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    Texas

    FYI, someone in Austin has 11 hens to rehome! I suggested she post her advertisement here in the Texas forum. She's got a posting with photos in the "Free/rehoming" section in 'Buy-Sell-Trade'.
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    Is this beak ok? Black Ameraucana

    Can't really tell from the angle of your photo, but if the upper beak component doesn't appear to be sitting directly over the lower component she could be a crossbeak. You might want to google or check FB for the folks who have crossbeak chickens to see how best to proceed for care and feeding...
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    Molting and decreased activity . First time owner

    Ditto the other good advice. Penny, my 3 y.o. BA is wrapping up what was another heavy molt. Her comb and wattles shrink a bit and she is jicky and certainly not at the top of her game:(. She does seem to be turning around a bit, after about 6 weeks now. I sometimes try feeding tuna fish...
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    Texas

    To all y'all in the Lone Star State, enjoy a safe and comfortable Thanksgiving with your flock!
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    Can I use this bone meal as a calcium supplement in my birds food?

    Another source of calcium could be crushed eggshells from your chickens. Again, fed free-choice in a separate container. After using the eggs, I rinse off the eggshells, let them drip dry, then microwave them for about 1 minute. Some folks put them on low temp in the oven to dry. Not sure how...
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    Heated base for waterer: your thoughts on this product?

    Thanks, all, for your input.:)
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    Heated base for waterer: your thoughts on this product?

    My old 'cookie tin + small watt light bulb' has served me well for years as a heated base for keeping water in my metal water fount from freezing. However it has seen better days and I'm a bit worried about the rusty parts on the tin and its functional integrity. I do have an unused tin I can...
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    Electric Fence details

    How tall is your existing fencing? Some folks also put up pvc coyote rollers along the top of some fencing (you'll have to google it) but I believe mostly for taller (5'+?) fences.
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    Texas

    Blanche, my oliver egger, is wrapping up her molt--just a couple fluff feathers dropping each night. Had her every-six-week beak trim today, she being a crossbeak. What a good chicken! Penny, my BA, looks like the remains of a feather duster that some animal chewed up:(. Pin feathers showing on...
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    Eggbound or something else??

    I'd keep her safe from being picked on, either fenced off or in another safe location. Give her a comfortable, quiet place to stay with hay? shavings? Perhaps offer a mash of her regular feed and provide her own water source. Do you have a veterinarian who will see chickens? Radiographs (X-rays)...
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    What would be a good solution to keep predators from climbing on top of this enclosure?

    My suggestion would be use metal roofing panels supported on purlins and rafters with a very thin sheet of insulation between the purlins and the metal. I would not go with the clear panels for reasons already mentioned. With insulation underneath a solid metal roof you won't fry your chickens...
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    Texas

    Welcome to all the new Texas BYC'ers :frow Re: prickly pear, I use the Natural Avoidance Technique: I naturally avoid them! :lol:. Not sure what the stickies are in your footwear....Might want to get some tweezers to extract those. Where in the state are you located?
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    Hen started crowing

    CMH, what a fascinating flock of hens and roos! Time to put all this in a book....;)
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    Free range chickens

    I gave up on trying to convince Belle to lay in the coop, which we enlarged just for her and two sister pullets; thankfully she lays in her former "pullet-transition" home inside the barn. Her sister Maxine also lays in the barn-- in an "emergency" coop I use for extreme winter weather events...
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    How Common Are Double Yolk Eggs?

    Belle, my young EE, has laid 3 double yolks since she began laying about 5 weeks ago. Those eggs are big-- I'd feel better if she didn't lay them!
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