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    Off grid cabin with chickens and limited access - possible?

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    Off grid cabin with chickens and limited access - possible?

    I think you would be better off just figuring out how to encourage the presence of wild birds and bats to combat insects. In my opinion, chickens need the supervision of on-site humans, a guardian dog AND a rooster to combat predators in many rural and semi-wilderness settings.
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    Anatolian Pyrenees puppy

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    Anatolian Pyrenees puppy

    What a beauty! Here is Copper with Titan the rooster and some of the hens:
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    Anatolian Pyrenees puppy

    Good boy Sammie! I'm beginning to think that shelties are natural guardian dogs in fact. Copper says hello and keep up the good work.
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    Anatolian Pyrenees puppy

    My sheltie similarly is great with the chickens once they are bigger than chick stage (where he does want to play with them and needs to be discouraged). He and the rooster scan the skies very effectively for predators and the sheltie can spot an eagle, hawk or falcon at a phenomenal distance...
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    Loss of feathers and down under apron -- what to do?

    Ah OK. Even if they won't molt until September/October?, maybe the saddles should come off to prevent further damage?
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    Loss of feathers and down under apron -- what to do?

    I just noticed that under at least two of my hens' aprons, there is a loss of feathers and also in one case down under their aprons. Tried to find info on this with a forum search and can't seem to find this exact problem. This seems to defeat the purpose of the apron, if it is rubbing off the...
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    10-day-old Buff Orpington chick with injured right leg (see pix)

    She has a new name, Songbird, because she is almost always happily singing. Yesterday I took off her plastic splint and the tendon had rolled off the correct spot, so I manipulated the tendon back into place and added just a (too-tight, as it turned out) vet wrap and tape covering to keep it in...
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    10-day-old Buff Orpington chick with injured right leg (see pix)

    Thanks so much! Your advice has been key, and we'll just try to give this little one a chance at two reasonably good legs.
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    10-day-old Buff Orpington chick with injured right leg (see pix)

    So ... last night I used a small wooden dowel and vet wrap to splint the leg, but it merely straightened the hock joint somewhat and didn't keep the tendon in place. Today I experimented with a splint/brace made out of the plastic from the sides of a parmesan container (photos 3, 4, 5 and 6...
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    10-day-old Buff Orpington chick with injured right leg (see pix)

    @2ndTink , I'm able to manipulate the tendon almost to the back of the hock with the leg pointed back, but it isn't locking into place. Should I push harder? And do I need to put Fourteen into a chick chair if I succeed or is wrapping enough ? UPDATE: I think I have the tendon temporarily...
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    10-day-old Buff Orpington chick with injured right leg (see pix)

    thanks I'll brace myself to have the fortitude!
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    10-day-old Buff Orpington chick with injured right leg (see pix)

    Bingo @2ndTink . I looked at Fourteen under a magnifier. The enlarged hock is visible as well as the turned lower leg. I believe I can feel a slipped tendon on the outside of the hock. I stretched the leg backwards and tried to gently manipulate it into place, but it wouldn't move with gentle...
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    10-day-old Buff Orpington chick with injured right leg (see pix)

    You're an angel! that is my hope as well.
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