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    Chick backing up after drinking.

    So sorry. I had a wry necked hen that didn’t respond to treatment. She had a strong will to live and made it almost to two years but was always chased away and picked on. I don’t know if I did the right thing. Ultimately a hawk took her partly because she was more afraid of her own flock. Not...
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    Rat proof feeder options.

    Mine were doing this when “teenagers”, as well as perching on their coop roof and on the fence posts. Then - they just stopped - all grown up, I guess.
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    Rat proof feeder options.

    Yes we are. We built a wood frame for them because they are kept in a shade structure with no floor. Keeps them up off the ground and makes them easy to move (because we rotate fields). They hang on the frame and sit on 2x2’s.
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    Rat proof feeder options.

    I’ve had my “rat proof chicken feeder” for over a year now. I will never go back to a standard feeder. I got it when the rats discovered the easy meals, evidenced by rat poop all around the feeder in the morning. Since I got them - I’ve seen none. An added but important bonus is that the wild...
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    Egg with Poop ???

    Update on this - it seems to have gone away on its own. Maybe, after the long winter break, her plumbing just needed some time to get back to working order.
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    Chick backing up after drinking.

    I would suggest stopping the medicated feed, and give the Rooster booster for awhile. Medicated feed does reduce their ability to absorb nutrients.
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    Egg with Poop ???

    An indispensable chicken tool! 🥴 I use it on the roost bars. Hadn’t thought of using one on the eggs. Good idea. 👍
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    Now that's a tiny egg!

    One of my Dorkings laid this. It was her first egg after her molt - it had a tiny yolk in it but it was very pale. Next egg was normal. So funny seeing the tiny eggs nestled in with all the normal sized eggs.
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    Egg with Poop ???

    Thank you. I was worried there might be an underlying health issue I was missing. I will inspect their little fluffy butts and see if I have any dirty bottoms. None obvious but - so much fluff! But also - this hen is a buckeye and they do lay some big eggs. She is 2 years old. The nest boxes are...
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    Egg with Poop ???

    That what I was thinking! I am not sure which hen is doing this but one of my hens was shaken by a dog (when I was letting them free range which I no longer do because of dogs). She went into shock and had a broken egg inside, peritonitis, and then vent gleet. I treated her and she pulled...
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    Egg with Poop ???

    This was the case, and the whole reason they have a separate laying house! They will sometimes track in some mud, when there's a ton of rain, but this is the first time there has been poop. So I was a bit bummed.
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    Any good watering containers?

    I switched my flock over to horizontal nipple waterers. So happy with them. Water is always clean and I have a few electric ones for winter.
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    Egg with Poop ???

    That’s a great idea. The layer coop is a distance so it would be odd, but could be! I’ll check tonight.
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    Egg with Poop ???

    This is weird - one of my hens seems to be pooping as she lays an egg. I thought that wasn’t physically possible. But it’s consistent over the last few weeks. The hens have a laying house separate from their roost area, so I’ve never had poops in the nest or the house before. I suppose she could...
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    fencing in baby chicks

    Thank you all for the replies. Amazing how tiny their little bodies are under all that adorable fluff.
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