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    Eye - bare and odd looking

    Thank you! I’ll pick that stuff up tomorrow.
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    Eye - bare and odd looking

    Hello - I just noticed my girl has a funny looking eye - red, there is a black ring, maybe dirt, maybe blood ….swollen… She is acting totally fine and everything seems normal with the flock. There is no itching or pecking that I am seeing. Thoughts welcome! Thanks in advance!
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    Poor roosting choice - okay for winter?

    Good idea but I need the ventilation!
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    Poor roosting choice - okay for winter?

    Thank you Everyone!! I am going to wire that space off and add in a higher roost of different material than the 2x4. We’ll see how it goes!!!
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    Poor roosting choice - okay for winter?

    Hi! Thanks in advance for your help and advice! my coop and run are predator proof. We have an Omlet auto door. As you can see in the pictures, the chickens roost on top of the coop on the hardware cloth instead of IN the coop. This makes cleaning harder and sometimes they lay an egg up there...
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    Our first eggs today!!

    Congratulations!!! We had our first egg today and it was so thrilling! Glad to see others feel the same way!
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    Beaks - dry and cracking

    Hi! My hens are approximately 14 weeks old. I have 3 Buff Orpingtons and 2 Plymouth Blue. Yesterday they were startled by a Fox and did a lot of panicking in their run. During the melee, one hen hurt her beak and was bleeding a bit. I cleaned up the blood and it is better today. I noticed that...
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    Sarnafil roof membrane for coop floor?

    Thank you! This is helpful!
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    Sarnafil roof membrane for coop floor?

    Thanks for the reply @aart! I hadn't thought about the scratching of the Sarnafil. I plan on starting with 4" of shavings so it's unlikely the chickens will even get that close but my cleaning tools certainly will. And for the article - I need to better understand the differences between deep...
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    Water inside or out?

    I have been wondering the same and determined in the run was best for food and water but I am thinking I’ll put the nipple waterer from my brooder in the coop just in case someone gets thirsty. It’s small so won’t take up much space. http://www.thegardencoop.com/nipple-waterer-for-chickens.html
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    Comment by 'HopefulHens' in article 'My Sunflower Coop'

    Wow - Looks great!
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    Sarnafil roof membrane for coop floor?

    Hi - We are in the process of building our first coop for our six 5-week old hens. It is raised about 18" off the ground and has a plywood floor. I plan to use the deep litter method for bedding. I'd like to put something between the bedding and the plywood and we have some Sarnafil roof...
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    Adventurous Chicks

    I am new at chick raising and have six 3-week old chicks. I have been bringing in different branches from outdoors so they can practice flying up, roosting and pecking at the bark (Maybe they are finding bugs in there?). When they seem bored with one branch, I swap it out for something new. I...
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