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    when????

    my birds have been wet nosed,and rattly for 3 weeks.when or will this end??? out of aprox 20 only 2 eggs a day most are rir pullets the others are older.everry few days one egg looks kind of wrinkly . i am verry concerned!
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    help

    i had 12 rir,19 weeks old. about 4 weeks ago i bought 12 older birds at a swap meet. this will not happen again. my problem is after about a week some birds started rattling and haveing runny beaks. i have lost 4 birds since. they had tetra cyclene for 10 days ,this stopped friday.is this as bad...
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    The truth about backyard chickens

    any animal will have odor & poop probs . i have 12 egg hens in a 12 x 40 run and the smell is not even noticed unless in the coop.and then its minemal. keep the area dry,give the birds space,and they will give you great pleasure. in the long run you can save a good deal of $$$ be cheap but...
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    mixxing birds

    my desire is to put a couple of pheasants in with my chickens, i have a big run, and plan to give them a smaller coop. will this work? thanks, db
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    vent prob.

    i have 12 cornish cross meat pullets,and 2 have raw looking, bald,back sides . about 6 weeks old. thanks
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    turkeys

    can chickens & turkeys share the same run coop ect. thanks !
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    Mites AND ants? Good grief! Help please.

    when you say seven do you mean the powder for the garden? if so ,do you put it on the birds? or in the bedding or both? is it safe for meat and egg birds???? newby
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    Nests

    can nests be in its own structure a few feet away from the coop? thanks
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    Nests

    im new to raising chickens so here is my ??? i built a coop, but i would like to put my nests in a structure of its own ? just outside the coop will this work thanks
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