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    MITE ALERT!! They are bad this season~ need to be vigilant!

    Thanks. My husband picked up the poultry dust for me today, so I put some in their dust bath and sprinkled some in the coop. Tonight I will go in and dust them all when they are roosting. Just talk of mites has made me itch, so I think preventative sounds good! What he bought is Prozap...
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    MITE ALERT!! They are bad this season~ need to be vigilant!

    I thought we might have mites because there were some very tiny grey bugs crawling on the eggs in the nest box. They were soft and slow and I could just squish them with my finger tips. I put DE in there, and now they are gone. I checked 3 of my 11 hens and couldn't find a single bug or egg...
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    Angiebs Fowl Play Chicken Coop

    FOWL PLAY "No, we are not getting chickens," said my husband. But I am persistent. And also bribed him with a new flat panel HDTV. "All's I want for Christmas is a Chicken Coop!" I begged. So my construction hubby got busy. And I am completly blown away by the results! We spent all...
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    Think it's too cold for your chickens? Think again...

    Great thread for us new moms worrying about our first winter! I have a quesiton. Our coop is big, like a big shed, and insulated. I keep seeing that people add extra shavings and hay/straw. Since my chickens are roosting 4 feet off the ground over a poop board, it doesn't seem that bedding...
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    Blizzard conditions tonight and tomorrow..........NOOoooooooo!

    Quote: I am interested in making some type of huddle box for my girls over their roost. (the coop is insulated, but it would just me me FEEL better!) Would it trap in the moisture though while they sleep? I have 11 hens who all huddle together on their roost at night.
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    A couple of winter questions

    Quote: About the ventillation - Our coop has LOTS of ventillation, and the vents are up just a littler higher than their roost. So I want to close most of it off so they don't get too drafty at night. Will I be able to tell in the morning if there is too much moisture? It's a big coop with...
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    A couple of winter questions

    Great information!
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    A couple of winter questions

    Thanks for the ideas. As of this morning - a new question! We don't have a wash tub in our house, so I brought the waterers in to wash them in the bathtub. That was a mess. But I can't see having my bare hands in ice cold water at the hose outside all winter. Where do you wash your...
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    A couple of winter questions

    I'm in Michigan, and this will be our first winter with the chickens. Our coop is insulated and we don't plan to add heat. The outdoor run has a roof, and we plan to add plastic on the sides, so I assume they will still go outside quite a bit. They are used to free-ranging most days, but I'm...
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    Question about Compost Pile and Poop

    Thanks! Good to know. It's kind of a big compost area, so maybe I can do the poo to one side and the scraps to the other as well.
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    Question about Compost Pile and Poop

    I have a plastic garden composter by my garden that is now full to the top with chicken poop. I have a second compost site behind the garage that the chickens have access to. So far I just throw fruit and veg scraps there where there was already a pile of old composting woodchips and leaves...
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    how to pick up chickens and check for lice

    Thank you!!! That is so helpful, and exactly what I've been trying to figure out!!! Angie
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    how often to worm, etc

    Our first chickens are about 5 months old and all seem very healthy. I have not wormed them and have never treated for mites or lice. I do put DE in their coop and dust bath. I checked them for bugs on their necks under the feathers and haven't seen any. Although I have seen a few tiny bugs...
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    Adding to the Flock

    Thanks, Dawg. After reading that link and the sticky about quarantining, I'm rethinking the situation. Maybe we'll wait until spring to add the silkies and order them from a hatchery. The only problem is then we may just end up with roos again.
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    Adding to the Flock

    Well, our only silkie ended up being a roo and got re-homed. So my kids still want a silike. My 11 hens are 5 months old now. There is a chicken show in my area in October, so if we go pick out a couple of silkie pullets, will we need to quarantine them? We only have one coop and run, so...
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