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    Runny Discharge from Eyes

    No, I have zero idea as to why my other pullet died. She was just laying motionless on the run floor one day :( None of my girls have been wormed or checked for mites/lice
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    Runny Discharge from Eyes

    No, none of my others are showing symptoms. We recently had one pass last week but I didn't see any similar symptoms on her body. Negative on adding any new chickens too. I'll have to stop by a feed store today then after work. Thank you!
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    Runny Discharge from Eyes

    Here is an updated picture of her taken a few minutes ago
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    Runny Discharge from Eyes

    She is making some weird labored breathing noises and when I let them out to free range she is just standing there opening her beak up like she is gasping for air
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    Runny Discharge from Eyes

    My EE has clear/yellowish discharge from both of her eyes and her face looks dirty from all the discharge and maybe mucus? I noticed this about two days and her eyes aren't completely shut, she keeps trying to clean off the gunk I guess by preening. She seems a bit lethargic as she doesn't...
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    What to do after dead chicken?

    Thank you for your kind words. I think I handled my first loss pretty well. I will have to hope and pray for the rest of my girls then.
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    What to do after dead chicken?

    I've read of this happening. Maybe she was just a "runt" ? :/
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    What to do after dead chicken?

    I should mention in our yard we have grass, dirt, pea gravel, wood chips for mulch, lots of plants, veggies, succulents...they do "share" the yard with our dogs but never together. I thought "is there something poisonous here??" We have bell peppers, a really small avocado tree, roses, crown...
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    What to do after dead chicken?

    My 10wk old mixed flock is let out everyday of their coop and run, random times of the day as I work a varied schedule. Today, I discovered little Maya (our golden laced wyandotte) face down and motionless in the pine shavings of the run. The other 4 ran out the run door. I visually inspected...
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    Should I continue to separate?

    I have five, three-week old chicks. Three of them (Easter Egger, Australorp, and Golden Laced Wyandotte) are separated from my Orpington, named Sunny, and Welsummer, named Eureka right now because Sunny was limping and holding her leg up last Friday. Sunny and Eureka are in the smaller brooder...
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    Need help figuring out roof pitch...

    Thanks everyone for the input. We are going with a 4/12 pitch. I can't watch that video right now (youtube doesn't work at work...and apparently I don't either! ;)) but I'll take a look when I get home.
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    Need help figuring out roof pitch...

    Hello everyone. We are framing our chicken coop and run (using The Palace plans) tomorrow and are scratching our heads over here on how to pitch the roof. We adjusted the plans and our coop will be 11'x5'. I built the door for the coop already, making it 78"x24"...I would like to make the...
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    Dogs and chickens

    We are training our two boxers (Max is 4 and Mia is 2 years old). I agree that basic obedience will lay a great foundation. Two other great things to train are impulse control and patience...they go hand in hand. I knew since before getting our two dogs I would need to train them on that from...
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    Can I deep litter on concrete?

    How big is your coop/run? (just for curiousity's sake) We are planning on having our coop+run on a 12x6 concrete slab with 5 chickens. I can't quite imagine how big my full grown chickens will be. My husband is putting his foot down on me stating that they need more space than that.
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    Introducing my First 5 Chicks

    I will definitely take a look, thanks! Now if I can only get them all in a picture together looking at the camera :)
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