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    Duck feeder idea

    I currently have chickens that I want to make a feeder like this for, but will be getting ducklings in June. I am wanting to make a feeder like this for the ducks when they are full grown: I've seen it recommended to use 4" elbows instead of the normally used 3" if roosters will be feeding, and...
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    Turkey feeder

    I currently have chickens that I want to make a feeder like this for, but will be getting turkey poults in June. I am wanting to make a feeder like this for the turkeys: I've seen it recommended to use 4" elbows instead of the normally used 3" if roosters will be feeding, and smaller elbows...
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    Mixed poultry brooder?

    Thank you for your help!
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    Mixed poultry brooder?

    Thank you, that was what I was wondering. I'll be sure to house the guineas separately. We do have predators, mostly hawks, but I hear coyotes and opened the chickens up one morning to find a great horned owl (still not sure how it got in). I wanted to lock everyone up at night, which was...
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    Mixed poultry brooder?

    I totally jumped into the chicken life, and now I have ordered 8 narrangasett turkeys, 4 blue swedish ducks and 8 pearl guineas to add to my farmyard in June. My question is: I know the ducks will need a separate brooder and nesting area, but can I brood guineas and turkeys together? I'm...
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    Conjunctivitis in hen

    Well, I used some saline nasal rinse solution and squirted it in her eye a few times a day, and in her nose (it looked dirty, I thought it might be a respiratory problem). She hated it, of course, but it looks like the swelling may be going down. How long can I keep her in isolation before the...
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    Conjunctivitis in hen

    It is quite possible - I have a lot of chickens and they are in the coop until I let them out in the afternoon. There is no obvious wound. Will the Vetericin be a good treatment, or should I drive out and get some eye antibiotic ointment?
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    Conjunctivitis in hen

    I've only had chickens a year, so I'm still on a steep learning curve. I spotted my hen yesterday with swollen flesh under her eyelid. My daughter finally caught her today. We have her in an isolation box in the garage now. The flesh yesterday looked pink and healthy, today it is taking on a...
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    Moving coop with free range chickens

    That makes a lot of sense! Thanks!
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    Moving coop with free range chickens

    Thanks for the help! I have had layers for almost a year in a stationary coop, but wanted something mobile for these meat roosters, and I just don't know enough about chicken behavior yet. I think moving the coop bit by bit is a good plan, we'll see about the fencing. Trying, of course, to...
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    Moving coop with free range chickens

    A big "wagon" type coop was what I was thinking...my question is, if I move it one day, will the birds follow it if it is still in sight, or will they get lost trying to get home to the exact same place it was in?
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    Moving coop with free range chickens

    I am considering getting a "frypan" special of 25 birds, which looks like it is the cockerels from the dual-purpose breeds. I was thinking to make the coop moveable, so I could have the chickens foraging free-range in different areas of our 30 acres. I want to free range them, but if I built a...
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    Worried about grass in run

    I would try either a grow frame covered in wire, that allows the grass to grow up and prevents the chickens from scratching it up, or just grow sprouts to supply their fresh greens.
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    Eggs in 90 degrees for 1-2 weeks

    I'd just crack them in a dish before you put them in whatever you are cooking. I've heard it is easy to tell if the egg is bad, and that way it doesn't get into other foods if it is.
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    How can i scare off a HUGE owl?

    After coming to open the coop one morning last week and being greeted by what I think is a great horned owl, and one dead and one mortally injured bird, I added more fasteners for the wire fencing that makes up one wall of my temporary coop, and strung string from the wire wall out to the end of...
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