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    My spring chicks/ chicken tractor

    Thank you! We originally built it for the turkeys. The one PVC perch worked well for them during the day and they went to the coop at night. There is a built in option for a second perch. I considered wrapping it but haven’t since no adults are in it overnight and I’m not planning on having...
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    My spring chicks/ chicken tractor

    Moved my newest flock members to their larger temporary enclosure. They are about 6 weeks old. Still having pretty cold nights in NY and we have some snow coming soon so they need their heat lamps (secured well and have hardware cloth covering them). Will add some more toys soon, swing etc. I...
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    Ended 2024 Valentine's Day Contest Series—Some Poultry Are Red, Some Are Blue, But Let's Not Forget, They Can Be Barred Too!

    Entry 3: another close up- I love how curious birdies are
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    Ended 2024 Valentine's Day Contest Series—Some Poultry Are Red, Some Are Blue, But Let's Not Forget, They Can Be Barred Too!

    Entry 2: after looking for pics for this contest, I realized my Barred Rocks are pretty photogenic 😊.
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    Ended 2024 Valentine's Day Contest Series—Cutest Couples Photo Contest—Poultry Edition

    Entry 3: Pretty Boy and one of his hens hanging out waiting for the wild birds to drop some food
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    Ended 2024 Valentine's Day Contest Series—Cutest Couples Photo Contest—Poultry Edition

    Entry 2: two of my silkies sunbathing- they were BFF’s and inseparable, unfortunately both have passed.
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    Ended 2024 Valentine's Day Contest Series—Cutest Couples Photo Contest—Poultry Edition

    Entry 1: Jenny and Romeo (Plymouth Blue Rocks) out for a stroll
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    Ended 2024 Valentine's Day Contest Series—Some Poultry Are Red, Some Are Blue, But Let's Not Forget, They Can Be Barred Too!

    Entry 1: Barred Rock buddies sunbathing
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    Show me inside and outside of your homemade coops

    Thank you so much! I some how lost track of this post. Years late!! Sorry!
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    Show me inside and outside of your homemade coops

    I am so sorry- was going through my old posts and I don’t know how I didn’t see this- years late! Thank you! I’ve of course added more in the last few years. I buy the auto doors from https://www.automaticchickencoopdoor.com/ I have bought three of them from the site. One more for me and one...
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    Hen wheezing, gasping for air and sneezing/ coughing

    Thank you! I did. Both looked normal to me but to be honest I don’t know if I would know what abnormal would look like. Didn’t look enlarged. She is actually still in the freezer. Need to dig a hole to bury her. It’s very rocky on my property, need to get the backhoe on the tractor. So I still...
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    Hen wheezing, gasping for air and sneezing/ coughing

    Never mind, she died today. I did a quick necropsy and her crop was slightly sour smelling but nothing compared to my other chicken who had sour crop. Her abdomen looked normal from what I can see. I gave her watermelon in the evening yesterday and was surprised to see the seeds in her gizzard...
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    Hen wheezing, gasping for air and sneezing/ coughing

    Oops I posted to one of my replies that I meant to go to you. 😊 Please see videos and post above. Thank you!
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    Hen wheezing, gasping for air and sneezing/ coughing

    I’ve never done this before so hopefully it works but here are some videos of Tilly’s issue: The video of her behind chicken wire shows her sneezing/ coughing or whatever it is that she’s doing. She isn’t getting any better with all the treatments. I have been treating her for sour crop...
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    Hen wheezing, gasping for air and sneezing/ coughing

    Great, thanks for the guidance! I have used that article to treat a couple of my birdies. It is a good one! I actually have some Nystatin left from the rooster (he ended up with Thrush) and some Clotrimazole pills left from the hen with sour crop. I can start her on one and then ask my vet for a...
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