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    corid 9.6 dose?

    thank you so much! what does giving a drench mean? total noob here
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    corid 9.6 dose?

    yall do 2tsp per gallon for liquid corid chickens coccidiousis? im unsure what im doing and one of my girls pooped bright red blood
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    broody breaking questions

    My smallest buff orp is broody. i want to break her broody because she is skinny and i dont want her to lose weight. she isnt picked on and my girls have constant access to food and water she is just small. they free range and i think she might be supplementing with low cal options like maple...
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    heat wave

    this seems like its wrong but do we hose them? or mist them? they have their wings bumped out and ipen mouths from heat. and one of them is 75% recovered from bumblefoot and that could go wrong from heat stress maybe?
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    heat wave

    my five hens are almost a year old. buff orps. we have had a cold winter and spring and now in a heatwave. how do i support my gurls through it. they have free range with shady options, a stream, and i put out shallow water tubs for them to stand in but they dont seem to like them. they have a...
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    red skin post lice need guidance

    update: its not red any more 🤷‍♀️
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    red skin post lice need guidance

    4 nests for 5 birds and two roosts across the upper 1/3 of sort of a cube hen house.
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    red skin post lice need guidance

    I think her next malt would be this fall. She's only 11 months though so she hasn't really had a big one yet. Thanks for the tips. One thing that I have noticed is that all five of them only lay in one of the nesting boxes and it doesn't seem to matter which one they just pick one for the day...
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    red skin post lice need guidance

    i think they did feel hot. what does that mean? she could have pecked them out during the lice debacle but i just dont think she gets peck at. shes the second biggest of five very cuddley buff orps who free feed 24/7 and free range daylight hours. i have a feeling that somethings wrong though...
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    red skin post lice need guidance

    also added the photos! thanks again
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    red skin post lice need guidance

    Ok I will try to get pictures when she comes in from free range. does feather picking issue mean her doing it or her sisters? thanks for the help!
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    red skin post lice need guidance

    My chickens had lice two months ago and i was careful to get rid of them with de and permethrin and vet help. one of my girls had bright red skin between her legs on either side of her tummy bone (idk what its called) and i thought it was because of the lice. but she has it still! no feathers on...
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