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    Experiences With Hoop Coops?

    Looks absolutely fantastic! Mine is not nearly as glamorous as yours but I only every have two chickens at a time and they are more like pets to be honest and it is really only for their daytime hours.
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    Experiences With Hoop Coops?

    Here is my dome!
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    Experiences With Hoop Coops?

    I live in Victoria - not the hottest part of Australia - but it still gets hot! The most important thing I believe with hoops/domes is to provide shelter with trees and to have something either inside or attached to provide shelter and protection. I will take a photograph and upload it when I...
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    Not getting enough water from nipple waterer?

    I have both - I am such a softie with my girls I would give them a hot water bottle if I could! At least I know that there is no reason for them to not drink. My water bowl is placed in a plastic milk crate turned on its side and then a cover over the crate so they can enter but can scratch...
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    Winter Rains and Wet Chickens

    Provide them with lots of nests up high with fresh straw - this will keep them warm but you may have to change it regularly so that it doesnt go mouldy
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    Winter Rains and Wet Chickens

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    Experiences With Hoop Coops?

    I have one - more like a dome but the same principal - I love it and so do my hens. I have place it under a shady tree and put some shade cloth for extra protection over one side. We have hung a trestle with shade cloth which gives them somewhere high while providing shelter from rain and sun...
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    Single bird

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    Single bird

    I was so worried about her, everyone says with them being flock animals they will get depressed but she is great. She has a huge area to roam around in and we use the area for all of our weeds and tree cuttings so lots for her to rummage through and then we let her free roam for several hours...
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    Single bird

    Hi all, I recently posted about my girl having to be put to sleep. I was then worried about my only other hen being lonely. So I thought I would provide an update which was rather an unexpected result but may help others who may face the same situation. As my girl was the only bird left and we...
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    Dark red comb and cheeks

    Well, my girl is in chookie heaven now. I decided to take her to the vet this afternoon, I couldn't entertain the idea of doing the deed myself. Ironically, just before I picked her up to leave her coop, she walked over to the food container and ate!!! Like the broken down car that works when...
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    Dark red comb and cheeks

    Thank you - this is a really good option of putting her to sleep. I thought she would go overnight but she didn't. She hasn't eaten for days! I honestly don't know how she is surviving!
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    Comment by 'chickieandchookie' in article 'The Chicken World's Worst Chore, culling the injured and sick babies.'

    Thanks for this article which it appears I will need to use later today. How much is alot? A full can? Half can? I don't want to muck this up.....
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    Dark red comb and cheeks

    So, my girl is still here. I cant put her to sleep, I just cant do it. Her crop continues to fill and when I massage it, she expels a sticky almost mucous-y yellow fluid from her beak. I do this several times per day. I empty her crop by massaging it in upward strokes and gently straightening...
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    Dark red comb and cheeks

    Thank you - I have been reading absolutely everything I can and have now got it down to two issues - her crop is very, very swollen and squishy. Sour crop I am guessing. Her belly is also a bit squishy and she is bringing up yellow fluid. Water Belly I am guessing again. Yellow matter in her...
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