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Update for those who are interested: after trying Epsom salts baths and calcium and seeing no improvement and no egg, but also no decline, I decided to try her back out with the other girls. That was three days ago. She's a little slower than usual and her posture in a little off; her poops are...

Still no egg, but she seems okay - pooping, eating meal worms and scrambled egg, just hanging out quietly in her crate. Is there anything more I can do for her? How odten should I give the calcium?

So it looks like 1/2 tsp is 600mg. I gave her some last night, mixed with water and into her open beak with a dropper, but probably lass than half that amount. I'll give another dose now, the full 600mg.

Okay. It's calcium carbonate, just a tub of loose powder that I got from a compounding pharmacy, so I'm not sure about dosage. Maybe I can find something online about that. How often should I be giving that amount of calcium?

Hi all, I have a sick hen, not sure what to do and hoping for some help. This 4 year old GLW decided to go into molt at the beginning of the month, after laying fine for a few weeks. The day before yesterday she was up and about, and I happened to notice that her bum looked messy, some runny...

Thanks for all the tips! I never knew those foam strips were a thing!

Great looking coop!

Hey folks, We're building our coop this week, woohoo! It will be a lean-to style walk-in shed coop. On our previous cop we did plywood under galvanized tin for the roof, which worked great! But lumber prices are through the roof (haha) right now, so we were thinking we'd just do the tin on it's...

Thank you! I didn't see those links, thanks for pointing them out, I'll definitely take a look!

Okay, that all makes sense, and thanks for those links. Regarding ventilation, I know I need lots - but can you share any advice on where to situate the ventilation in order to avoid drafts on the roost? The roost will be along the back wall. I will do a combination of soffit vents (open soffits...

I was actually just checking out your coop page yesterday! Great set-up - very similar to what I have planned, so I'll be scooping some ideas, for sure. Thanks for sharing that! The big difference is that my run will have a solid roof. The extra space for the chickens would be nice, but the...

Aside from the dust issue, are there advantages/disadvantages either way in regards to things like temperature and moisture? I'm not planning to insulate the coop, but will have a solid wood floor, probably topped with vinyl flooring.

That's great to hear! Would you be able to share a picture?

Compare that to my last coop (a temporary one made from an old free plastic shed, knowing we were planning to move again), which was lower to the ground:

For sure, they're dusty all right! I just compare my last coop to my very first one (pic attached) - it was raised 2' off the ground and was much less dusty.