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    Pens and wire skirts.

    I've seen a lot lately on putting a wire skirt around the pen but they don't mention it should extend 18"+ on the ground and on the OUTSIDE of the pen and not on the inside. My neighbor put it on the inside and it did NO good. Foxes are smart, but they don't think about digging 18" away from the...
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    ⠀ changing to pellets rather than crumbles. Layena

    Thank you for your reply. I have switched them back to crumbles already and they are eating it. Everyone says the pellets are less waste so thought I'd try it. Thanks again.
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    ⠀ changing to pellets rather than crumbles. Layena

    I am trying to get my hens to eat layena pellets after a several years of layena crumbles. I feel they are wasted. I have gradually fed them a mixture and for 3 days now only the pellets. No luck. They are vicious to each other getting something. What should I do. Go back on crumbles? I...
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    Comment by 'Shuggiesmom' in article 'How To Raise Mealworms'

    That is so interesting. Does the colony smell? On another note, I was in a garden club once and we started some alphalpha sprouts by putting about a tablespoon or more in a quart canning jar. We took the solid piece out of the middle of the lid and cut a piece of screen to fit where the solid...
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    Yellow/white diarrhrea

    Oh, my....what should I give them...the co-op man pointed to that direction so I picked up the wrong thing. I thought of "egg bound", but didn't think too much of it since she was a thin-type chicken and had laid so well. goodness, me, what next? Do I worm the flock anyway?
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    Yellow/white diarrhrea

    The diet of my chickens is 16% protein crumbles from co-op. I have oyster shell available to them all the time. So far no other signs of illness in the other hens. The first day I noticed her being a bit listless and not eating her usual red tomatoe scraps (which she loved)and other foods I...
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    Yellow/white diarrhrea

    Sulmet (brand name) Sulfamethazine sodium 12.5% Used the chart to give it the right amounts.
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    Yellow/white diarrhrea

    I do have a bit more information now that I think back. She had quit laying, I am not sure how old she was b/c she was giving to me....although her egg shells were thinning and the morning I realize she was sick she tried to lay but it had no shell....not sure of all this. Cone was becoming...
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    Yellow/white diarrhrea

    Theresa: I am new at all this, but was told at co-op to do the worming thing.
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    Yellow/white diarrhrea

    I lost my best hen this a.m. She has had yellow and white diarrhea for about a week which I was treating by worming the flock.... Is there more that I need to do to keep the whole flock from this disaster?
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    Chicken Shaking it's head

    My Black Sex Link hen, who does not lay but is our entertainer is shaking her head quite often.....what is this a sign of and what is a good remedy if there is one.
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    New Geographic Location Info For Members - Please Update Your Profile

    I live near Nashville, Tennessee Area. I am looking for 2 Buff Orpingtons young hens to add to my 1 Black Sex Link who is the Queen named Dolly b/c of her big ----- and she doesn't lay, just entertains us. 2 buff brahmas, Lacey and Mrs. Cluck Cluck" who are 1 yr. and are laying and 1 barn yard...
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