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    Review by 'Debbi H' in article 'Chicken First Aid Kits - Handy and Essential Supplies, and How to Use Them'

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    Chicken Shaming to Lighten the Mood

    Oh, my goodness, I love these! Chickens are just hilarious. They are truly my therapy animals!
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    Bravecto Plus for red mites on chickens?

    The problem for me with permethrin is that it is toxic to cats and I have two that hang around the chicken coop. Also, I've got around 50 chickens, so hard to catch and rub in spray on all of them, even once they're on the roost, because there's always one that starts a fuss and all of a sudden...
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    Bravecto Plus for red mites on chickens?

    I know this is quite awhile ago that you asked about this. But I am just now researching this same thing. Apparently Exzolt is still not available here, even though it is the same fluralaner that is in Bravecto! I was wondering the same thing about using Bravecto drops on the chickens since...
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    Well, I'm still tending the flock. I'm at 46 right now. My sweet Doodle (on my shoulder) passed away last summer, as well as my other little silkie rooster, Archie. They were 8 and 10 yrs old. I've now got two completely opposite roos (size-wise). One is Shorty (a little ball of a bantam...
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    Decapitated chicks inside cage?

    The ones you said are missing heads or bodies are being taken by some kind of predator. After years of fighting rats, even though I keep feed in metal cans, I was tired of them tunneling in, so I completely enclosed my entire pen, including the floor, with 1/2" hardware cloth (wire). I'm...
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    What color did you paint your coop?

    Mine is unpainted. Made from all reclaimed wood. When my husband didn't like that we could see the wonky part of the corrugated tin roof, I suggested a false front in Old West style, which I designed and he helped me build. He even gave it a nod to our bantam rooster, Doodle, by cutting out...
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    Comment by 'Debbi H' in article 'Chickensaresweet's Page'

    Oh, wait, I think I just found it on another page on BYC: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/greener-pastures-chicken-feed-recipe.827398/ Is that the right recipe? Thanks again.
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    Comment by 'Debbi H' in article 'Chickensaresweet's Page'

    I know it's been awhile since you posted this, but I'm just now coming across your page. I tried going to the link to GreenerPastures, but it seems to be broken (takes me to an "before you go" that wants me to click on something that I don't want to and nothing else). Do they still have their...
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    Non-laying 4/5yrold chicken doing penguin walk

    I have a 5 yr old Rhode Island Red (named Cora after my mother, who thinks it is hilarious that I named a chicken after her). Cora started walking like a penguin just after Christmas. I checked for egg bound, but found no egg in her. Gave her a warm epsom bath anyway, which she seemed to...
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    Refrigerated eggs experiment complete!

    I didn't even know you could hatch eggs after being refrigerated until a couple months ago when I heard it here! Now I'm hearing you say that temperature can change whether an egg produces a female or male chick? Maybe I didn't know this stuff because I've only always bought chicks already...
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    My rooster is always attacking me!!!

    Oh, dear. I couldn't watch after he got him tied up. Not that I haven't killed and butchered chickens before. But this one looked too much like my little Doodle!! (the one on my shoulder in my pic!)
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    Anyone used spinosad for mites?

    What brand of permethrin do you use? I've posted above about the other mixture that I use and it has worked very well for me. My vet suggested Permethrin once and I bought it, but it smelled like gasoline! I couldn't even stand to be in the henhouse after I used it and it took a long time for...
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    My rooster is always attacking me!!!

    I have to agree with everyone else. I have gotten rid of aggressive roosters. My granddaughter was afraid to come over because of one particularly mean one I had. The solution I found was to just give them away to a family that I also give my old non-laying hens to. They said they make...
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    Cinnamon Swirl eggs!!!

    I have one laying blue "torpedoes" like that!
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