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    Ended Funny Chicken Name Contest - Win 60 lbs of Grubbly Layer Feed From GrubblyFarms

    Hoppy, Lager, Stout, Malty, Porter, Honey, Wheat, and Nut. I resisted Bock and Double Bock.
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    Moles in my yard.

    Further research suggests I may have a vole problem rather than a mole problem.. Though this solution might work for both.
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    Moles in my yard.

    That is brilliant! The only problem, in this case, is that I have no idea where all the holes are, the yard is quite large and they seem to be everywhere at once. Maybe when the grass dies a bit more in the coming winter, it will be easier to see where they are!
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    Moles in my yard.

    Despite having two cats and 6 chickens that regularly patrol my yard, I have a serious mole problem going on. The ground is so spongy that I routinely sink in 3 to 4 inches with every step I take across my yard to the coop. There are also fairly sizable holes and areas where it has sunken in...
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    Chicken with arthritis - pain meds

    So I just came back from the vet, where I brought my chicken in because she's having trouble walking and has a sore on one of her feet. They said that while it might be bumblefoot (my diagnosis) that the fact that she can't bend her toes is more likely to be arthritis, and prescribed Meloxicam...
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    Scaly sternum?!

    So I went and checked on them after they had gone to roost and it doesn't look like she's roosting any differently than any of the other birds. They have a 2x4 to roost on, wide side up, and they are all standing on it, and then settling in over their feet. Their sternums are touching their...
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    Scaly sternum?!

    All 4 Wyandottes have quite long spurs, had I trimmed them when they were younger they might not have gotten so long. At this point there's not a whole lot I can do about them, they aren't loose and they aren't straight, so most of the "heat them up and twist" options aren't really options...
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    Scaly sternum?!

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    Scaly sternum?!

    Any tips or hints on easy catching of chickens, and getting them to stay put during treatment? These two act like I am trying to murder them. Also any tips for not getting covered in oil? The main things that keep me from keeping up treatments are knowing that I'm going to need a shower...
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    Scaly sternum?!

    That would make sense, she's a pretty heavy breed. In the past I've used soaking the chicken in warm water, followed by gentle scrubbing with a soft bristled brush and then soaking in caster oil. Unfortunately these two chickens are the least interested in being picked up, so it happens pretty...
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    Scaly sternum?!

    I have a Golden Wyandotte, 5 years old, normally shaped and sized. She has a weird patch of scaly skin on her sternum. I've had these chickens since they were a couple of days old, and the golden's developed weird scaly gnarled claws around year 2. I have treated them for scaly mites, I've...
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    Lawn chemicals and chickens

    My housemate does not like broad leaf plants in our grass, so he wants to get a company to come in and spray the broad leaf plants and then overseed and fertilize the grass. The company claims the chemicals are safe for pets and kids. The chickens are only let into the yard for a few hours at...
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    Anyone familiar with Massachusetts laws?

    I live in Marlborough and have chickens, and I am pretty amused by our "if you name them, they are pets" law.
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    cookie tin heater with nipples?

    I think most of my problem with the aquarium heater was that it wasn't high enough wattage. The pond heater worked pretty well except when it was brutally cold. The issue with the bottom was that if it touched the bottom of the bucket, the bucket would melt, so I had to have it about an inch off...
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    cookie tin heater with nipples?

    So I've tried a variety of water heating options in the past few winters, but I haven't been happy with any of them. Either it was too much work (lugging water out twice a day) or didn't work (aquarium heater in bucket with nipples) or used a lot of electricity (pond warmer in bucket with...
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