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    Setting up our dust bath

    I said *like* onto asbestos. It didn't it was. The not subtle difference being, Parrots and the like don't roll face down in dust multiple times a day, they typically bathe in water. I also imagine it was under the floor on the tray, where they couldn't reach it easily even had they wanted...
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    Setting up our dust bath

    No, it isn't. I have researched this pretty heavily, is not safe for your you or your especially your birds to breathe. It offers little benefits and the negatives are many, even in the food grade stuff It's not a safe or eco friendly product, it's a product of strip mining. The only reason...
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    Winter brooding question: keep ~a dozen chicks in the incubator or buy a brooder?

    They can stay in the incubator for a day or two, but the brooder is preferred
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    Setting up our dust bath

    I'd recommend you skip the Diotomaeceous Earth, it's extremely bad for them and you to breathe. It's like asbestos to a bird's lungs. It doesn't control or kill external or internal parasites, unfortunately .
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    New Asil cockerel attacking hens

    He can definitely carry disease.
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    New Asil cockerel attacking hens

    You quarantine completely for one month, they can't even share the same air but it's a bit too late for that. See but no touch introduction is what most people do. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/how-to-introduce-new-chickens-to-an-existing-flock.77417/
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    New Asil cockerel attacking hens

    What's he quarantined at all? How was he introduced?
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    Three bully hens and two roosters with major feather plucking

    What's their normal diet? How big is the coop?
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    loosing feathers not in molting

    Can you please provide more details ? Age? Have you checked for mites? What spray? Can you get pictures? How are they kept? Can they scratch to wear down their nails? How do you know they're not molting?
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    Help

    X2, it's wry neck. Treat as above, she should be right as rain in a week or two. I also really reccomend you stop all the herbs and spices, they offer no benefits for your birds and can harm them. Most I'd which by blocking nutrition and blood thinning. Reduce the scratch to once or twice a...
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    Looking to change layer feeds - Opinions needs

    I think it smells nice.
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    Pet Peeves

    Last time I was there, most of the lumber was actually nice, I should have stocked up
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    Nuthatchs' Woods Wandering *pic heavy*

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    Pet Peeves

    The hardest part of any woodworking project: finding straight lumber at the home depot.
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    Black Copper Maran rooster mixed with Columbian Rock hen.

    Black chicks
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