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    Guinea with swollen foot..infected? What do I do?

    I also have a guinea fowl with this problem. It is definitely not bumble foot because there is no sore or scab around the area and the swelling covers the whole foot. Any one???? help... :(
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    Recommendations on Auto Chicken Door

    I've recently updated my door to plexi glass and it works a lot better than the wood, obviously.... haha I also put a momentary contact switch, just in case if any chickens or guineas happen to be under the door. But I have the door closing 45 mins after dark, so usually non of them are ever...
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    Woods-style house in the winter

    Yeah, I get an error too for the e-book. I just downloaded it as an adobe PDF. :)
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    Welded Wire?

    You could do what sharon does, because hardware cloth is expensive!
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    Light in coop for winter laying

    We use a warmer light for our coop. It works great! I have it set on a timer for 12 hours of daylight in the winter.
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    Hawaiian Chickens

    I'm from there!!! But I live in Kansas now.... I know... booooo!!!
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    New Federal Regs Coming For Raising Chickens

    Don't you just love how the government puts such a tight regulation on what is called organic and what is not, when they clearly support one of the most greediest companies in the world... aka... Monsanto.
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    What to used for the bottom of the run during rainy season?

    I hear sand is a good option. You can read about it here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=11374-sand-for-your-coops I can't use in where I am at, it gets too cold.
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    New to this Designed this coop as I went,What do u think? Any tips?

    Well I am just going to have to say that that is one of the best looking coops that I have ever seen! Sure you are a first time carpenter? I've never had rabbits and chickens together, but I know some people who do, and sometimes the chickens have a squabble with the rabbits, and some times...
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    Mealworm Prices around you

    WOW! That is really expensive!!! I buy my mealworms on ebay.com. It is so much cheaper! Here is one for $25.97, free shipping http://www.ebay.com/itm/2200-Live-Med-Lg-Org-Mealworms-Meal-Worms-FREE-SHIPPING-/140495920429?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20b6359d2d#ht_2476wt_1143 There are...
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    20 weeks old....still no eggs

    Don't worry My pullets did not lay until they were 24 weeks old. I was begining to worry about some of the pullets that still haven't laid any eggs, but they pulled through at 30 weeks.
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    Gross

    Quote: My ACD actually enjoys cat poop... He waits to see when I am not looking and sticks his head into the kitty litter box, eating poo and litter!!! Agh!!! Drives me nuts!!! So now I am extra careful to prevent him from enjoying those so called tasty treats of his!!!
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    Our WAS-A-SHED- Chicken coop-what ya think?

    Quote: ChickInDelight, WE live in Northern Nevada in the Sierras, but those are little hills. I currently live on 2 1/2 acres but own this in Cambridge Idaho that I want to get to. Plus the grass helps feed the animals and the pond has some catfish in it, soon smallmouth bass and sunfish. Now...
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    wet straw ?????

    Thank you for your responses! I live in Kansas, and last year we got about a foot and half of snow... so not sure if the sand would be too cold for the chickens... I think it got to -13 degrees F also...
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    wet straw ?????

    Quote: How does the sand do during the winter time? When it snows? Is the sand too cold for the chickens in the winter? I am thinking about putting sand in our chicken run Thanks!
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