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    goodbye martha.

    Our other bird Leah passed away in the night last night with the same illness as martha. RIP Leah
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    Clear plastic curtains/rollup shades for wind/rain protection of run?

    Plastic sheeting to protect from rain and snow during the coming winner
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    Preparing the coup for winter

    Added a rain/ snow cover for the coming winter
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    Sand as a ground cover in coop

    yes I have recently converted to sand in both the run and the coop and I can honestly say I am glad I did. The main benefits is that it is easily cleaned with just a quick scoop with a cat litter scoop so you can go longer without a complete clean. It also reduces the smell as the sand smothers...
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    goodbye martha.

    Martha was my fav bird as when we first got her she would follow me around the garden and let me pick her up for some fuss. Byebye martha
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    goodbye martha.

    Thank you wyandottes7 i shall keep this information at the top of the list incase this happens again which i hope it doesnt. My first thought when lilly came down with it was that she had had a stroke due to her falling to one side but botulism would make sense. we have 3 ducks in the run with...
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    goodbye martha.

    Thank you both for you kind sympathys. Well both Lilly ( the other bird who died) and Martha went very downhill pretty much overnight. its hard to describe but initially they were standing in one place ALOT like it was an effort to move then they would be unbalanced and tend to fall over (to the...
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    goodbye martha.

    Had to say goodbye to my favourite bird Martha who passed away in the early hours of sunday. She had not been right for a few days and it got to the stage where she could not stand or move but she would eat and drink. We had another bird die of same thing a month or so ago. Not sure what the...
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    Homemade chicken treats

    my home made treat balls
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    Homemade chicken treats

    I have just made some treat balls for our birds. mix breadcrumbs, bird seed, meal worms and some of their daily corn feed. Add water until it becomes doughy enough to form into large-ish balls and bake in the oven until dry. i guess u can experiment with all kinds of ingredients, im sure the...
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    sand

    Just put a load of sand on the floor of the chucks coop. heard it was easier and better to clean out so thought id try it out. i certainly prefer the look of sand. we shall see how the birds like it Tonight.
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    Hello from rainy england

    And for an instant de-popularisation ive been giving them the good news with a blowtorch :D
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    Hello from rainy england

    Thank you all for the greeting. Happyhens1972. Ihave been using DE aswel as it come highly recommended by the guy in the chicken supply shop i go to. Also got poultry shield and red mite powder and even tried a fumer bomb thingy but i think it was a little small for the size of our coop.
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    Hello from rainy england

    Hi everyone. The mrs told me about this forum and thought i should join. We have many chucks and ducks however am currently having a battle with red mite :(. i am doing the my best to keep on top of it with the various powders and stuff so hope they go away pretty soonish
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