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    What would be the Best ground cover for a chicken run

    I am in the process of shoveling out ALL my ground cover in my coop run (mixture of dirt, pea gravel, a little sand. Mostly dirt.) because the smell has become atrocious even with regular cleaning. I keep reading about white sand instead. The guy at tractor supply said it was a bad idea because...
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    Coop smell?

    Okay, I have a real issue here. There is a terrible smell coming from my chicken coop! I want to say it could possibly be an ammonia smell, but it also smells sort of off. Sour almost? Sour ammonia? It's terrible. Here's the whole run-down: To start, we are novice chicken owners. This is our...
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    Cracked beak/Chicken Trance

    Update! Foghorn's beak is completely healed. We left it alone and the cracked bit eventually came off. Now you can't even tell anything happened. Almost like clipping a fingernail that grows back? The girls are all doing great! Thanks everyone!
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    Cracked beak/Chicken Trance

    No, I watched her for a very long time yesterday evening to make sure she was eating and drinking fine, and she is. Acting like her normal self completely. And it's only cracked there at the front, I looked very closely and it is not split up the middle or misaligned. Should I just continue to...
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    Cracked beak/Chicken Trance

    Here is the best picture of her beak we could get.
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    Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

    This is another baby, Betsy. Has always grown faster than the others and isn't quite as friendly. I'm worried she's a Roo... We can't keep roosters in town. [/IMG][/IMG]
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    Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

    This is my baby, Lucy. I have 4 Rhode Island Red's that are around 14 weeks right now. I'm praying She's a hen but am starting to worry with black tail feathers. What do you all think?
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    Cracked beak/Chicken Trance

    I will definitely update and post pictures of both the beak and the textbook tomorrow. I am laughing about the chicken trance after reading your post, so I'll definitely post a picture of that segment, too! I promise it's really in there!
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    Cracked beak/Chicken Trance

    Okay, this is really two separate questions along the same vein. First, our Rhode Island Reds are around 14 weeks. Their feathers are glossy and eyes are bright. Slightly skittish even with generous handling since birth from me. One bird affectionately named Foghorn has what appears to be a...
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    Brand new chicken lady looking for advice!

    Hi all! I'm so happy to have found this forum. I'm about as novice a chicken owner as can be. We have four Rhode Island Reds that are 9 weeks old and appear to be thriving, they've already become little pet babies to me. We've kept them inside since birth because of the harsh Missouri...
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