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    What is this?

    Thanks for the reply! I'll try to catch her and give her a good soaking wash. I do put ACV in their water. They sleep on a roost each night that I've seen them. Sometimes it is the one in their coop, but I have seen them on my kids' swing set and the rails of my porch even on nice nights. I've...
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    What is this?

    Here is another of just her.
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    What is this?

    One of my white chickens seems to always have a dirty butt. She isn't one that enjoys coming to me or allowing me to pick her up. They are totally free range around my yard and stay in their coop pretty much every night. I never know who is laying and who isn't so I'm not sure if she is or not...
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    3 month old sick

    That sounds just like what she is doing. Should I treat the older girls too? I have some that are 3 years old and others that are 7 months old.
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    Sick chick!

    Pasty butt? Sometimes some just don't make it unfortunately.
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    3 month old sick

    Oh, and I did bring her inside in my sick cage. She has moved a bit more after being in for a few hours. She had eaten some feed and drank a bit of water. I did add some apple cider vinegar to her water inside.
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    3 month old sick

    My 3 month old Gold-laced Wyndot is acting off. I had three hens in a cage outside near my coop for my older hens but separate. One girl died virtually overnight. She was fine in the morning one day and dead the next morning. No signs of anything visible wrong. I thoroughly scrubbed the cage and...
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    New chicks pecked by older chickens/guineas

    Thank you for the replies! One more question, should I keep them in a place without dust or shavings while they heal? The crate I have them in I have shavings in there and I'm wondering if it could be bad for them to keep getting on their wounds and getting them dirty. I've read differing...
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    New chicks pecked by older chickens/guineas

    Hi all! I had 5 new chicks that I was introducing to my flock. I have 4 older hens and 3 guineas (that adopted my house and I can't get rid of them) in the area where I had the new chicks. The young ones are about 7 weeks old. I had them in their box with a lid on it and placed that into the...
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    Selling Eggs?

    Thank you! I haven't found any farm fresh eggs at my local farmer's market, so I didn't know what to price them.
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    Selling Eggs?

    Anyone sell your eggs? How do you gage what to price them? I'm getting 4-5 eggs per day right now (I have 5 hens) and we have a pretty good amount in our fridge. I had a friend who wanted to buy some, but I don't have any idea what to charge her? Is $4 a dozen ridiculous or reasonable...
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    What to feed and how to water older hens?

    I'm getting my first chickens this week. I have the coop set up now (very generally) and I was wondering about how you guys feed and what you'd feed to older chickens. I'm getting 6 from a woman who is tired of taking care of them. 2 are older and have been laying a while. The other 4 are...
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    Existing horse stall, how to make it a coop

    This is looking into the stall from the backyard. I'd enclose where you see the 2X4s with chicken wire and make a door. Right now you can see there is just a bunch of junk in there stored. This looks out into the very back where I'd make the 10X10 space for them to roam. This is...
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    Existing horse stall, how to make it a coop

    Hi all! I'm new and I'm interested in getting some chickens. I have a large workshop in our backyard that has what was once a horse stall at the back of it. I am thinking of converting this into a chicken coop and allowing the chickens to roam free outside the stall in the very backyard. I...
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    Hello from Alabama!

    Hi, my name is Beth and I'm interested in getting some hens to keep in our backyard. We live on about 2 acres and it is mostly country out here. I'm a mom to 3 young kids and I would like them to learn to keep chickens and take care of them well. I'm here looking for advice and ideas. Thanks!
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