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    Watering

    I use a long handled brush, but cannot get the green off the underside of the indented ridges... The can lives on a heater all winter inside the coop and outside when we are above freezing
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    Watering

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    Watering

    We switched from galvanized watering cans because of the rust, to plastic. Trouble is, it gets green junk on the inside and I cannot get to it with a long handled brush to get rid of it. Any suggestions?
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    Something is killing our birds during the day

    a week ago, we dug trenches and buried hardware cloth about a foot or so into the ground leaving about 3' above ground around the entire perimeter of the chicken yard. We have 3' of chicken wire attached to the hardware cloth that extends about 2' above the hardware cloth. there is no evidence...
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    Something is killing our birds during the day

    will 2" netting work?
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    Something is killing our birds during the day

    We've had chickens for several years and have not had predator problems until this summer. We had regular chicken wire around the perimeter of their yard (40' x 60'). their 8' x 8' coop is within that area. Four times we have found a decapitated bird in the afternoon. From what we read, we...
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    Two four year olds died a day apart

    They were four years old......as to breed, um....well, one was red, one was black. We feed them a layer food from a local farmer plus a variety of treats, dried worms and earthworms. This batch of chickens is our third over the last six or seven years. Others have died of old age, but these were...
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    Two four year olds died a day apart

    Two of our four year old flock just up and died.....one Tuesday, one perhaps Wednesday night. When my wife was feeding them Wednesday, she mentioned that the second one was lethargic and didn't look good. Any ideas? Is there any risk in consuming eggs?
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