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    Dried gunk on cloaca?

    One of my hens appears to have dried feces or something stuck all around her cloaca and the surrounding feathers. Her underside skin also seems darker pink than it should be so I suspect there might be some inflammation or at least irritation there. She otherwise seems healthy and happy with a...
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    Newbie question about baby chicks and space

    Thank you everybody! What a great support this site is. My husband has some large cardboard pieces and we are going to put them on the floor in our utility room and set a baby fence (closed into a square or rectangle) on top of it, throw down some hay, and let them have all that space. Thanks...
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    Newbie question about baby chicks and space

    Corinne, thank you so much. Okay, I'm thinking, if they need to be inside for the first 6 weeks, WHERE and WHAT are they going to live in? Because I imagine they will get pretty sizeable in a few weeks. So what do people put their young chickens in during this period of time? I suppose I could...
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    Newbie question about baby chicks and space

    Hi, this is my first time raising chicks. I have four 5 day old chicks and three 2 day old chicks. I've checked for poopy butt (no problems there) and I have them in a bin with a thin layer of hay down. I put their water basin up about an inch on blocks in the hopes it would prevent them pooping...
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    Newbie needs advice: hens and goats?

    Thanks! I have been doing some googling and it looks like it's not a good idea for several reasons. I'll have to rethink this. I'm not sure I put this in the right forum either. Sorry!
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    Newbie needs advice: hens and goats?

    We will not have time to build a separate henhouse in time to get our new chicks, so we are thinking about housing them in a small barn (16 x 16) where our two goats live. We are not sure how to do this exactly, but were thinking of constructing some nesting boxes behind a fenced off area...
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