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    Sunday oct 3 morning. please help

    Well nearly 24 hours later she is doing much better. She had foam around her mouth this afternoon, and we cleaned it up real good, had a look down her throat, and her tongue, and everything looked good. She wouldn't eat yogurt. By this evening she was starting to chirp and eventually run...
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    Sunday oct 3 morning. please help

    Oh yeah, we killed a huge ass spider the other day, and let the babies eat it. We don't remember who ate the bulk of the spider, might have been the one that is now ill. Can spiders make chicks sick?
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    Sunday oct 3 morning. please help

    :(her poo is green and white now. she's looking alot better this morning. she's not very energetic tho. she just stands there. hardly chirps, hardly runs, hardly lays down.
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    Sunday oct 3 morning. please help

    her mouth is open an her head is low
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    Sunday oct 3 morning. please help

    Our five week old Easter Egger is not chirping. She flapped and flapped and we pulled her out to see that she layed down and closed her eyes. She rolled over on her back and strted weezing. I picked her up and looked in her mouth but found nothing. I carried her to water and food and she...
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    Swampwood coop in progress

    awesome coop. mines gonna be similar. thans for posting. gave me inspiration. what are the 'troughs' in front of the nesting boxes? do chickens like to eat while they're nesting?
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    Coop and Run Pics

    looks great. i think it's a disservive to give them a run that you cant go inside of. But I have yet to build one. Really, great job tho.
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    What kind of bedding is best for chickens?

    Wildflower, I have used the horse bedding for my horses for a long time, and now that I think about it, my chickens used to scratch around in there w/o any problems. So, today I cleaned out the coop and put in a couple bags of that to see what happens. The bag says "mist" with water, but really...
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    Coop fundamentals.

    I have my coop framed. Ready to install the walls. What are basic coop requirements? Windows? Doors? Does the place where they lay eggs need to be out of the coop like I see in a lot of coops? Any articles on the basic requirements of a coop?
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    How to ACTUALLY build run from 2x4's..?

    30 feet by 30 feet is 900 square feet. At the commonly suggested 4 square feet per bird, that 'run' is big enough for 225 birds. And very expensive. But to answer your questions, you should buy 12 foot 2 by 4's and cut them in half to make the posts. Every five feet or so should be able to...
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