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    Wounded chicken. Please help.

    I’m so sorry your hen was attacked by a dog. I had a neighbors dog do the same thing to one of my favorite hens and the wound looks similar. You’ve done everything right just keeping her calm warm and safe for now is just what she needs. My hen recovered from the shock after a few days and she...
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    Cat/Kitten for Mouse Control

    We’re experiencing mice problems as well! Can’t use poison the chickens may eat the dead mice. So I’m experimenting with some advice given…50/50 peanut butter and baking soda. Mice can’t regurgitate. Put it out at night after putting chickens to bed then…picking up all chicken food first…leave...
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    Comment by 'Kimberjo2' in article 'Using Sand In Your Chicken Coop'

    OK. I am seriously thinking of using sand in the Coops! Live by a river…Perfect! My question about the winter months, we chose to place the house‘s on concrete, have heat lamps for our girls. Will that be sufficient in keeping them warm, if n when we use sand, especially since they spend so much...
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    Nurture Right 360

    Need to know if I should do a dry run to make sure my Brand New incubator is operating properly!? I’m a first time Hatcher here and this incubator looks pretty simple to follow directions just unsure if I should test it
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    Starting to get paranoid about using things like diatomaceous earth on my chickens :(

    I have been using Diatomaceous in chicken coop for years with no damaging side effects to my chickens. I lightly dust everything not heavy. No mites here! My son in law uses it successfully around perimeter of the house each year for ant control…he swears by it.
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    New chicks coming!

    TY rosemarythyme! Vaguely remember hearing’bout elemental sulfur, but will look into it. When we use the DE it is always put down and than covered with a light layer of cedar shavings and an additional 2-3 inches of pine shavings to start off with after a good scrub down. Of course no cedar for...
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    New chicks coming!

    In 2 months we will be getting 20 brand new Red Rangers and we are getting ready! Thankful we have a seperate coop and run for them until large enough to integrate with the big girls. My concern is making sure these little chicks have the best healthiest start! Is there any additives we can add...
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    What Breed Is right For Me

    Weelll...pretty sure they aren't pure bred but for a meat bird I'd go with Red Rangers. Those girls get BIG! And heavy. So do their eggs, like 2 yolk or just HUGE! Stick with 1 rooster or your going to have a lot of bloody fights and they do go to the death if they can get away with it. I have...
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    Picked and bleeding

    Please keep in mind whenever you take a hen out of the pen for more than a day or sometimes less she will have to be the low girl on the totem pole you might say! Which in turn means she is going to get picked and pecked on.
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    Please help with questions regarding lice & housing. I feel so awful.

    Diatomaceous! Kid you not. I'm so against pesticides and we have been using Diatomaceous inside the hen house and IN the food for 10 yrs. now and have never had any lice problems. So, after you bathe them.... Thoroughly clean out and scrub your hen house if possible at this time year, or just...
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    My Rooster

    Thanks sourland and Talithahorse...probably is arthritis and his old age, I just hate seeing him showing it, he has been such a gentleman and so attentive to his flock all these years!! I named him Jean Claude but call him RoosTah' as he answers to.
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    My Rooster

    Pretty much every step...if he is scratching with the hens he can occasionally take a slight step forward without the issue. We've had him for 10 + yrs. and this is way out of his norm! I'm pretty sure it's not yoga!
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    My Rooster

    My rooster has been lifting his leg and before stepping down on it he stretches it all the way back behind him before putting any weight on his leg. He has been an absolute awesome guy and this behavior is concerning. Other than this issue he seems to be healthy and well alert, attentive to his...
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