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Thanks to all for the warm welcome.
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I hope everyone is having a great day out in the beautiful weather, I have been stuck in the garage building my coop while hubby is off working in Boston for the week. Fingers crossed the coop turns out how I have planned lol
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motherhen71185 said:
Tweetr - H&H heritage and Rare poulty in York haven PA have some speckled sussex. They are not laying age, but , i think they have some older chicks. :)
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Thanks Motherhen - I will have a look into that!
SilkieSensation said:
I have two 8 week old pullets left for sale.
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How much were you wanting for them and where are you located?
 
Broody question. I had a hen go broody. Didn't leave the nest for 3 days. Last night I moved the nesting box and the broody to a separate isolated part of my coop. She seemed to have settled in fine when I checked on her this morning. Went to check on them at lunch and it appears the door wasn't latched right and a breeze blew the doors open. My broody was walking around my yard by herself. I couldn't get her to go into the isolated area again but I got her back into the run with the others. I put her nesting box back in the original place, in the hopes she will return. What are the odds of her going back to being broody. I picked up fertile eggs for her last night, hoping she would hatch them for me. Now what?
 
eweaber said:
Broody question. I had a hen go broody. Didn't leave the nest for 3 days. Last night I moved the nesting box and the broody to a separate isolated part of my coop. She seemed to have settled in fine when I checked on her this morning. Went to check on them at lunch and it appears the door wasn't latched right and a breeze blew the doors open. My broody was walking around my yard by herself. I couldn't get her to go into the isolated area again but I got her back into the run with the others. I put her nesting box back in the original place, in the hopes she will return. What are the odds of her going back to being broody. I picked up fertile eggs for her last night, hoping she would hatch them for me. Now what?
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very good chance,,,do you have any fake eggs you could leave for her......what's her breed, some are easier to entice then others.......I have a silkie that all i have to do is whisper the word chicks to her...
 
chickencrossing said:
does anybody know if straw is ok for bedding for my egg layers?
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The only thing I worry about with straw other than the mold mentioned by several others is that it can carry bird lice & mites since it has been exposed to wild birds. As long as your birds are treated regularly for lice & mites you should be fine.

wlrabbitry said:
Looking to purchase a trio of brahmas LF. Looking for local or chicks shipped.
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I have a trio of buff brahma bantams, but no LF.

tweetr1979 said:
Thanks to all for the warm welcome.
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I hope everyone is having a great day out in the beautiful weather, I have been stuck in the garage building my coop while hubby is off working in Boston for the week. Fingers crossed the coop turns out how I have planned lol
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Quote: They are $10 each & I am 6 miles south of Wheeling, WV on the Ohio side of the river.

eweaber said:
Broody question. I had a hen go broody. Didn't leave the nest for 3 days. Last night I moved the nesting box and the broody to a separate isolated part of my coop. She seemed to have settled in fine when I checked on her this morning. Went to check on them at lunch and it appears the door wasn't latched right and a breeze blew the doors open. My broody was walking around my yard by herself. I couldn't get her to go into the isolated area again but I got her back into the run with the others. I put her nesting box back in the original place, in the hopes she will return. What are the odds of her going back to being broody. I picked up fertile eggs for her last night, hoping she would hatch them for me. Now what?
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Plop hr back on the nest & see if she stays.
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That is it!

I need info on peepers. I have looked for them, but they all seem to be for adult chickens or pheasants/partridges 3-6 weeks and up. Do these sizes work on 3-6wk old chicks?

I had 2 more dead chicks, via vent picking / cannibalism. I must take action now.
 
wingstone said:
very good chance,,,do you have any fake eggs you could leave for her......what's her breed, some are easier to entice then others.......I have a silkie that all i have to do is whisper the word chicks to her...
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I have golf balls in the nesting boxes because the girls kept laying on the floor in the corner. Never took them out, so she was sitting on 2 golf balls. Just went to check on her and she was back in the box. So I moved her back to the isolated side. Tonight I will give her the fertile eggs, and make sure the door don't blow open again.
 
Reyvaughn said:
That is it!

I need info on peepers.  I have looked for them, but they all seem to be for adult chickens or pheasants/partridges 3-6 weeks and up.  Do these sizes work on 3-6wk old chicks?

I had 2 more dead chicks, via vent picking / cannibalism.  I must take action now.
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Have you thought about maybe they are just bored? What about adding a dust box, a babycake, some scratch in their bedding, dig up a large clump of yard and plop it in their area to have some fun with grass dirt and all. I've never had a picker feather vent etc but my birds have 6 acres to roam starting around 1 week of age they free range with hen. Something to try before others.
 

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