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    Is it bumblefoot? Should I worry?

    Well, we brought her in and soaked her foot, but the black scab was gone and instead there was a slightly larger "scab" , but it looked to be the same color as her foot and we couldn't remove it. It almost looked like it was healed over. We still added some medicine and wrapped it up and will...
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    Is it bumblefoot? Should I worry?

    Thank you so much! Hopefully I caught it in time and it won't get too bad.
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    Is it bumblefoot? Should I worry?

    New chicken tender here and I've heard a lot about bumblefoot and foot injuries lately. Today I saw a few small drops of blood on one of the ramps for our chickens so I gave them each a once over to see if there were any injuries. Thankfully, no one seemed to be injured, but I saw this on one...
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    Torn comb

    They have a 10x13 run with a coop inside. There's only 6, so that should be enough room for them. I've never seen any of them bully really, other than a few squawk's here and there. Nothing that's ever drawn blood though. I just put her back and hung around for 15 minutes or so, but didn't see...
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    Torn comb

    Thank you. The bleeding seems to have stopped, but I might order some of that anyway to have on standby in case I have other bleeding issues with the girls. Thanks again!
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    Torn comb

    Thanks! Is there a specific chicken safe (or avoid) antibiotic powder, or will any human grade one work? We put a little Neosporin on it last night, and it seems to look ok today, just crusty with some blood at the base of the feathers that we can't really wipe off w/o scrubbing, and that seems...
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    Torn comb

    Thanks for the info! We've been cleaning her up as much as possible. Her feathers aren't as bad as the picture anymore, but they are still a dingy-ish brown. Will chickens peck at other chickens if they have the red colored blood on them? My son said he read they would, and if so, is it the...
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    Torn comb

    Can I ask how you cared for her? I still have her separated, but I heard you shouldn't keep them separated for longer than a day or two, but I also don't want to put her back too early and have her get hurt again.
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    Torn comb

    Need advice. I went out this morning to find one of my girls had blood all over her head. I immediately brought her inside and set her up in a large kennel with food and water, and when we were able to investigate, it looks like the back of her comb is torn at the base. We cleaned it as best we...
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    Comment by 'CoordinatedChaos' in article 'The "Mod" Coop'

    WOW!! This is amazing! It also makes me think I could actually build one myself. lol As it is, we have some time and physical limitations atm, so we're having a 4'x10' shed built for our coop, hopefully in the next week. This has given me so many ideas in how we'll design the inside of it now...
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    Help with lashing down a run?

    I'll definitely have to add something to the top now. When that run flipped, the wires that powered the coop light snapped, but not before ripping a big hole in the chicken wire. I bought WAAAAY more hardware cloth than I thought I needed, even with measuring, so I have plenty to spare!
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    Help with lashing down a run?

    Very good idea! I told my hubby about this and he said he'd get to work on it. Thanks for that! He said he knew we'd have to keep it clear, but he hadn't thought of just putting a center brace on to help.
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    Help with lashing down a run?

    Ooo! That's a great idea and bonus with helping block a bit of wind too. Thanks!
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    Help with lashing down a run?

    Woke up at 7:00 a.m. and opened my window to see this. Thankfully I saw it before the chickens got out. In preparation for winter we have tarps over the top, west, and north sides because those are where the predominant winds come from. Obviously the tarps are not airtight and there are a lot of...
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    Propolis tincture?

    Honestly, I originally started hearing about it from social media, but of course, who trusts that now-a-days, so I did some superficial research. This was a study done by World's Science Poultry Journal. I only mention this because researchgate seems to be hit and miss with reliability of the...
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