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    Treadle Feeders??

    Build it. I built mine from left over wood using the ideas i found on this site for a few bucks, not as polished as the others but it holds about 25lbs of feed and works great. I had to build one because local birds were eating all of my organic feed and were hurting my pocket book. I trained...
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    Chicken Treadle Feeders

    I thought i would give my two cents. I built mine from left over wood using the ideas i found on this site for a few bucks, not as polished as the others but it holds about 25lbs of feed and works great. I had to build one because local birds were eating all of my organic feed and were hurting...
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    treadle chicken feeder

    I thought i would give my two cents. I built mine from left over wood using the ideas i found on this site for a few bucks, not as polished as the others but it holds about 25lbs of feed and works great. I had to build one because local birds were eating all of my organic feed and were hurting...
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    Am I wasting $$ Organic VS non-organic feed?????

    This is a very good question and i am glad you posted it. I currently give my chickens organic feed, however I am going through some internal dissension as to whether i should switch to the regular stuff because of the cost. I Try to eat organic as much as possible but a 50lb bag here in south...
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    EMERGENCY!!! Please Help!! Part of Beak missing, I have pics!!

    Quote: Thanks Samara, never thought to call the feed store, when this happened my only option without forking out a bunch of $ was to post the problem here in the BYC forum, I was waiting with baited breath for any suggestions or answers, after a couple of days the folks here have come thru...
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    EMERGENCY!!! Please Help!! Part of Beak missing, I have pics!!

    Quote: Great Tips! I really appreciate the ideas. I didn't know you could feed eggs to chickens. I will defintly try the soft cat food today until I can make up the mash. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
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    EMERGENCY!!! Please Help!! Part of Beak missing, I have pics!!

    Quote: Funny that you mention it because I found a small puddle of absolutely putrid water under a container that they may have gotten into
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    EMERGENCY!!! Please Help!! Part of Beak missing, I have pics!!

    Quote: Thanks for the tips, especially about the one about putting it in a deep bowl, i think that would maker it easier for them to eat.
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    EMERGENCY!!! Please Help!! Part of Beak missing, I have pics!!

    Quote: I have both but they were on the crumbles. I switched to the pellets because i figured the same thing, that it would be easier for them to eat. They seem to be going through the food and water very slowly. As a percaution I have switched them to the chick feed that has the antibiotics...
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    EMERGENCY!!! Please Help!! Part of Beak missing, I have pics!!

    Quote: The last time that I remeber looking at them up close was only a couple of days ago, which makes me think whatever it is, it's aggressive.
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    EMERGENCY!!! Please Help!! Part of Beak missing, I have pics!!

    Quote: My gut told me that it was either a fungus or a infection of some sort, but I can't be certain. I tried putting a thin layer of antibiotic ointment but I will try some fungicide (good idea) as well and see what happens. I will keep the post updated with what ever works to try to help...
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    EMERGENCY!!! Please Help!! Part of Beak missing, I have pics!!

    Quote: It is definitely not a clipped beak, i bought them myself for a local feed store and have never clipped their beaks they were actually quite nice beaks before this came in and destroyed them. The other two that are like them have very straight combs. What is freaking me out is that I...
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    EMERGENCY!!! Please Help!! Part of Beak missing, I have pics!!

    Thanks for the bump it looks like I'm gonna need it, I posted some better more clear pics.
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    EMERGENCY!!! Please Help!! Part of Beak missing, I have pics!!

    I have an emergency with two of my 4 chickens, their beak seams to be corroding away, one of them has half of the top part of her beak missing and she can't eat!! Yikes, i don't know what to do, and have been unable to find anything like it on BYC message boards. I am in dire straits and a...
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    Can I feed my chickens by hand only?

    Thanks everyone for all of the posts, hopefully there are more to come, I am handy with wood so I think I could do the one where the chickens can step on it to get the food, very very cool but i think that will be a long term project. For now i will just feed them by hand every morning and night.
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