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    Gaping Chick. Pretty sure not gape worm.

    Nobody has any thoughts? Antibiotics? Let her be? She does it all the time...it's the only way she breathes.
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    Gaping Chick. Pretty sure not gape worm.

    Hi. I have an almost 8 week old chick who has been gaping for more than a week. She has never been outside so it can't be gape worm, right? She also appears to sneeze every once in awhile. She has no discharge from eyes or beak. She is active, eating and drinking well. Is it a respiratory...
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    Prolapsed vent? Please help.

    This little gal is about 2 weeks old. I have had her for 3 days and this just occurred this afternoon. She does not seem distressed by it. She is active, eating, and drinking. I tried wiping it, and although it is red it is not bloody. What is it and what do I do??
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    Help! Prolapsed vent?

    This little gal is about 2 weeks old. I have had her for 3 days and this just occurred this afternoon. She does not seem distressed by it. She is active, eating, and drinking. I tried wiping it, and although it is red it is not bloody. What is it and what do I do?? Thanks for any help.
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    33 weeks old and still no eggs?

    hang in there! My 2 EE's JUST started laying last week and they were coming up on 11 months! Worth the wait for those pretty blue eggs!
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    ANOTHER how to add to flock question (but a bit different!)

    Hi! We had a flock of six, 1 year old hens. 2 days ago two were killed by an animal while free-ranging. We want to add 2 more hens to our flock and was wondering about the best way to do it. We will be able to get full grown hens, so the size shouldn't be an issue. My feeling was to do it as...
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    Best place to buy pine shaving?

    I get mine from the local voc-tech highschool woodshop...free!
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    getting hens to lay in the nest box

    I'm brand new to this. not sure why they would all choose one nest box, although right now I'd be ok with that! lol I guess i will just try keeping them in the run and not letting them free range. I thought it was strange also that the eggs were being layed in the afternoon. We found a few last...
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    getting hens to lay in the nest box

    Hi! We got our first egg about 10 days ago..... YAY!!!!!!! However, they are not laying in the nest box. We have a fake egg in each box and have tried putting their own egg in there. At first we found a few eggs on the coop floor, now we are finding them around our yard. We only let them...
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    Another (different) skirt question

    Hi, we are puting the finishing touches on our first coop/run. We were planning to skirt the hardware cloth around the bottom and the cover it with 18 inch pavers for a finished look. Well as I was buying the pavers I was wondering if by laying these side by side around the perimeter of coop/run...
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    How much feather loss is normal?

    Hi, I am new to raising chickens. I have 6 hens(pullets), 10-12 weeks old. How much feather loss is normal? We moved them into the coop 2 weeks ago and it seems in the last week there have been a lot of feathers on the coop floor. All the ladies seem to be acting fine, I checked them all and...
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    Has anyone used chicken wire for their run??

    and had the chickens be OK???? I have read over and over again how hardware cloth is the way to go and I was all set to use it......untill I saw the price I want the gals to be safe, so i think I know what i will have to do, but just wanted to check in to see if anybody had used chicken wire...
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    Stall Dry???

    Hi all, We are new to chickens and after reading lots and lots on this wonderful sight i went to the local feed store to get some food-grade DE for our coop. (the ladies will be moving in tomorrow!) They were out of stock, but the guy there led me to a product called Stall Dry. It is 75% DE and...
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    Where can you get food grade DE in Northern CT/Western Mass?

    I am in West Springfield. I went to Westfield Feed today and they carry food grade DE...unfortunately they were out of stock. The guy said it was ordered and will probably be in by Mon. Easthampton feed is their sister store, so that might be an option too.
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    Please help newbie...roo(s) ?

    Thanks all....anyone else have any thoughts?
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