would invest in some DE for future use and make them a dust bath area with that, some sand and some ashes from our woodstove. I was hoping to use the permithren so we could still eat the...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Would that be enough for birds that do have eggs on the feather shafts near the vent area? I could not find any live lice, though I'm sure they must be there since I found the eggs. The clusters are not as large as some of the pictures I've seen and they are not on all the birds I've checked...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I would love to consider an organic method, but almost all the posts I've read on here say that DE is great preventative, but will not get rid of an infestation. I have some permethrin poultry dust on hand, but have never used it.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I just discovered last night that some of my birds have lice, so I'm going to have to dust them and the coop. I don't see eggs on all of them, but even 2-3 is enough to make me treat them all. I brought in straw to add to the run when it was super muddy this spring, I'm thinking that might...
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