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    Tunnel between garden rows from Coop

    I have my coop located next to my garden. I want to build some type of half circle tunnel that I can lay between my garden rows so that the chickens can walk up and down between each row and eat weeds and bugs. Any ideas? I was thinking chicken wire and PVC but want to get some other opinions.
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    Letting chicks roam free in yard, How to get them back in coop?

    I have a large open run for my chicks who are around 10 weeks old now. I want to cut a door opening in the side of the fence that faces my pasture so when I cut the grass they can go eat grass hoppers, my problem is that some of them cant figure out how to get back in once their out. I either...
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    TINY bugs in coop and ANTS! help please

    so we went on vacation to come back and find a opossum had got in the coop and eaten some eggs, but no chickens were harmed, some of the egg yolk was in the coop and I guess attracted black ants and these very tine bugs, what can i put in the coop that wont harm the hens and get rid of the ants...
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    Dead Chicken in Yard?

    so I let them out last night and they usually make their way back to the coop around dark, they havent been out in a week so I thought it would be fine. we live in a negihborhood and our house sits back off the road. This mornign my black sex link is laying dead (and stiff) in the yard, go to...
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    Young Hen gash in Leg what to do?

    Ok gave her to someone that could fix her
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    Bumble foot help!!

    So if I don't do this surgery it will die?
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    Bumble foot help!!

    My hen has a bad case of bumble foot. Been swollen for a week now, what can I do to make the swelling go down? Will it eventually go away?
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    Young Hen gash in Leg what to do?

    her whole foot is swollen, is there anything I can give her to keep the swelling down?
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    Young Hen gash in Leg what to do?

    Thanks for the help, I will clarify a few things, I need help with the injury, what to do and how to treat it, she is in a plastic bin alone with chavings, food and water and now some blueberries, kept inside, cleaned the wound and added neosporin
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    Young Hen gash in Leg what to do?

    Here are some pictures, you can see her foot is swollen, she still can't walk on it and hasn't drank any water in 2days, what should i do?
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    Young Hen gash in Leg what to do?

    Had to put the rooster down, the hen won't even put her foot on the ground, looks kinda swollen, I'll post a pic tomorrow
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