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    Southern Vermont 5 chickens needing chicken sitter.

    Sounds like a good idea. Sorry, but where would I find information on local 4H club. The white pages? I see them at fairs, but never know where they are from. Thanks!
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    Southern Vermont 5 chickens needing chicken sitter.

    Hi Hate to ask, but I must. Won't be able to watch my 5 chickens for 18 days in December. Can anyone chickenSit till I return? My chickens are my pets. 2 White Leghorns, 3 NH reds. Very friendly chickens 3 years old.
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    Sweet PDZ alternative for chickens in France!

    Hi welcome to BackYard Chickens. Are there many people over there raising chickens themselves too? It seems that this is the case over here in US. I have used diatemaceous earth to help with flies and smells too. Not sure if that is the same as PDZ? People also use the deep litter method -...
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    I plan to cut in 2 my heavy tractor coop. ideas on what bracket to use to fasten them back together

    Hi All, I built an A frame tractor coop about 6 ft high, 8 ft long. It works well, but trouble is that it is not mobile at all. It is just too heavy to pull/push with 2 people! So I was thinking of cutting it into 2 pieces to make it movable, so that I could drag it around as originally...
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    HELP possible gangrene from fox bite

    Thanks Flockwatcher. What type of antibiotic do you suggest. I don't think our local vet takes care of chickens--actually have no idea. I'm hoping Agway might have some antibiotic? I've read here on BYC to give them by injections. Do you know any more about that? I'm hoping the green-blue...
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    HELP possible gangrene from fox bite

    What do I do if green area continues spreads? How can you tell if it is gangrene? There is no smell yet... My year old bantam leghorn escaped from a fox 3 days ago. I've been putting antibiotic ointment on it. Yesterday was able to examine it better and found greenish-bluish on abdomen...
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    injuried hen

    Hi chooks4life - Nice description of what to do with injured chicken. Where do you get pine tar and Luca's Paw paw ointment? what is that ointment? Looks like you are in Australia. Is that an Australian medicine? I'm new at this, so don't know . Thanks
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    injuried hen

    Hi spoiledbrat. Poor thing! Big Bertha Hen 's wound does look bad. Try aspirin , it worked for mine. She is also probably in shock. Can you move her to a quiet dark place that is safe for her? Put antibiotic creme already. I have never seen such a wound before, but I am not experienced...
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    How to examine a wounded chicken?

    How do you hold a chicken to examine under her wing and abdomen? Our hen was injured by a fox. She has a large wound under her wing and abdomen area. I've been putting antibiotic as best as I can on the areas, But I would like to do a better cleaning and application now that this is the...
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    injuried hen

    Hi Sorry to hear about your chicken. Sounds bad. What do you think got her? I too have an injured hen. The aspirin seems to work well and the antibiotic creme. Maybe you can try that. A fox got our hen. We chased the fox away, and it dropped the hen. But it had already done its damage in...
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    I did battle with a skunk.

    Ahhh, The adventures that chickens bring to us, humans. Our 6 chickens sleep in my barely-mobile-tractor coop. Last night, with the nip in the air, I decided to try out the heating lamp (that I used when they were chicks). A few hours later, in the reddish glow, I see that one of the...
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    Suggestions for alternative in-ground posts

    Hi Joan1708 Your coop looks great! I love how you put in the different doors onto the wire fence! How did you do that? That looks hard to do! I think I see some cement blocks in the back too? Did you put the hardware cloth under the back section and the front area? I also want to put in a...
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    Suggestions for alternative in-ground posts

    Hi dwolfwmn I don't want to have to dig far either. I'm already trying to make the area straight for putting in cement blocks. And there's already too much diggin with just that! My muscles and back are very stiff. hahaha
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    Suggestions for alternative in-ground posts

    Thanks Hinotori for confirming what I am still trying to do. Do you have any pictures? So is yours a tractor coop? I was hoping to build a tractor coop too, but I'm having such trouble with this run that was supposed to be movable, that maybe I will just make a movable run another time. Good...
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    Suggestions for alternative in-ground posts

    Woodsman23, This looks very very nice! It is what I had hoped to do. But now I realized that my ground is very unevel and I was trying to make things secure while also making the fence "square" on unlevel ground. I'm putting in large cement blocks to help keep the wood off the ground and...
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