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    Elector PSP: How Often to Use, Safe to Use with Permethrin?

    Thank you krissyweso! I was looking exactly for this info. Unfortunately, I’m not able to find if I can bathe my chicken’s crusty vent area a day after treatment. I treated her yesterday and would like to bathe her today.
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    Does oyster shell also serve as grit?

    I was told by an employee of a feed store that I didn’t need grit if I offered oyster shell as it serves as both a calcium supplement and a source of grit. For those in the know, what is your opinion?
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    Help! Pullet is unwell

    No she didn’t. I made a nest for her in the crate with a blanket and when I checked on her later she was sleeping. Next morning I found her dead unfortunately. She had gotten out on her nest though. So sad as I only had 4 hens and three Roos to get rid of (why couldn’t it have been a Roo?!)...
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    Deep litter vs deep bedding method

    Hello Bushasted. You are a year ahead of me and have been through a winter since your question. Can you share your experience thus far on coop bedding management? My coop is on a cement pad so I was just planning on cherry picking poop daily since I don’t have many chickens.
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    Help! Pullet is unwell

    I’m making an electrolytes mixture now that I googled. Should I try and get her to drink some now or wait …I’m just worried as when I put her I a crate I tipped her over and water ran out of her mouth (I’m thinking this was water that she drank earlier). [/ICODE]
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    Help! Pullet is unwell

    I just separate her from the flock and when I lifted her up and put her in the crate she was tipped forward and fluid ran right out of her beak. Likely the water she drank a couple hours ago
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    Help! Pullet is unwell

    No
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    Help! Pullet is unwell

    I have a 14 week old Pullet that I found listless this afternoon. I thought she was dehydrated because she might not have been getting enough water from the nipple waterer that I just introduced a few days ago. I gave her a bowl of water and with some vitamin powder and she did spend time...
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    Molting?

    Hi! Mine are 14 weeks and although I don’t have a ‘feather explosion’ look in the coop there are definitely feathers. And although there are no bare patches on my birds I was thinking their feathers look ‘loose’. I didn’t think such young birds molted. I was glad to see your post so I guess...
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    Dust bath questions

    Dang. No it’s not in direct sunlight. It’s in a covered run that doesn’t get much sunlight. It is permanent so can’t be moved and was specifically placed away from the areas of the run that do get wet when it rains. I guess I’ll have to change it out yearly (I hope that’s enough).
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    Dust bath questions

    Does the material in a dust bath need to ever be replaced or does it stay functional forever (as long as it stays dry)? Does it matter if your chickens poop in it? Yes, I will scoop poop out when I see it but it just doesn’t seem right that chickens are bathing in material that they have pooped in.
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    Feed grade DE vs Food grade

    I think you are misinformed or under informed about the effect of using DE to control parasites. There are many accounts of peoples first hand experiences and success in their trials of using DE.
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    Feed grade DE vs Food grade

    Hi. I went to a local feed store to buy a bag of food grate diatomaceous earth to use in a dust bath mixture, to dust my coop for parasite prevention and to occasionally use in chicken feed also for parasite prevention. The store only carried feed grade DE. I bought it thinking it will be ok...
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    Limited nesting boxes and dealing with broody hens

    Hens going broody is the thing I worry about the most with regards to having chickens. I have been reading posts about breaking broody hens …what do you recommend as a ‘broody buster’? I’m worried about what happens if I’m not successfully at breaking their bloodiness. I’ve read posts of...
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    Limited nesting boxes and dealing with broody hens

    No I have no intention of letting them hatch out eggs. Small backyard flock so I can’t cater to that no matter how much I’d like to.
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