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    Small cut on foot

    Thank you!
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    Small cut on foot

    I noticed today that my almost 1 year old Langshan hen has a small cut about 1 cm long in the “ankle” above a feather. We put antibiotic ointment on it but I realized I never bought a chicken first aid kit. How should I really treat it and with what products? I want to be sure the chickens don’t...
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    Water Nipples Question

    My husband put nipples in the caps of single serving Gatorade bottles (which are thicker) and wired them to the corners of our brooder. To train the chicks off the standard waterer. I taught my “smartest “ chicken, the one who you notice discovers things first and she taught the rest!
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    Hello!

    Hi, I’m a new backyard chicken owner. We have a flock of 9 nine week olds. 3 we think are roos! I have Olive Eggers, Whiting True Vlues, Langshans and Appenzeller Spitzhaubens. We have had a great time so far caring for our flock. I’m looking forward to reading up on re-homing our Roos since we...
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