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Help with a Broody Hen!?

Posted on October 22, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

I have a broody hen. We only have two hens(a buff orph and a barred rock) and they are in a raised coop that is 6 feet long. They only have one nesting box between the two of them. The have a run that is around 11×6 feet. The buff has become broody. She will not leave the nesting box. We have taken the eggs from her as they are not fertilized and she still sits there. We have decided to let her hatch some eggs. A friend has a rooster that we are going to borrow and get some eggs for her to hatch. I didn’t know if I have to separate the two hens or can she continue to sit in her normal nest? I don’t want either bird, especially our non broody bird to think she is being isolated. Will I have a problem if I don’t separate the birds? Can I leave the nest they way it is and then move the hen and the eggs closer to hatching day into say a dog crate that sits in the the run with the other hen? Any suggestions would help.
We have decided to not do the rooster thing and I bought a dozen fertilized eggs today. We will slip them under her tonight. I just am wondering if she and the chicks are going to have to be separated from the barred rock or if they will all get along. I think I will just watch them and intervene if necessary.

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I need hen egg info,?

Posted on September 26, 2010 by admin| 5 Comments

So we are going to start buying hens and eating there eggs they produce. The only problem is……. I have never been raised on a farm nor do I know the first thing about them (With the exception of picking the eggs from the coop when I was little at Friends house) I just feel like something is missing. Can you really just go by hens and eat there eggs without getting sick? How do I know I am not going to get some parasite by eating it? How do I know the egg wont make me sick if the chicken is sick? Does it even pass through to the egg? Do I wash the egg or not? I am studying my butt off so I know what to do with the hens and I am getting confused. What is a perch? What is a nesting box? what is a roosting box? do I need all three? Can you get bird flu by eating an contaminated egg? If not bird flu what can you get? How do you make sure the egg don’t get contaminated? Please!!!!! someone help me, I am begging you! So, I know my chickens will have everything they need.

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Can you mix chickens and parakeets/love birds?

Posted on August 5, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

We have just finished building our chicken coop, and the outside run is huge and completely secure. I was wondering if I could put a few parakeets or lovebirds in with my chickens, obviously with their own nesting boxes, food source, perches, etc. Would they harass each other? Would they eat each others food and cause a problem? Does anyone know of this ever being done? By the way, I live in Arizona so the weather isn’t a problem. Thanks.

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need help with a quaker parrot?

Posted on May 25, 2010 by admin| 6 Comments

I’m watching my friends Quacker for the summer. She’s a very friendly bird around Mike, and was fine around me when he was near. But now that she has been relocated to my place she’s becoming impossible. I can’t reach into her cage to change her food or water. When I do, she charges at my fingers. I’ve already been bittin a couple of times. she has clamp coop cups so I have to reach in her cage to feed her. She’s smart and figures out how to undo her toys from the cage, so they just fall to floor. When I try to pick them up and replace them, once again my hands are her target. I’ve tried letting her out ontop of her cage to distract her so I can get her food/water/toys. I’ve had little success. She starts flying around the room, running into stuff (he doesn’t clip her wings) Then I have trouble getting her back into her cage, or she sees what I’m doing and comes back in. My friend is doing an internship in a remote area with no service so contact is not possible. any suggestions?

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pigeon housing advice needed?

Posted on May 1, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

Hi there, i need to build a loft, aviary,coop or whatever you call it for 12 runt pigeons, because there are allot of cats in our neighborhood, and the neighbors will complain to the council the birds will have to stay locked up at all times , so to begin with how big a loft do i need to build for those sort of circumstances? i plan to have 6 double nesting boxes, an area where they can bath, and get plenty of sun as well, what type of paint do i use over wood and or would it be better to use builders lime instead? the floor will have to be 12 ml waterproof ply wood, do i spread newspapers over the floor or can i use sawdust, wood shavings and have it removed every two months or so in order to keep things clean and germ free?

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