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Sour Crop, Impacted Crop, Doughy Crop - Prevention and Treatments of Crop disordersNo its the same mixing instructions for young or old birds. If you are syringing in, I would give her 3ml at least 4 times a day, not nearly...- TwoCrows
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Sour Crop, Impacted Crop, Doughy Crop - Prevention and Treatments of Crop disorders@TwoCrows ”To make a batch of Acidified Copper Sulfate: 1/4 teaspoon ACS to one gallon of water" Is this the dose only for full grown chickens...
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Toys for Pet Geeseyou are so right 😊 everywhere I go Im always on the look out for new goose toys 👀- Jenbirdee
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Toys for Pet GeeseGetting your toys at thrift stores and yard sales are great to use and they are very cheap!
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Deciding To Free Range Your FlockWonderful article. Our girls get to free range for an hour or two every day. While they are doing that we clean and tidy up their enclosure and...
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Deciding To Free Range Your FlockGood article! We have a suburban backyard flock which stays in night in a secure coop and run, but during the day have the run of a 1/8 acre...
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The Easy Way to Raise Mealworms.Such a well written article. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I especially enjoyed the step-by-step instructions with pictures. Agatha thinks...
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Deciding To Free Range Your FlockVery good written article with good tips. Only would change this a little : “For the first week (at least) keep the chickens in their coop.” To...- BDutch
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Common egg quality problems
- sumi
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Approximately 2% of all chicken eggs have some defect, ranging from minor, barely noticeable faults to downright alarming deformities. So the... -
Chicken Behavior The Ignorant Gal's Guide To Things No Sane Person Would Tell You About Chickens
- madwomn
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Noodle, contemplating scratching, Pepper, armpit deep in a hole, and Salt, who has just found something that needs excavation. The Ignorant... -
Reasons for Tossing Out Your Indoor Brooder and Start Raising Your Chicks Outdoors
- azygous
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My early brooders Six years ago when I got my second batch of day-old baby chicks, I thought I had arrived at the ultimate solution for a... -
Chicken Math 101 – with Quiz!
- BaaKaaawk
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Dear esteemed colleagues, there is a well-known and documented phenomenon known as “Chicken Math” effecting our coops, though there is little... -
Guide to Assisted Hatching for All Poultry
- Pyxis
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Preface If you need immediate instructions on how to assist a hatch, you may skip this section and go to the next one, where the instructions... -
Candling Pics Progression Through Incubation Of Chicken Eggs
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CANDLING PICS: Progression Through Incubation Thanks to ZooMummzy, I am doing a test run of my little plywood bator and her little rooster... -
Interesting Facts About Chicken Eggs
- Mrs. Mucket
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Have you ever wondered how a hen can lay an egg every day? Why some eggs are brown and some eggs are white? How many days does an egg take to... -
The Egg song, it’s not about the egg; it’s an escort call.
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In the normal course of events, free-range chickens move around their territory as a group. The focal point of these groups is the senior rooster... -
What Happens When Chickens Molt?
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Molting refers to the shedding of feathers. It is the natural process of losing and re-growing feathers. Most all birds do it including chickens... -
Development of a Chicken Embryo Day by Day
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This is an explanation of what is happening each day as a chicken embryo develops, complete with candling pictures. The egg I am using is a silver... -
Chicken Treat Chart: The Best Treats for Backyard Chickens
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CHICKEN TREATS This is a list of almost everything you can feed a chicken. However, everybody's chickens have their own tiny brains full of... -
How Much Room Do Chickens Need?
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I don’t believe in magic numbers for chickens. We keep them in so many different conditions, in different climates, with different flock make-ups... -
Who is Laying.....and Who is Not? Butt Check!
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I've typed this out many times in the past few days, so decided to put it in an article so I can link it in responses. Got pullets newly laying... -
How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you're dealing with
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Diagnosing the crop disorder A hen is behaving lethargically, not eating much, if at all, but she has a full crop. This is the first sign... -
Ten Reasons You Should Spend Ten Extra Minutes With Your Flock Every Day
- Mountain Peeps
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Let’s be honest: In the summer, when it’s hot and humid, it can sometimes discourage us from spending as much time with our flock as we normally... -
How To Raise Mealworms
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How to raise mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) Everyone who has a small flock of chickens should raise mealworms, not because they need them, but... -
Do ducks like boats?
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So, this story starts with my neighbors wanting to get rid of an old dilapidated boat. She just wanted it out of their yard. It had a good motor... -
Guide to Letting Broody Hens Hatch and Raise Chicks
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Using a Broody Hen to Hatch and Raise Chicks A broody hen is a great way to hatch chicks for you and your flock. She will do all the work...