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    Need your opinion: what should every coop have?

    a spacious bar for them to roost on, ample nesting boxes and a a storage bin for feed.
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    Lost feathers, when do they grow back?

    Same happens with my hens and rooster. I have one rooster and about 20 hens. He seems to have 'favorites" as they are the most bald-backed of all. There was a mistake last winter when some hens from one flock escaped and they never had a rooster in their flock. He is completely disinterested...
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    APPLE SAUCE

    i core the apples (but the chickens like the seeds, so leave them in and just add enough water to cover them in a large pot. bring it to boiling, and then put them in the blender on a low/puree speed. i don't add sugar or flavoring for the chickens, but i suppose a little cinnamon and...
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    eyes swollen shut 2 week old chick

    thanks so much for your advice. i will do so with the hopes the little gal can rejoin her flock. she seems comfortable...for a chicken(?!)
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    eyes swollen shut 2 week old chick

    one of my new chicks was being trampled in a brooder that offers abundant space for my 25 chicks. once removed from the flock i saw her eye was swollen shut. the other eye was milky looking and glassy. now both are swollen shut. since being isolated, she is chirping, eating, drinking, and...
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