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@BrooksHatlen yeah, we will definitely do that. We raise alpacas as well, and they hate the heat more than chickens! They get Gatorade powder in their water during the summer. We'll find a chicken safe electrolyte additive for the hot summer! Thanks!

@ChickenCanoe thanks for the heads up! Fortunately ventilation is one thing I feel like I'm squared away on! We have large vents at the peak of the coop on both ends (these stay open year round, as they're well above the birds heads), as well as openings along the entire length of the coop where...

Man, I'm glad I asked! They are on purina chick crumbles. Flock is made up of 7 hens and 1 rooster (we think he's a rooster, but that's being discussed in my other topic!) anyway, plans for them are simply to keep for eggs, and as pets. No plans for meat birds, and we will keep spent hens to...

Hey friends! Quick backstory. Over the summer, we lost 4 birds to unknown illnesses at various times. Two I believe were FTT, and two were an unknown illness, symptoms similar to Mareks, but not confirmed even after a necropsy. With that said, after the loses, we started fresh, AFTER the entire...