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    Raccoon attack - broken ankle

    I was away from home yesterday and left the hens inside rather than let them free-range. However, one must have slept in my attractive-nuisance chick brooder coop the night before, because at midnight last night I heard something attacking. (I use a cheap baby monitor for coop audio at night)...
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    Rooster trying to kill us

    Thanks! I miss his daddy - he sadly lost a battle with a bobcat when I was at the grocery store one day, but from the quantity of feathers he put up a good fight. 😭
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    Rooster trying to kill us

    Buff Orpingtons are generally very sweet - the rooster in my avatar picture is a Buffie cross from 4 generations in my flock. All of them have been extremely docile toward people but very good at flock guarding. I'm done with Barred Rock roosters.
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    Rooster trying to kill us

    Well, at least your avatar is accurate...
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    Rooster trying to kill us

    Every 'mean' rooster I've ever had was a Barred Rock (and I've had chickens for going on 60 years). And in my experience they only get worse - never better - once they start going after people. Get ANY other breed and you'll probably be fine.
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    Great tip from my vet for giving chickens meds

    Wow, that's one weird chicken! Even the ones I've had that were totally lethargic and wouldn't eat anything else would eat butter balls. Back to prying open her beak, I guess?
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    Great tip from my vet for giving chickens meds

    I mix them with the butter. If it's too runny to make balls, just refrigerate the mix for a bit.
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    Is this terrible or brilliant??

    That's a great idea - I even have some leftover ridge vent from getting a new metal roof on the house this spring!
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    Is this terrible or brilliant??

    I have a removable panel in the A-frame that serves as a door (you can see it sitting toward the left end on the picture). It could also be hinged at the top or side, but mine just fits tightly into the space and can be removed completely. The ends of the A-frame let in a good amount of air...
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    Goats n Grain: The Waiting Game

    No, I didn't know about that one. I'm on Backyard Herds, but only one person has responded to my posts about this in 3 weeks, and their advice was to put her down and get some healthy goats. :-( I just joined Goat Spot, so I'm going to post there and see if I can get some help. She's still...
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    Mites!!!!

    I got 2 bags of mite-infested grain from Coastal. Not just mites, but also black weevils. :-( Both types crawling all inside both bags. Both bags were Coastal's house Country Companion brand - none were in the Purina Layena I bought the same day.
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    Goats n Grain: The Waiting Game

    Yes, she gets probiotics, but her issues are way past that. Two weeks ago she had another bad bout of bloat, and then seemed to recover until I gave them all Positive Pellet dewormer. It wasn't as bad as the full-blown bloat session, but a week later she suddenly wasn't able to stand. I took...
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    Is this terrible or brilliant??

    I used 1" poultry wire covered by 2"x4" welded wire. The combo is cheaper than hardware cloth and just as effective. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-3-ft-x-50-ft-14-Gauge-Welded-Wire-710246110/317745255
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    Goats n Grain: The Waiting Game

    Did you find any C&D antitoxin? I have a 4-month-old goat who's had a bad gut since I got her at 10 days old (from a commercial dairy that gave her a bad start). I've tried this entire time to get antitoxin, but as far as I can tell there's none to be had anywhere in the country. Even OSU vet...
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    Is this terrible or brilliant??

    I built 2 of these 4 years ago - one A-frame and one 'box' style. They both work great, but over time the box style has been easier to access and clean, because it has a real hinged door. I used scrap metal roofing for the box coop and a 4'x8' Harbor Freight tarp for the roost area on the...
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