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    Spots on rooster comb

    Seems to looking a bit better daily. Thsnks...watching it carefully.
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    Spots on rooster comb

    Thsnk you. No better pics but large one has lost white part, and orher side areas seem fainter. Just watching for now!
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    What is wrong with my roosre's comb?

    PS. Forgot to reply that it got to 28 or 29 I think...2 of the nights.
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    What is wrong with my roosre's comb?

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    What is wrong with my roosre's comb?

    Thank you for your quick reply! Spths = Spread....i hate texting!"!😆 I thought I saw a piece of the white patch on the right side waving in the breeze earlier, so that was perhaps a scab coming off as you suggested. Ill keep watching, then use neosporin if no improvemt tomorrow.- On both...
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    What is wrong with my roosre's comb?

    Medium white patch on rhe left, start3d out 3 days ago and now has a raw looking center... Also faint whitish blotches and few spots on his left side. Thought it might have been related ton3 cold nights, but had not gotten better on right, and left seems to have spthis. He is otherwise healthy...
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    Run bedding smells

    Change to Hemp hurd....absorbs the wet parts, stays dry, easily scoopable (i use kitty litter svoop), and no smell. Just add to occassionally and change out every few months.
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    chicken run VERY dusty during winter

    I have used hemp hurd in my coop since bringing in my chicks in April...love it, stays dry, stay clean and easy to sift poop, not dusty, doesn't have to be cleaned out daily or even monthly. Lasts for months with just added to on top (the deep litter method). More costly up front than most...
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    Spots on rooster comb

    So continuing- I am a new momma and love my girls and Tony Bennett. I worry about every little thing, and learn alot from BYC and other chicken owner UTube videos. So, Some additional info - we have just come out of our first 4 very cold nights for Florida...29 -30 low. And my 9 month old...
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    Spots on rooster comb

    See whitish areas on left bottom at front. And larger right center. Need to zoom in. What is this and what do I do?
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    Hello everyone- so glad to be here with you!

    I am new to chickens wirh my now 17 week old flock of 11. I thought i got 1 rooster and 10 hens, but i think i have 3 or possibly even 5 roosters. A flashlight eary in the mornings with their new crowing will hopefully tell. I have 1 Maran Rooster, 5 Maran hens, and 5 Copperlaced Wyandottes, at...
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    What age to let chicks free range?

    Great suggestion! My first time and I'm worried about the hawks, so i need to be around when they are out. So they are 17 weeks old, have scratched their run clean, and need to be out for insects and greens. Giving them organic greens is costly!!! Now i can gradually watch to be sure they go in...
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