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    Hawk Defense: Poultry Net Support System

    The picture has been removed from sketchfab. Can you post it on this website? I looks very interesting.
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    Poop boards and PDZ/sand

    I use the strainer/skimmer I purchased from Amazon. It has a 36" long handle so very little stooping. I'm looking at purchasing a square one as well. I use stall dry on the floor of my coop. I did use a poop board but it is easier to clean the floor with this strainer/skimmer. Very efficent.
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    dosage confusion

    Thanks! You made it a lot clearer!
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    dosage confusion

    I have been giving my silkie Poultry Cell in her water but she does not drink much so I want to start giving it to her by syringe. I've read on BYC that 1 mL is the dosage. My syringe starts at .1 mL and goes up to 1 mL. I just want to make sure I'm not overdosing her by giving her a full...
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    silkie can't walk

    I have a 4 year old silkie hen that can't walk anymore. She just sits on her haunches. I have had her separated from the flock for the past week and have been giving her Vit. B12, Poultry Cell, Powdered Calcium, and boiled egg. When I pick her up she flaps her wings and moves her legs but when I...
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    Hen won't walk

    At least 2.5 weeks. "Breeders Mix". Bought her as a chick. Looks like a yellow chicken...nothing special.
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    Hen won't walk

    I have a 2.5 year old hen that seems to have a problem with laying around. She can walk and will run if she feels threatened. But when she is still she lays around (lays down like a regular chicken). She seems to walk and run okay (that is when she is on her feet). There was one time when I saw...
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    left out overnight

    I had two silkies that didn't go into the coop last night (temperatures went down to around 51). It was rainy and damp and still is today. I caught them and dried them off as best as I could. Should I do more, like putting them in the coop and turning on a heat lamp until they dry out)?
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    Crab legs

    Can anyone tell me if I can feed my chickens leftover crab legs we had for dinner?
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    Roosters or hens?

    I'll take some today and post them.
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    Rooster acting up

    I have a white rather large silkie that became the devil incarnate! I had to resort to carrying a stick with me when I would go in the run. This started just as he neared sexual maturity. I was ready to execute him but to my surprise, like overnight, he became as tame as all of the other...
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    Roosters or hens?

    I have two silkies (out of 10) that were born in February. Of the 10 I know for sure than one is a rooster (he crows all of the time). I had assumed that the other 9 were hens. It has been bitterly cold (in the minus single digits) the last four days and I have kept the chickens in their coop...
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    burned eggshells

    thanks for all your answers! I've been doing my Xmas baking and had about two dozen broken egg shells that I needed to bake. Just forgot about them:( Glad to know I don't have to waste them. Doing another two dozen tonight.
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    burned eggshells

    I left my eggshells in the oven a little too long and some of the membranes burned. Can I still feed the eggshells to the chickens?
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    Big Fan of Coffee Grounds

    Can recycled coffee grounds from Starbucks be used if I dry them out first?
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