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    Bumblefoot surgery - with pics and "how to"

    Recently did some surgery on three of my hens feet who had bumblefoot, small puffy pads with round black scab. We soaked their feet for twnety+ minutes and that seemed to help soften the scab and was able to pull it off easily. We got some blood and not much else came out. There was some...
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    Bumble foot??

    So I’m guessing from the responses they both most likely have it. Is the scab in the middle usually a give away? I’m guessing the swelling too but the lighter he. Doesn’t really have swelling just that hard scab like the polish does. When you say spray and dress is that all I should be doing or...
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    Bumble foot??

    Generally no but I’m in Colorado and we have had a lot of rain recently that is not characteristic for us.
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    Bumble foot??

    Hello guys, Noticed one of my chickens had a bump on the “pad” of her foot. Checked another chicken just to see how her feet looked and saw something kind of similar but not as severe, and both of her feet kind of looked the same. The black polish has the bump on one of her feet but not the...
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    Gold Deathlayer Roosters (FREE)

    Where are you located and would you ship?
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    Gold Deathlayer Roosters (FREE)

    Where have you been getting the chicks? I'm having a hard time tracking some chicks or pullets down.
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    Roost design

    I could try moving to bars around. The window is actually upside down so it is permanently open at the top.
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    Roost design

    So it’s hit or miss but this is all of them on the same roosting bar. Generally if they are all up there is a pretty tight fit. Two of them are also only 16 weeks old, so still growing. Should I just let them sort it out or possibly raise the lower bar to be the same height as the other one or...
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    Roost design

    This could be the case since she is kind of the outcast right now sadly. We got two pullets at the same time one a ordinary EE and her a GLW and she seems to be picked on more than the EE. The weird thing is that if she is on the bar she doesn't mind the other birds and they leave her alone. if...
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    Roost design

    Any tips or suggestions to get hens to use the bars? I have one hen that unless she is on the top bar wont roost on the lower bar. She isn't even head hen she is the newest and youngest chicken we have, roughly 12/13 weeks. Some nights if she gets in first she will get on the top bar but if she...
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    Nesting box

    I have fake eggs In there right now and the nesting boxes are the level with the floor. The coop is raised and the nesting boxes are on the side of the coop. So she lays the same height as the beating boxes. She did it a couple times idk if she just like digging a nest in the pine. I added some...
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    Nesting box

    Any suggestions for making hens lay in the NB? I have four hens that just started laying two of them consistently lay in the boxes while one laid her first time in the box then moved to the coop floor and dug a nest in the shavings and started laying there. Some of the other hens have started to...
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    Finally chickens started to pay rent.

    After not expecting our chickens to lay this winter we were surprised with our polish laying her first egg followed by our OE and lavender laying the following day. Pretty cool to see the color variations from day to day.
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    Winter Prep Help!

    I plan to wrap the run with some sort of wind barrier I'm just worried mostly about leaving the window open and having it blow into the coop and creating a draft. It is above their head and I have the ability to semi close the window but since I wont be home i wont be able to open it again once...
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    Winter Prep Help!

    Not to hijack and didn't want to start a whole new thread. My chickens have been doing well so far in Colorado winter but this week it is supposed to get down to -8 which isn't concerning but what i am worried about is the wind-chill will make it -30/40. All my ventilation for the chickens is...
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