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    Ended Guess When BYC Will Hit 1,555,555 Threads!

    9/20/24. 3pm.
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    Bumblefoot?

    There isn't really a way to do it wrong. Have you checked the link to Tilly's Nest? She's a nurse who treated her hen uninvasively without surgery. She's thorough, clear, has experience, and knows her stuff. My chicken(s) wouldn't sit still to peel off the plug, (I know some chickens are more...
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    Bumblefoot?

    I've used tillysnest procedure for bumblefoot, it's not invasive and it works! It's easier on my hens. I've also continued to soak daily without pulling off the eschar and it fell out on it's own.
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    What's your flock's favourite food/treat?

    sunflower kernels, diced tomatoes, diced cucumbers, scrambled egg, canned mackerel, watermelon, cooked winter squash, cooked oatmeal, the seeds from squash, and pumpkins, apples, shredded cabbage, carrot peelings, black soldier fly larvae, cauliflower leaves, broccoli leaves and the shredded...
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    How Much do you all feed your chickens?

    I ferment their feed, and I use slightly less then 1/2 cup per chicken per day. I also give fruit and vegetable scraps, and sprouts in the winter. I divide it into two servings: in the morning, and then in the afternoon. In the summer, I forage for wild edibles, and we grown fodder in our...
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    Molting, Bare Skin, and Below Zero Weather in the Next Few Days

    Thank you for checking in! My husband and I agreed that a low temperature oil filled radiant heat radiator would be a good idea, and set it so it was just above freezing to help them. I gave them canned fish to help with feather growth and to help them with generating warmth along with a...
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    Molting, Bare Skin, and Below Zero Weather in the Next Few Days

    Thank you! I'm giving them fish, scrambled or chopped hardboiled eggs for extra protein, and my husband and I talked about and decided to purchase a small oil filled radiant heat radiator since some of our chickens have so much bare skin. (So far my chickens haven't tried to roost on it.) It...
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    My Entire Chicken Flock

    You have absolutely beautiful birds!
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    Hi Everyone, I Am New!

    Thank you! This has been a wonderful welcome, there is such good people in the BYC!
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    Hi Everyone, I Am New!

    Thank you, I'm glad I joined too!
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    Hi Everyone, I Am New!

    Thank you for such a nice welcome!
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    Hi Everyone, I Am New!

    Thank you, and grateful to be here! Good people here!
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    Molting, Bare Skin, and Below Zero Weather in the Next Few Days

    Thank you, I'm nervous, but I do feel more confident after reading everything. Thank you for recommending tuna. I always have tuna, and I also keep other canned fish since the vitamin D and calcium is higher in those other fish, so would be good for the girls too. Good luck to you too with...
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    Molting, Bare Skin, and Below Zero Weather in the Next Few Days

    Sure, makes sense. Thank you for pointing that out.
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    Hi Everyone, I Am New!

    You have been so kind and welcoming that I do feel at home!
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