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    The Lice Came Back!

    Stop giving them baths. You are undoing any treatments you are trying as well as damaging the birds feathers. Your bathing them is removing any of the natural preen oils they work so hard to get into their feathers. Your perpetual bathing them is probably causing most of your issues. Stay with...
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    Lice

    Welcome and an update on your lice issue would be helpful. You want to kill them, not make them uncomfortable. PERMETHRIN is the only safe thing to use on them. Diatomacious Earth has been show to kill your chickens if they breathe it in and it really does not do what people tout that it does...
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    How to convert metal frame run to open-air coop?

    Do you live where there is snow, or the possibility of snow? Anything but a solid wooden roof and frame will collapse under the weight of any type of snow. The metal tubing for what you pictured will not support any weight.
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    My dog is a chicken eater, don't know what to do

    Simply this, your dog is a chicken killer and will always be. It wasn't trained when a pup and it is too late now. Tying the dead chicken around the neck of a dog that doesn't care just gave the dog a bird to eat and reinforced the behavior. The dog doesn't care about pleasing you it seems. Put...
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    Thief Stealing Chickens. Please Help!

    I have a Bushnell that does very well. If you get a trail camera, make sure you choose one that the infrared lights can not be seen. Otherwise, the glowing, red lights on the camera at night will give away it's location. I also have WYZE Outdoor cameras. They are wireless, insanely easy to set...
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    Feeding twice a day - when do you give treats?

    Actually, the manufactured diets made for poultry have been researched and tested to death over many years. Farmers can not afford to be feeding food to their birds that isn't good for them and doesn't produce healthy stock. A farmer that doesn't produce good stock will fail in the business...
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    Egg thief!

    Sorry, the fox is taking what you haven't bothered to protect. Eggs out in the bushes are fair game. If you want eggs, your birds should be laying them in nests in the coop. Pen them up until they learn to do so. You are deliberately attracting the wildlife by allowing the birds to wander off...
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    Feeding twice a day - when do you give treats?

    You should be allowing them to free feed all day. Do not limit their food intake. Look up and buy a Grandpa's Feeder. Stop feeding scratch. If you feel you must give it to them, give it to them at the end of the day after they have filled up on their proper feed. Scratch is junk food and if they...
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    How the heck do I get rid of fire ants inside the chicken run?? 😱😱😱

    You will find that diatomaceous earth is useless and does not work for most things that people recommend it for. It can even cause the death of your birds. What you need is permethrin powder/dust. Just look at the container and see what the ingredient is. It is sold as many things including...
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    Breed Science-- making a new breed.

    I guess it will depend on what website you look at for your information. " The Jersey Giant is the biggest chicken in the world. Many people believe that the Brahma chicken comes in first– however, while some outstanding Brahmas can sometimes grow to be just as large, the Jersey Giant is...
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    Breed Science-- making a new breed.

    Roosters are generally useless. No one wants them. They get eaten or dumped off on the side of the road somewhere. Most people can not have roosters because of the noise. Roosters often become aggressive and dangerous to people and are also killed for that reason. If you want a large rooster...
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    AYAM CEMANI day old chicks in Massachusetts

    No longer purebred. I lost my rooster so now the chicks are Ayam Cemani x Ameraucana..
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    Chick keeps pooping everywhere! Help! AND PLEASE HURRY!!!

    Chickens poop everywhere. It goes in one end and out the other. Put a layer of pine shavings in your brooder and clean it when it gets dirty and put in more clean shavings. Chicks should not be kept on puppy pee pads or paper towels and just walking around on their own poop. Shavings absorb the...
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    Looking for farm dog in IN

    Lol. It is not. Neither is an Irish Wolfhound .. or any other wolfhound. Best stick with chickens.
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    Romeo—is it a rooster or a hen?

    Actually, those can easily be plain old eggs. All eggs have that white spot. It's part of the egg. If he's a roo, he should look like one by now. Eggs are not fertile unless you observe actual mating activity.
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