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    Bloat with cloudy brown liquid

    I just found out that she has watery poop, also
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    Bloat with cloudy brown liquid

    One of my girls has a bloated belly. It's liquidy, not hard. Her vent is looking fine - not pucked or red. I lubed up my finger and didn't feel an egg. I checked and saw posts about ascites. Yesterday I gave her some Thistle Milk. Today I got a needle and drained some of the liquid, It was...
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    Advice needed- Speckle Sussex-1 died from unknown & 1 injured from dog

    I had 6 hens. 2 BR, 2 EE and 2 Speckled Sussex They were hatched Spring of Last year a few weeks ago, one of the Speckled Sussex died. I think she was spending a too much time in the nest box. I don't think she was broady, as she was out of there plenty of time too. Then I left for 2 weeks...
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    some of my girls missing the feathers on their butts - red irritated

    Any ideas what is happening to my girls? This has been going on for a little while now -David
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    what are the rules for having chickens in the Bronx

    thank you
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    what are the rules for having chickens in the Bronx

    a friend of mine lives in the Bronx and is interested in chickens. what are the rules for having chickens there? -David 2 SS, 2 BR, 2 EE
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    question about chickens using the nest boxes

    I just recently started getting eggs. I have been getting 1 egg pretty much every day. When the first egg appeared in the hen house, I finished the nest boxes and have been getting the one brown egg in there since. Since then I only get the one egg each day, except for 1 day I had 2 brown eggs...
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    I got my first Eggs! now I got a question

    put it out in a separate bowl -David
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    I got my first Eggs! now I got a question

    I thought only the baby chick food came as medicated - but I know this isn't. Thank you folks for the recommendations. I am so excited to think that I'm gonna be eating my own eggs. Heck, I might even try to finish the coop one of these days. It's usable, just not done -David
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    I got my first Eggs! now I got a question

    I just found 2 eggs today - my first ones! I think they came from the same girl. I have 6 and I was giving them grower food, but they have hardly made a dent in the bag - they have afternoons out in the yard, so I have a ton left. Am I supposed to switch to layer food now? Or since they...
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    HELP! Running Electric to the Coop

    I'd like to add to Saltwater's comments I would run #10, which is rated for 30 amps, but put it on a 20 amp breaker. And I'd tie it into a breaker that was not only GFCI, but also Arc-fault rated. The Arc fault breakers are the latest requirements for bedrooms, but due to the highly flamable...
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    training chickens to not eat "red" by using thai peppers

    I'm sure they have amore limited sense of taste because of the number of taste buds. Kind of like we can't smell anywhere near as well as a dog - doesn't mean we cant smell, onlymeans it's not as good. -David
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    training chickens to not eat "red" by using thai peppers

    Quote: Dude, check your facts: Science Direct The location and number of taste buds were mapped in palatal epithelia of one-day old chicks and bud widths measured. Bud counts additionally were recorded for the tongue, and floor of the lower beak. An average of 316 taste buds was observed in...
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    Help for smell?

    It's gotta be Food grade. Don't get the cheap stuff used in pool filters - it's poisonous. If in doubt, don't buy it. -David
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    training chickens to not eat "red" by using thai peppers

    It's not that they don't have tastebuds, it's that the capsaicin isn't hot to them.
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