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  1. Scott H

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    The lady I bought our Wyandottes from said she has 60+ roosters at any one time! She says she has just tuned them out. LOL
  2. Scott H

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    On another note, here is a family member we're trying to rehome. A gal in Texas (@Soltaria ) wants him but I've never shipped a chicken before. I think I have to buy a shipping box somewhere cause I don't see them on the USPS site. Anybody in driving distance of North Idaho want him? or advice...
  3. Scott H

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    OK Naturals, meet the new family member. We got him at 13 weeks and he will be 4 months old on the 7th. He's learned to leave the chickens alone, for the most part. Wants to play with the cat who doesn't but is fitting in nicely. Smart as a whip, his mom is the only miniature poodle to complete...
  4. Scott H

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    Thanks all...He owned our hearts. It was just not expected. We heard him coughing the night we brought him home. Took him back in the next morning and he seemed better...they said his lungs sounded good. My wife slept on the floor next to him and had her alarm set to give him a pain pill at 8:00...
  5. Scott H

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    Sad day in our house today. Our beloved black poodle, Jake, passed away following minor surgery two days ago. Lots of tears. He was 12 and a half and before the surgery was still full of piss and vinegar. RIP old buddy.
  6. Scott H

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Sorry for your loss Sally.
  7. Scott H

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    Worth a try.....least invasive. Just get it good and soft. Epsom salt is touted to draw out infection.
  8. Scott H

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    I think the hot compress is a great idea....then a gentle sqeeze and aim it away from you. Epsom salt, lots of it on the compress works well.
  9. Scott H

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    I AM alive....just been livin' life. It's under the bridge to our front door...the bridge is so we don't have to go down outside stairs to get into the house. I just posted it to show the roof made out of the materials being discussed here. At least I think it's the same stuff. Been so long ago...
  10. Scott H

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    I'm pulling for him...Good luck!
  11. Scott H

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    As long as it's not medicated I don't see a problem. Just has extra protein.
  12. Scott H

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    I'm sorry about Juanita. How old was she? About 17 months....she was the one that never layed but was a total character. We put one of those door screens that you can walk thru on the back door that opens up into the the den...took our cat a week to figure out that he could just push thru it...
  13. Scott H

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    We are raising three pullets for a friend to start with chickens. We hope to get one hen out of the deal to replace Juanita who passed a couple of weeks ago. We have to get rid of the roosters. I will try to do so here. They are breeder quality. I think I've already spotted a little roo. He's a...
  14. Scott H

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Quote: And so much fun to watch!
  15. Scott H

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    Quote: Yep, there was no breaking her....she just quit on her own. We would pull her off the nest whenever we went by and take to the other hens and set her down. She finally went back to laying. About 6 weeks, if I remember right. This year we just got her some eggs. She ended up with 3...
  16. Scott H

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    Babies are growing up.... So nice when this started and there were no more chick roundups!
  17. Scott H

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    They have a hard time finding their way in and out of the coop but they have no problem with this......
  18. Scott H

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    So just throw some chicks in with your broody to break her?
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