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    Blue skin on duck?

    Oh. It's been a few days for sure. It might be getting close a week now.
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    Blue skin on duck?

    No. I didn't. Do you think I should?
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    Blue skin on duck?

    I don't think my hen can really move her wing at all. I think it just basically hangs at her side.
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    Blue skin on duck?

    To start with: Welcome to BYC. As far as the duck wing. I have a hen that has recently had a very similar problem I think. From what I could tell her wing has become dislocated or broken and I think all around on the wing side of the joint it has become tight and darker colored with blood. Could...
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    How to breed Americanas/EE

    Ok. I see. Thanks
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    How to breed Americanas/EE

    What will mixing to green layers do then?
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    How to breed Americanas/EE

    Ok. That makes some sense. Although I thought that if done properly, through maybe a couple of generations, chicks hatched could turn out to lay almost any random colour of egg.
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    How to breed Americanas/EE

    Could anyone tell me what breeds of chickens to breed to get an Americana/EE. Or just in general how you go about breeding to get Easter Eggers. Thanks Carter
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    What to do about mites/lice in chickens

    So the building is made with a lot of tin, though some of the tin has felt on it. But it has a wooden frame with a few wooden walls. The goal is to let the chickens free range as much as possible. Although probably they are not let out, at least one day out of every week. And depending on the...
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    What to do about mites/lice in chickens

    I have a concrete pad divided up into 3 pens that would have to be treated, according to you. The pad is about 30 feet long by 5 feet wide. So I have 3 pens that are each about 9 to 10 ft. by about 4-1/2 to 5 ft.
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    What to do about mites/lice in chickens

    Oh. Help. I don't know if it is possible for me to do all these things. I am not sure if I can even get permethrin over here in Ireland. Also, I have total of about 56 birds including chicks and roosters. So it would be a massive job and probably a good bit expensive as well.
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    What to do about mites/lice in chickens

    Hi all, Last night when I was doing chicken chores. I saw a little white-looking something on one of my roosters. I am guessing it was either a mite or a louse. Can anyone advise me on what this is and what to do about it? Thanks Carter
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    Chicken tractor designs for a very small and simple tractor

    Ok. Thanks for your input. As far as weather, yeah I live in Ireland so even during the hottest parts of summer it is almost unknown for the temperature to get much if any above 87 degrees F. But even 87 degrees is pretty rare in Ireland. During most of the summer, I would say the hottest parts...
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    Chicken tractor designs for a very small and simple tractor

    @3KillerBs Ok. Do you think this would be a really bad situation?
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    Chicken tractor designs for a very small and simple tractor

    Maybe. But it could depend on when and how often you move the coop. If you moved it in the evening or when it was about dark, then they wouldn't really sit in much of anything during the night. And you could move it twice a day, morning and evening, which would be even better.
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