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How’s the Ethel doing? Did she make it? There are lots of videos on YouTube about sick chickens. Here’s one

You might want to try a 2x4 laying flat side up. The pole looks too skinny for comfort. Research roosting material. I used to give mine a choice. A 2x4 narrow edge up and one flat side up. Both were used.

I had itchy chickens too. I never found anything but I think they were being eaten by midges. They weren’t alone. I was covered in bites. We went through a year of hell. I tried all the usual stuff but the biggest help was raking out all the leaves I left for them to scratch up bug and such in...

SPCA?

I thought that the coop looked big enough for 4 hens easily if they are getting along and the “run” too small. Instead of removing them and trying to reintroduce them, I would attach the new fencing to the existing coup somehow and separate the older ones from the younger alternating the spaces...

i might ask why the chickens need to live in your bedroom? That doesn’t sound that healthy. But a better question is why isn’t anyone fixing the leak? It doesn’t sound like it has been attended to. If your walls are that wet you undoubtedly will or already have mold. Painting the walls after...

They might need more ventilation as long as they aren’t in a draft. Moisture in the coop is a problem for chickens. There is much info on venting a coop.

They might need more ventilation. As long as they aren’t in a draft.

Caesar Millan, the dog whisper, says that your dog is feeding off your anxiety. Watch a few of his videos especially related to interactions with other species. He is amazing and can help with gaining confidence to be a good pack leader.

I walk my chickens too and have had issues with hawks. Sometimes I scoot the girls back into the coop or under a bush. I make sure the hawk knows that I am around by waving my hands or something in the air. Usually they fly off. One day I was sitting in the play yard with the girls and a hawk...

Hello, I certainly feel for you as I am also being bitten alive and believe I have no see-umm in my coop. I scrubbed roosts and dusted them with DE, I sprayed the coop which seemed to work for awhile but now they are back. I’ve had bites and horrible scratching for 6 months and the scabs (when...

If you can lift the whole thing off the ground with the cinderblocks or whatever that would increase the airflow straight away. I am assuming from what I read that the outdoor enclosed area (the run) has the wired floor. Looks like they get plenty of yard time which makes the space they live in...

I have two roast bars 8’ long each. Both are 2x4 with one flat side up the other, slightly higher, is narrow side up. They use the narrow side up one mostly, possibly because it is higher. Previously though both were narrow side up and they used both. Go figure. I have 7 chickens now. I found...

Just checking on this too! I think my eight 12 week old birds have black scaly mites so I have been worried about their chicken dandruff and excessive (maybe not to them but to me) preening so I thought - more mites. I keep their coop clean and dry so I don't know why leg mites. I don't have a...

WHAT DOES FOOD CHEMICAL CODEX MEAN? The term Food Chemical Codex (FCC) refers to a compendium of standards that is used internationally to ensure the quality and purity of food ingredients. The FCC helps manufacturers and consumers in recognizing genuine ingredients and substances and assures...