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    sick chicken

    Hi and thanks so much for your help and concern, I think she's getting better now I have had her separated for a while now and she is eating a lot more now. That black crap that was in her beak has not come back it was also down her throat a bit. The next time the vet comes past her for the dog...
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    sick chicken

    Hi Thanks, I think I might be that canker. I looked inside her mouth and there was something similar to it I just scraped it out. It wasn't yellow more like a black. For water inside the cage I have a 5 gallon container that has a PVC pipe that runs along the back wall and that has nipples on...
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    sick chicken

    Hi and thanks for the reply, yes she is really getting stuck into the water. That's all she does is stay inside the coop next to the water. I tried massaging her crop but it's not really that big nor does it feel hard. In some ways I think she may have something that may have lodged in her...
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    sick chicken

    Hi all, I have a small flock of 6 chickens they are Isa brown. I have had these birds for about 3 years now. They have a big yard are well fed etc. I have noticed lately that one of them has seemed a bit quite for about a week but for the last couple of days she has been staying onside the hen...
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    Supervised free range?

    Hi there yes I feel the same I like to let my birds have their freedom, BUT I would most definitely say make sure you know what pets your neighbours have. I just recently had two of my girls killed by a neighbours dog and we have FENCES.
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    starting a new flock

    Hi all well RIP to two of my girls thanks to the neighbours dog smashing its way through the fence. Thinking of starting a new flock as its to hard adding new birds tried that before. First I have to reinforce the fence to stop the bloody dog from doing it again.
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    floor cover

    I put to much straw in the cage, It is about 10" deep and one of the birds has decided that nesting in one corner is much better. I don't want that as I built the nesting boxes so I don't have to go into the cage to get the eggs.
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    floor cover

    Hi all, I have finally concreted the floor of my chook cage. What do most people here put on the floor on top of the concrete. I thought maybe hay or straw and clean it out say once a month. Cage is about 3m x 3m 3 chickens and they spend most of their time in there. I let them out only for...
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    Vegetarian Chook

    I have had times when the other two are in the cage and tried giving her some treats, but she just doesn't seem interested. When you are talking about insects, I sometimes have wondered what they are eating when they are picking at the ground. You look at the ground but can't see anything...
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    Vegetarian Chook

    Hi all, Has anyone ever had a chook that is a vegetarian???,,as I have three chooks and when I hand out scraps 2 of them DIVE all over it like Seagulls, but 1 bird just has a slight peck and then goes back to foraging in the grass. She like some scraps like cooked rice etc., but if I have a cut...
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    Hi all

    Hi again and Wow ! Thanks for the big welcome. Thanks Heaps Gilbert.......
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    Hi all

    Hi all, Hi from South Australia. I have 3 isa brown chickens. Sorry I don't know if all isa chickens are brown. Anyway I have 3 chickens and they are in a large cage about 3x3 meters. This cage was our old budgie cage. We have a large back yard and not everyday but most days I let them out for...
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