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    Best Heated Waterer

    I don't understand this. You put the bucket into the dog bowl and the dog bowl has no water in it? How, then, do the chickens reach the water?
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    Mites?

    Thanks! Just ordered the ivermectin and their spray as well. Ivermectin should do it--it gets dog mites and pretty much every other kind, too!
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    Mites?

    And how will I know when they are "under control"? It will take a while for feathers to grow back. I'm not sure how I'll know?
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    Mites?

    And do I need to actually put the dust ON the chickens? Even Svetlana? The 2 new ones (who are affected) are terrified of me. Not gonna be easy. :(
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    Mites?

    I spray the coop--what about their yard? 2 10X10 dog runs, together. One is just soil--one is sand.
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    Mites?

    Ugh--sounds awful! How long is that likely to be? And I assume the eggs should not be used in the meantime? How toxic IS the stuff?
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    Mites?

    No! I don't know what to do? Can nobody help? I've ready about Sevin dust, but isn't that terribly toxic? Does DE actually work? HELP, PLEASE! :(
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    Mites?

    Hi all--haven't been around recently. My red-sex-link, Svetlana, is doing great. I recently lost Felicity, who I rescued from a bad situation where the was being picked on and overbred. Her eggs were never normal (she laid sporadically and the eggs were thin-shelled and malformed), so I...
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    My Girls 4

    Meet My Chooks! Be sure to check out my Coop and Run Page, and my Mud Eradication Page, too! :-) Part I: Clarice I became a chicken mom purely by accident. In 2003 I moved to a small farm in Middle Tennessee with my dogs, cats, tortoise, and horses. I had no intention of having chickens--I'm...
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    Mud Eradication Project

    My Mud Eradication Project When I originally set up my chicken coop and run, I just bungied a tarp across the flat wire roof I put on the dog kennel. This worked (kind of) until it filled with rain, causing the wire roof to sag and tear. It also never did a great job of keeping out the rain...
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    Pawspluss Chicken Coop

    Pick a Little, Talk a Little Craigslist Finds Chicken Coop and Run for 4 Lucky Pet Chooks My coop and run started with a 10x10x6 chain link dog kennel, found on Craigslist for $100. On left the kennel as I found it; on right the kennel with wire cover, hardware cloth apron, and original small...
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    Any suggestions for how to help Clarice deal w/ Bianco (roo)?

    Thanks, TruGritCkn. You're a class act.
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    Any suggestions for how to help Clarice deal w/ Bianco (roo)?

    Quote: I'm curious: Do you think this is funny?? B/c I don't. I think it's extremely rude. I think it's clear from my post that these are pet chickens, and for you to suggest such a thing is reprehensibly rude. You may operate this way, but I do not, and I made that clear. There is...
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    Any suggestions for how to help Clarice deal w/ Bianco (roo)?

    There's nothing wrong w/ Bianco! He's gentle to the other girls and would be w/ Clarice, except she runs away and fights him. He has to hold her down roughly b/c she won't give in. I'm not blaming her, but I'm not about to blame him either--he's just acting the way roosters have been bred by...
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    Any suggestions for how to help Clarice deal w/ Bianco (roo)?

    Quote: Yeah. <sigh> I won't rehome Bianco--I know what happens to roosters out in the Real World. I can't do that to him. I guess I'll just keep things as they are for now--i.e., Bianco and Audrey in the adjoining run during the day w/ Clarice and Svetlana in the main run. I'm not going to...
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