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    Anti-bird feeder for ducks and chickens

    Thank you for all the info. Funny, I had your website already opened looking at the feeders.
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    Anti-bird feeder for ducks and chickens

    As many others are dealing with birds eating the feed, so am I. I have tried placing inside coop and other buildings and the birds always end up finding it. I do not have the option of watching the chickens/ducks eat then putting the feed away. I have seen the feeder where the chicken has to...
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    Auto timer feeder suggestions (?)

    Hello, We recently moved back in the city with 3 ducks and 2 chickens. (They all get along great.) lately one of our ducks (Cayuga) has found her voice and starts screaming around 4:30 am for her morning treats. They have unlimited layer feed out all the time but in the morning I usually toss...
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    Adult hen - curled toes - DIY corrective shoes (?)

    Yeah I'm on the fence on whether it would do more harm than good. She does stand/walk flat footed at times but then she curls them other times. Same thing with standing. Sometimes straight up other times she rests on her lower part of leg. I'm not sure if it's painful or she just needs to...
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    Adult hen - curled toes - DIY corrective shoes (?)

    Curled under - yes I know about the deficiencies. This post is about corrective footwear. *You have commented already on my original post on curled toes :) Thank you
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    Adult hen - curled toes - DIY corrective shoes (?)

    We have an adult hen who developed curled toes and has trouble walking. This has gone on for a while and we are already giving her B vitamins/supplements. I'm afraid she is not getting much better and was wondering if some sort of corrective shoe would help. I have Googled like crazy but all...
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    Curled toes - neurological?

    Here is another update. Gracey is looking much better and has all her feathers in. She has been getting liquid B vitamins in her water every other day and half a B Complex vitamin daily. We are slowing introducing her back with the flock but it has not gone well so far. She still has her balance...
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    Curled toes - neurological?

    I just wanted to post an update. This past Wednesday I was able to go to town and picked up some Poultry Cell, an oral vitamin supplement. She has been given a daily dose since Thursday. So 4 days so far and no signs of improvement with walking/curled toes. I wasn't expecting immediate results...
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    Curled toes - neurological?

    I hope this works
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    Curled toes - neurological?

    Thank you CSF. Because of the distance from main hen house we cannot monitor as well as I'd like. One day I'll figure out how to get a camera set up there. Anyway, the peckin girder of the main flock seems to change from time to time. While Gracey was a part of it, it seemed like they rotated on...
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    Curled toes - neurological?

    Again thank you. I have read that too much protein is bad for them. First, is this true? Second, I'm already giving her mealworms. Should I stop, cut back or no worries. I'm only giving daily for feather growth. Can I continue daily after feathers are in?
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    Curled toes - neurological?

    Thanks for the suggestion. Are there actually poultry vitamins? If I use human B vitamins is there a chance of over dosing?
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    Curled toes - neurological?

    Hello, We have a hen (Gracey) who has been our "special needs" chicken for the longest time. We have 7 hens including her. Up until 2 weeks ago this one was with the rest. Now we have isolated her. The rest of the flock look and act as healthy as can be. Everyone including Gracey gets the same...
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    Hen will not go into coop at night

    Thank you for the feedback. Although we do live in AZ it is up in the northern part so nights are getting cool.
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    Hen will not go into coop at night

    Hello We have a small flock of 7 hens and 3 roosters. The hens stay in an Earthbag dome (9' diameter) with an auto door that leads into a 10'x20' all enclosed run. The roosters stay next to them in an outside 30'+ Round pen with lots of trees. One of our hens (Buff Brahma 6 months old) will not...
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