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    Help! I found worms in my chickne poop!

    THanksnso much for your info and kind words! That all makes sense! One quick more question. Does the Valbazen dewormer have a long shelf life? I can't seem to find that answer anywhere.
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    Help! I found worms in my chickne poop!

    I'll do 60 chickens if I have too! Lol!! Good idea on the shoes not going past the coop!!! Would you recommend me cleaning their entire coop top to bottom? Get the old hay put new hay in? Bleaching the poop boards? I'm am just beyond horrified. Lmao.
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    Help! I found worms in my chickne poop!

    i jistbam so upset!!! I have about 60 chickens. I clean their poop boards once a week or week and half. Their nest boxes are always clean. I found two 2-4 inch worms in two dropping of poop on the poop board. I am so upset right now. I've researched worms in chickens and it seems like a never...
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    Lavender Orpingtons dob June 5, 2017

    This is totally not the place and but I can not figure for the life of me how to post a question? I've signed up and am logged in. Any help would be appreciated.
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    Sand versus Dry Bedding

    Any thoughts on using sand in your chicken coop instead of dry Bedding. pros and cons any thoughts??
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    40 Hens in an 8x8x8 coop??

    Okie so more ventilationThere is some at the top of the walls but we can defiantly open it up more. I may only add 13 more birds. Thanks all for your replays.
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    40 Hens in an 8x8x8 coop??

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    40 Hens in an 8x8x8 coop??

    I currently have 20 hens 4 of which are bantams the rest are RIR BR and a few other that are comparable in size. I picked up 20 more chicks. I currently have two roots and under the roost is a platform that catch the poop. I keep it very clean. I have 4 nest boxes that are attached but built...
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    Egg split in half??

    I have 4 hens. I went to open the coop door this morning and discovered an egg that looked like a human had cracked it in half. It looks like some of the inside was eaten. I can't tell since the hay is in the way. But as I have read on other threads if a hen ate the egg it would have looked as...
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    What is tho on my egg?

    Thank you all very much!! I do give them oyster shells everyday because they started laying rubber eggs. I will cut back :)
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    What is tho on my egg?

    One of my chickens is laying eggs with what looks like dried hard tiny bubbles on her shell.y hens are not very old. 7 months. Any ideas?!
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    What in the heck kind if egg did my chicken lay!!!!

    I will get those oyster shells right away!! Thank you guys very much!!
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    What in the heck kind if egg did my chicken lay!!!!

    No they do not. The do eat my veggie and fruit scraps and organic pellets. The last 3ish days however I have been giving them a lot of Lettuce from our garden. They enjoy it so much. Perhaps they are eating too many scraps an not enough pellets in the last 3 days?? Where would I get oyster...
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    What in the heck kind if egg did my chicken lay!!!!

    When I went to let out my chickens which are just five months old today (and just started laying small eggs within the week) I found on the coop floor two eggs. However these egg appeared to have no shell!! One was whole and the other looked like maybe the other was stepped on or pecked at...
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    Why are the eggs tuff to crack??

    My chxiekns just started laying. Thy are five months old. Their eggs are very small. I've read this can be normal. However I've cracked a few of them and they are very very tuff to crack and the shell ends pushing up into the yolk even before it hits the bowl. Is this a common thing?? Am I...
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