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    Ventilation & weather protection

    Ok experts, I come to y'all with another question. We've started construction and the plans have already changed at least ten times. We're in lower Alabama, so heat and rain are our primary concerns. Originally, this plan had a foot of hardware cloth from 5-6' along the top of all of the walls...
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    To elevate or not?

    We have 6 at the moment (after one homicide & one assault--hence the new coop and run), but we plan to get some new chicks this spring. We plan to need space for about a dozen or so.
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    To elevate or not?

    So we are finally planning our permanent coop and run in southern Alabama, and after looking at so many examples, I'm still not sure what the pros and cons are of elevating the coop or not. The site we'll most likely use is mostly shaded most of the year (NW of the house under live oaks...
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    Helo from Gulf Coast Alabama!

    Hey from Grand Bay, kstan! We're newish here, too, and looking for ways to take care of our ladies in this crazy weather!
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    Weird behavior today-- illness?

    I thought I might either check her out myself or send her for more info, but my husband took care of her body before I got a chance.
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    Weird behavior today-- illness?

    She died last night.
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    Weird behavior today-- illness?

    Is 3-4 years considered old?
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    Weird behavior today-- illness?

    She's been laying sporadically for months. She is kind of hunching up like her abdomen is troubling her, and her tail feathers are working like she's trying to pass something. She seems to be doing off, but she's stayed standing. She did just go to the water bowl and drink, but now she's...
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    Weird behavior today-- illness?

    Not hearing any wheezing or rattling, but it's whole body breathing. I definitely get the impression she's trying to pass something. She's been laying sporadically for months...
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    Weird behavior today-- illness?

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    Weird behavior today-- illness?

    I'm new to this and could use insights from folks more experienced: we have one hen (best guess 3-4 years old) who has separated herself from the rest of the chickens and is standing very still (for hours now) and breathing kind of heavily at times just today. I haven't seen her eat or drink...
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    FERMENTED FEEDS...anyone using them?

    Hi all! I only made it 200 pages through this thread, so please forgive me if this has been asked and answered, but I have been fermenting feed for our five 3- year-old adopted hens for the last 8 months, but now we have three new 7-week-old chicks that we are trying to integrate. Mostly...
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    Alabama

    Hi all! Just a quick shout out from LA; we're near Grand Bay.
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    Homesteaders

    Taking a moment to say hello because after reading all 4000-some posts, I feel like I know you (at least somewhat) and it would be creepy not to put myself out there :) I don't know that I'd call us homesteaders--that seems almost like a club with a special, secret handshake sometimes-- but we...
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    New brooder, new chicken house

    Love this!
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