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    What to put in waterers to keep clean.

    I use 1 capful or about 1 tbsp per gallon
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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

    Oops. Sorry. I had lost the end of the thread: 20,079 + 9 = 20,088
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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

    483 + 9 = 492 2 Buff Orpingtons 2 Easter Eggers 2 silkies ( including my 1 roo) 1 Spec Sussex 1 SLW 1 Leghorn
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    What to put in waterers to keep clean.

    I've just started using the apple cider vinegar. It really does work. I was cleaning the watered every 2 day even with them in the shade. I live in the Deep South, do keeping algae under control is near impossible. I now only have to clean the waterers once a week. Yeah!!
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    ⠀ Help my chickens are dying

    very useful information. Thanks for the help.
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    ⠀ Help my chickens are dying

    Do I sprinkle the DE on their food and also in the coop?
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    ⠀ Help my chickens are dying

    oops... What is the DE used for and how do you use it?
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    ⠀ Help my chickens are dying

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    Abuse at Auctions/Embedded Leg Rings

    I'm glad tour too is doing better. He'll have a much better life now. I also aquired a severely injured white leghorn hen from an auction this weekend. My daughter insisted that we have to save her from a miserable life. Her beak has been clipped so short (to the end of her comb) that I know...
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    Which breeds did you wish you got?

    I have 2 ameraucana a (Easter eggers), 2 buff orps, a speckled Sussex, a sl Wyandotte, and 2 silkies. we had a gl Wyandotte but was killed by a neighbors dog. She has the best personality. The Sussex is the boss and smartest of the flock. She craves the most attention, followed by the buffs who...
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    New chicken mom.

    thanks for the advice on the chicks. We're going to add 2 blue silkies to our flock. Just to reassure, the dog is supervised just as the children are and labs are retrievers not hunters and killers. All good lab owners know that it takes intensive training to get a lab to pick up a live animal...
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    New chicken mom.

    We finally got our new babies just in time for a tornado to pass thru but every one is fine. We got four layers (2 Orpingtons, 1 Wyandotte, and 1 Sussex) that are a week old. A friend has a silkie, Rhode Island Red, and a sex link that are a few weeks old that he would like to give to us. What...
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