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    Topic of the Week - Aggressive Roosters: What is the best way to handle them?

    EXCELLENT reply & I agree 150%.
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    Sailing the world with your chicken

    http://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/sailing-alone-around-the-world-with-a-pet-chicken?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool This article is on CNN's website, thought you might enjoy it.
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    Topic of the Week - Deworming chickens

    Here is a couple of pics of it. They were made when we were building the coop & before we had the electric ran to it.
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    Topic of the Week - Deworming chickens

    I think that is a great idea to get your chickens outside quickly. I would address the worm situation after a few months of them getting their bodies regulated. I have an automatic door for my coop which I LOVE. The greatest thing since ice cream. It is electric & we have had no issues with...
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    Topic of the Week - Deworming chickens

    I think free range deserves all the credit it gets. It is the natural way to keep chickens. My yard is probably an acre & a half. They mostly stay in the backyard. I have all kinds of shrubs & bushes that they like to lay under, dirt holes they like to wallow in......the freedom to go where...
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    Topic of the Week - Deworming chickens

    Also I was going to add that being outside, in the dirt, also plays other important roles. Coccidiosis is parasite that chickens can get that can be prevented with medicated feed when they are chicks & raised in the house or brooder because they are not exposed to native cocci & won't naturally...
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    Topic of the Week - Deworming chickens

    You do have a fantastic barn & a great place for your chickens at night but I think they really need outside during the day. You said your problems started about 3 months after you got them & they had been free ranged. Chickens do not produce eggs year round. They focus on seasons likely to...
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    Topic of the Week - Deworming chickens

    I think they need to be outside. The sun & light have a lot to do with their laying & the vitamins they get from the sun. I personally am outside all the time. I have to have the outside & I think all animals do too. I would go nuts if inside all the time. It is mother nature.
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    Topic of the Week - Deworming chickens

    Oldhen I almost always agree with you, we seem to see things a lot the same way. I am very much all natural as much as possible. I personally would never do DE or apple cider in their water. I wouldn't want to drink water with that in it!!!! We have wonderful well water & that is what they...
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    Topic of the Week - Deworming chickens

    I agree with you on the worming. I have never wormed mine & they are 2 1/2 years old. I have had fecal checks ran on them from my vet & all were negative. I just had one ran about a month ago & it is not expensive. I know from all my years in horses that worming just to be worming is bad. In...
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    Rooster Chat

    Oldhen & Microchick I love your posts & I think this is a good thread. I thought a lot about your posts. I do consider mine pets. To me a pet is something you interact with constantly, it is mutually rewarding, & with complete & total trust. There is no dominance from me to them or vise...
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