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    Everyone's a critic now.

    Mine associate those with turning the compost pile, so they come running when they see me with a rake or shovel 😂
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    Everyone's a critic now.

    My daughter had a pair of brown and pink plaid pants and my husband had a blue plaid shirt that scared our flock. All other plaid clothes are fine:idunno The most terrifying outfit was the one I wore to work and walked by the run once. A khaki skirt, off white sweater and a long rust colored...
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    Chicken math….. what did you start with? What do you have now?

    We originally wanted only 6 chickens and built a coop for 6. 2 EE, 2 Dominique, and 2 Sapphire Splash. Sadly one of the Sapphire Splash died in the first couple of days, so at the end of the first week we replaced her with 3 Olive eggers😂 The next year, we built a second coop and added 8 more...
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    Nutrena Country Feeds Cracked Corn recall

    Saw a recall posted yesterday for possible aflatoxin in this feed: https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/cargill-conducts-voluntary-recall-single-lot-nutrenar-country-feedsr-cracked-corn-livestock-due
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    Administering Oral Meds

    What type of medication are you giving her? I add liquid dewormer to small pieces of bread. My flock now thinks deworming is great! I have added the powdered contents of a capsule to chilled coconut oil. One of my girls loved this. The other one who needed the medication hated the coconut...
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    Bumblefoot – is this a good treatment plan?

    I don't really have anything to add to what coach723 has told you, that is really good advice. I do remember that the swelling between Torchic's toes did take a while to go down after the infection was gone. The skin was pretty stretched out and she still has a small amount of extra skin...
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    Bumblefoot – is this a good treatment plan?

    :hugs If you aren't getting any significant amount of pus out of her foot, then as coach723 says, it is time for a break for both of you. I had to take several breaks with Wanda while treating her bumblefoot. Bumblefoot can be so frustrating! It feels like you need to do something, but taking...
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    Does your run/coop smell very bad during winter?

    Second this recommendation for Zeolite in the coop especially if you have poop boards. Can also confirm that sand is not as good as Zeolite. We sometimes mix sand and Zeolite since Zeolite is so much more expensive than sand, but the sand stays wet much longer! In the middle of summer...
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    Does your run/coop smell very bad during winter?

    We originally had sand in our run and ended up replacing it with a deep litter of mulch and pine needles because of the smell 🤢 . Even scooping the poop a minimum of twice a day didn't help. I know some people have sand in the run and love it, but with our wet environment it just didn't work...
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    Bumblefoot – is this a good treatment plan?

    I don't always soak in epsom salt either. It is helpful if I need to remove a tough scab, but if you are wrapping and using the spray/ointment daily then a daily soak isn't really necessary. That is a very good video, I hadn't seen it either. I will also need to look into a curette, so thanks...
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    Greetings, Egglings!

    :frow Welcome to BYC!
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    Bumblefoot – is this a good treatment plan?

    The swelling does look like it has gone down 😊 Sigh, sometimes it does seem like it is one thing after another with chickens. But they are so adorable and we love them so much it is absolutely worth it!
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    Bumblefoot – is this a good treatment plan?

    Glad you were able to get something out!! The bulge on the top of her foot is exactly like the one Torchic had. Hopefully, she will begin healing now that some of the infection is gone and the triple antibiotic can reach the source of the infection. The stringy type of bumblefoot infection is so...
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    Bumblefoot – is this a good treatment plan?

    Oh good, I was going to suggest this when I started reading your reply. I have had one girl, Torchic, with bumblefoot that ended up only being reached from the top of her foot. I bought sterile scalpels and made the smallest incision that I could make on the top of her foot webbing. I was...
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    Food/water in coop

    We haven't had any issues with mice since we removed the food, but we are also one property off of a marsh so mice have plenty of alternative water sources. For oyster shell, I bought a bird feeder like this one a few years ago. The roof protects most of the OS and the tray had drain holes for...
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