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    Bumblefoot dilemma

    So glad you answered when you did, I was going to go pick up the gravel tomorrow for the front coop. Hmm new problem though, we added a second run to the back of the coop just to give then a bit more space and it does have two sections of concrete in it. Sand I think would just get washed away...
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    Bumblefoot dilemma

    I hope so, I ordered the Vetericyn last night after reading about it I hope that helps the situation, poor girls. Today one hen had a blob of poo stuck to her behind today that would not come off and looked like it was blocking everything. I brought her in and soaked her for 20 minutes just to...
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    Bumblefoot dilemma

    I am using pine shavings from Tractor Supply. I so do not agree with people that say chickens are easy. What do you think about using pea gravel on the covered outside run? Too hard o their feet? Local zoo has blacktop in their coop so wasn't sure.
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    Bumblefoot dilemma

    I am using pine medium shavings from tractor supply. I also read last night on here in old threads about soaking feet in tricked neo so I am going to try that on the small ones as there is no lameness or swelling at. This time just the black spot on 6 of them.
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    Bumblefoot dilemma

    Hello, Began this venture after much trepidation on October 10, 2014 and now I can't believe what we are facing already. Poor babies. I currently have 1 hen limping so yesterday I checked her foot and she has bumblefoot on both feet, then decided today to check all the girls tootsies and 7 out...
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    Treat Balls

    popped corn
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    Treat Balls

    I just hung a huge cabbage in their run and they loved it. Last week I left a raw pumpkin on the ground (cooked one earlier) too hoping to give them a little extra to do. I also hung up a few mirrors and put a ball in the coop with a bell in it and hung plastic balls full of sunflower seeds...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    4 eggs out of 8 birds, and the 3 Ameraucans each layed an egg which means the RIR are really off
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    Hello, finally did it.

    Hi, I keep looking on here but had trouble logging in on phone so finally gave up until back on pc. I am wondering do you use a heat lamp in coop if the birds start molting, we are heading into the freezing temps starting tonight. Right now I have a small 15 watt red light bulb in there just to...
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    Hello, finally did it.

    Thanks, I will take a pic tomorrow when she is in the light today was so overcast I couldn't get a good picture with my phone. Maybe I will take a couple of my coop and run to and see if I am missing/forgetting something before the cold weather arrives and I am working with freezing fingers .
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    Hello, finally did it.

    I wanted to free range but was worried about so many predators, owls, hawks are always around and once we started the pen they were overhead the entire day so built a closed in run for peace of mind for all of us. This way if I don't get the coop door closed early no problem, used 2x4's and...
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    Hello, finally did it.

    I have 5 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Ameraucanas and 1 mystery white chicken, could be an Ameraucana or an Amber White or something else I guess but she stays with the 2 Ameraucanas at all times so...... I will see if she lays blue eggs. So much information available here, love this site. The Reds are...
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    Hello, finally did it.

    Hi, My name is Sher and I live in upstate, NY. I moved to my home 7 years ago and have been thinking about installing chickens in the existing coop but have always put it off. I have 3 dogs, 2 puggy mixes and a yellow lab/shep mix, 2 cats, 2 Quaker parrots, a tank full of tropical fish and now 8...
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