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    Black salve for bumblefoot?

    Hi everyone, I am sadly still on a long and arduous bumblefoot journey with two of my chickens. One had an extremely bad case which has been operated numerous times now by our vet and has made a lot of progress. We're still on epsom baths every day for both girls, and foot wraps with honey or...
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    Skinny chickens?

    Thanks for all the encouragement! I'm doing my best and so is my boyfriend now that he's realised that there's more upkeep to chickens than he first thought! Though I think that if I hadn't found this forum we would probably have lost all of them. They are all laying every day. I actually...
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    Skinny chickens?

    They are around 18 months and I'm not sure of the breeds though they are both smallish.
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    Skinny chickens?

    Thanks so much for taking the time to explain all that. I would say that the two birds in question are somewhere between 1 and 2 on the scale. Probably more 2 but definitely skinny. To explain- My boyfriend had 4 chickens one of which died two months ago. At this point I took things into...
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    Skinny chickens?

    Hi everyone, I have recently taken charge of my boyfriend's (now our) chickens and two of the three seem quite skinny to me. The third is a Coucou de Rennes and is huge, so I'm wondering if I'm just comparing them to her. How can I tell if the other two really are underweight without...
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    chicken art models needed

    I've started a few studies for the painting. I still don't know exactly which chickens I'll use yet, they are all delightful! So I'm doing some test portraits. Here are the first two. I'm trying to work on ways to stylise the feathers that will work with my painting style.
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    chicken art models needed

    This is a great photo! Thanks
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    chicken art models needed

    Thanks for posting! Your girls are beautiful. It will be an oil painting. Though there are so many great photos in the thread already that I'll probably do a series of drawings too.
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    chicken art models needed

    Yes! Her plumage is amazing. She's one of my favourites I have to admit.
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    chicken art models needed

    These guys are majestic! What breed is that second one?
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    chicken art models needed

    These are fantastic! Thanks so much. I'm open to all breeds and colours. I'm doing portraits of my own girls and was looking for a bit of variation for my larger pieces. I've only just started taking an interest in chickens since taking on the three that my boyfriend already had when I moved...
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    Hello From France, Everyone

    Hi there. I'm a fellow France-based Poupoule! Also new to BYC. I'm Scottish and live in the Limousin.
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    chicken art models needed

    Hi everyone. I'm a painter and working on a series of oil paintings of women with birds. I've just started a large piece of a woman holding two chickens -inspired by my recent chicken adventures! I would love to paint this from original references and thought it would be fun to ask around...
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    Bumble-proofing. Does roost width matter?

    I'm pretty sure it's something in the environment as one girl (Catherine) has it on both feet and another (Yubaba) has the beginnings of it. Catherine is very large and heavy and Yubaba is very reckless with her coup exit method. She does a kind of rock n' roll flying jump out every morning...
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    Post-bumble surgery care advice needed.

    Update: The vet is going to do all of Catherine Zeta Jones' treatment for free! :) :wee Him and his assistant are pleased that we're making the effort to treat her as there are so few that do around here. He said that her foot is looking much much better today and is confident that she'll get...
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