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    Sour/Impacted crop help

    Update: Today her crop felt a lot softer today, but it is still full and hanging. It's squishy when I massage it, and I feel something sloshing around, so I'm not sure if that's a good thing. I have done more massaging and continued to give her oil/ACV/water solution only. Still no food. She...
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    Sour/Impacted crop help

    I was able to put some olive oil and acv in the water, and she seems to be drinking that like crazy. So I have waited for her to finish drinking and I try to massage her crop. It's still large and softball sized and has not gone down. This morning, a large frog found its way into the run, and I...
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    Sour/Impacted crop help

    Her poop is watery and brownish. Sometimes it's just straight water. She will not let me touch her face and I'm so afraid of handling her too roughly and forcing her mouth open. I check her crop every day usually in the morning. It is always hard and hangs down when she walks. I have her in an...
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    Sour/Impacted crop help

    Is there a way for me to administer without opening her beak? She always keeps jerking her head away, not letting me touch her, so I am unable to administer anything to her beak. It is already hard enough trying to massage her crop. She always squirms and tries to fly whenever I touch her, so I...
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    Sour/Impacted crop help

    My hen has had a very large pouch on her crop for a couple of months. She doesn't eat anything, but drinks a lot. At first I thought it was cocci, so I gave her Corrid in her water, but that didn't help. I then noticed her large pouch and realized it was her crop. I have given her strictly ACV...
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    Riboflavin feed and treat suggestions?

    It is difficult for me to take a pic of her feet only. Basically, it is like she has lost all feeling in her toes only. She can move her leg, but she can’t move her toes in a way that they can spread out on the ground so she can walk. I can move her toes (they are not stiff or anything) but she...
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    Riboflavin feed and treat suggestions?

    Can you please clarify this? I am not sure I understand. Is there a particular brand or type of tablet that has what you are taking about? I do not trust myself to be able to measure this correctly…
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    Riboflavin feed and treat suggestions?

    I have an 8 month old hen who has been limping for about 4 months. She can move her leg, but not her toes. Her toes are not curled. Already checked for humblefoot, scaly leg mites, sores, etc. I even gave her legs an epsom salt bath just in case, and also applied vaseline and anti fungal...
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    Grandpa's Feeder (and other feeder recommendations)

    I've been eyeing the Grandpa's Feeder after all the rave reviews on Youtube and other places, but I'm wondering if this feeder will repel bugs, especially ants. If this feeder does not repel bugs, does anyone have any suggestions on one that does? I am basically looking for a mouse-proof and...
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    Ideas for washable/reusable chicken bedding for nesting box?

    Do the chickens like it? It's not too hard for them to sit on?
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    Ideas for washable/reusable chicken bedding for nesting box?

    I've seen reviews on Youtube for various types of reusable bedding for nesting boxes (like nesting pads), but, seeing them, they look so flimsy and thin, I feel like my hens would not use them because they're not soft enough like a nest. I was thinking about fake grass, but I'm afraid they will...
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    Coop Light Suggestion?

    There are no windows, but I have an autodoor, so when it opens then it is very bright inside. There are some vents in the back that let in a little light. I have 5 chicks.
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    Coop Light Suggestion?

    How do motion solar lights work?
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    Coop Light Suggestion?

    Yes they use the ramp just fine. Thet go in and out of the coop no problem while it’s daylight, but once it starts getting dark they don’t know to return to the coop.
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    Coop Light Suggestion?

    I recently moved my chicks to the outside coop (Eglu Cube). It has only been 2 days, but they still do not know how to go back to the coop before dusk. I have been manually putting them back in the coop. I would like to try putting a light in the coop and hopefully that would help. I am looking...
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