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    Can they do good with just free ranging and snacks

    OMG, I just can't. SMH I won't say anything else and risk being called a Karen but you all know what I am thinking.
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    Talk me off the Ledge... $2000 for a chicken coop!

    This is exactly me! :-)
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    Am I feeding my girls enough...

    I have food available for my birds all day long. If you only provide just the 1/4 pound per bird some of the birds won't get their ration because the higher ranking chickens will eat their ration plus some of the ration that the lower ranking birds should be getting. I also put feeders in...
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    pin feather shafts not coming off??

    So she is not getting any better. I got poultry cell and I am hand feeding her a few times a day and giving her egg but she hardly eats. I have read that wry neck can be something that they have at birth (genetic), poor diet or even injury to head. I am thinking it must have been injury to...
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    pin feather shafts not coming off??

    Thank you sooooo much. I thought wry neck for a split second and wrote it off because it did not present the way it did when I first got chickens and was looking up all the things that can go wrong. I just looked up wry neck in more detail in multiple places and indeed it IS wry neck...
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    pin feather shafts not coming off??

    I am not sure what is wrong my my Silkie. She was hatched on 6/22 with 5 other silkies. She started acting really strange and trying to get something off her chest. At first I thought she was having a seizure but the more I checked her out she is trying like crazy to get at something on her...
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    Something you wish had been invented in chicken keeping.

    Don't ASK for a pitchfork. Just get one. But seriously, check out my post below. It has been a lifesaver!
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    Something you wish had been invented in chicken keeping.

    I had my husband frame out under 2 x 4 lumber around all the roost bars and then I filled it with PDZ stall refresher. It's like kitty litter but for horse stalls to dry out and deodorize manure. I then go in every morning and scoop the PDZ just like kitty litter. It's the BEST THING EVER!!!!!!
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    How Many PET Chickens Are In Your Flock?

    I just replied. I didn't think to reply to yours. But see if you can find my post and then reply!!!!! I would love to see if you have more than me. I hope someone does!!!!!!!
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    How Many PET Chickens Are In Your Flock?

    So I started out with 2 that a friend gave to me. Then I loved them so much I ordered 8 baby chicks and called the flock "8 is Enough" and named all of them. Then I got 5 more and called them The Adams Family and name them Morticia, Gomez, Pugsley, Wednesday and Uncle Fester. Then I got some...
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    Runny (very loose, watery) Diarrhea, need suggestions

    Thanks. :-)
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    Runny (very loose, watery) Diarrhea, need suggestions

    Thank you although I am still on the side of I don't think it's normal or healthy. Also, did you see my eggs with the blood? I have only had 2 like that about 1 week apart and then have not seen it since.
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    Runny (very loose, watery) Diarrhea, need suggestions

    Yes, some of my chickens have poopy buts. But not all chickens that have diarrhea have poopy butts. I have bathed them in warm water and cleaned their butts and applied miconazole cream on their vents. I have wormed my whole flock with Safeguard for Goats and I put probiotics in their water...
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    What is this cyst looking thing about 1/2" long located on my hen's back right above tail

    Thank you! I will go back to get the spray for sure. I am almost out of the powder and have only dusted 20 of my chickens. Not sure if I am putting on too much or not enough. :-/
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    What is this cyst looking thing about 1/2" long located on my hen's back right above tail

    Thank you. Can I not use permethrin dusting powder in warm weather? Why only in cold weather? I went to the store yesterday and got the poultry dusting powder at Tractor Supply. Sorry for my questions. I am a "why" person. I like to know WHY I am doing things instead of just doing because...
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