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    Ikea Sortera nesting boxes?

    How much height do they need? People use milk crates stacked on each other, and the interior standing space of the milk crates we have 12" - these are 11". Our current nesting boxes I don't think are any bigger.
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    Ikea Sortera nesting boxes?

    I was wondering if anyone has tried - or sees any major flaws - in using Ikea Sortera recycling boxes as nesting boxes. I'd cut an entry hole in the front panel, and use the hinged lid to collect eggs. The whole thing can be run through the dishwasher. Thoughts? Link here.
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    Best / favorite automatic coop doors

    I will read other similar questions, but I am really looking for everyone's best/favorite coop door regardless of price. I work for a non-profit and have a grant to build mobile coops, and may actually have a budget to work with (!). I really want something that works reliably, down to -20's...
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    Crop (?) on mostly dead hen looks like a water balloon - ??

    I’ve saved chickens from other things - multiple puncture wounds from a fox is fully recovered, and my prolapse is looking good but will be indoors a few more days. This hen was *really* far gone, and died while I wrote the OP. There was no way to move her without her vomiting - she was so...
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    Crop (?) on mostly dead hen looks like a water balloon - ??

    Friday everyone seemed fine. Sat my neighbor fed the chickens as I was out for the day. She noted a hen with a hurt toe, but nothing else. Today (sun) I found a 6mo old hen hiding in the corner of the coop, more or less already gone (non responsive, eyes closed, barely breathing). Her crop was...
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