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    Help! Sick/Injured Chicken

    Interesting, I hadn't though of Botulism as a potential cause. I am skeptical it is that, but at least that one isn't always a death sentence. Update (day #4). The last two days she seemed the same as the day I found her, still a little weak in the left leg and wing, but could walk around...
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    Help! Sick/Injured Chicken

    I just went out to clean the coop and noticed some of the poop piles were moldy. The other two chickens still look happy as can be.
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    Help! Sick/Injured Chicken

    Bump/Update So my main concern is she has Marek's due to the unilateral paresis signs she is displaying. How common is this in an approximately 7 month old hen that is housed with 2 others and has no exposure to other chickens? I have confined her to a big plastic tote with a wire top. She...
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    Help! Sick/Injured Chicken

    I just went out to the coop to check for eggs (9:20 am) and found one of my three hens on her side in the middle of the coop, the other two were in the run. She is usually very flighty and never ever lets me get anywhere near her. Anyway, I picked her up and did a once over looking for signs of...
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    Can I fix this???

    It isn't a problem from the food flowing out. It is one of the chickens pulling all the food out onto the ground.
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    Can I fix this???

    I decided to make my own feeder that was inspired based on something I saw here or on youtube awhile ago. Anyway, it is basically just a 4" PVC pipe with a Wye connector on the bottom. Recently, one or two of my chickens instead of eating the pellets inside seem to just pull them all out onto...
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    Show me your chicken coop signs!

    Not so much a sign, but I made these to spruce up the doors to my coop.
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    Automatic Coop Door (your thoughts...?)

    So after just building my little coop and getting chickens I am wondering how essential an automatic coop door is? They are in a small pen all the time for now which is just enclosed with chicken wire, while the coop is secured with hardware cloth. Anyway, due to having an erratic schedule I...
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    Chicken Nipples??

    There are tons of videos on youtube, this guy shows putting them in multiple different buckets, pipes, etc. It is really easy, and I was even able to get 20 on ebay for somewhere around $10 shipped.
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    My First Coop! (lots of pictures)

    Thanks everyone for the compliments. The new pullets are adjusting nicely, still seem to be afraid of me but I figured in a couple days after they calm down I will entice them with some special treats or something. I am already thinking of how to make their run bigger and started a small...
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    My First Coop! (lots of pictures)

    Quote: I only used chicken wire since I had a bunch of it around and didn't really want to spend the money on hardware cloth. I used that for the actual coop so I can lock them in there at night if predators start to become a problem. My yard is all fenced in so the only dog I have to worry...
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    My First Coop! (lots of pictures)

    I just finished building my first coop to start a small flock of chickens. It took me a little longer than I had planned for, but was able to finish the big stuff over the weekend, and have slowly been adding little features the rest of the week. My biggest concern was size since I had to build...
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    New Coop...How much to feed and water?

    Hi everyone, I am new to BYC and in the process of building a coop for 3-4 hens. The floor plan of the actual coop will be 4'x3' with the nest boxes on the outside so I have plenty of room on the inside for their feed and water. I am probably going to make my own feeder/waterer since that is...
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