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    Chicken owner and woodworker

    ***ADMINS*** If this isn't allowed, I apologize. Please delete and let me know. I just want to offer my services to my fellow chicken owners. :) Hello fellow chicken tenders. I have a woodworking business and I also own chickens. I recently built this chicken silhouette that can be...
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    What breed?

    Thank you!!
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    What breed?

    Hi all. We got some new girls. Trying to figure out breeds. Do you think this one is an Easter Egger, or perhaps an Ameraucana? I think she's beautiful.
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    New Girls and a Roo!

    Thank you! I want to get some updated photos of the other girls, too. Getting them all to pose for a "family photo" is proving to be futile. LOL
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    New Girls and a Roo!

    We were down to six girls from eleven due to predators and a couple being sick. One ran into the woods near our house even though I told her not to (as if that helps), and I'm certain the raccoons, weasels, hawks, foxes, or a bear got her). I fixed a friend's computer and told her we'd barter...
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    Blackened edges on comb, very lethargic

    I probably could, but I don't know who does them around me, nor do I know what it would cost.
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    Blackened edges on comb, very lethargic

    She didn't make it. I gave her water with electrolytes and a little bit of Tums. She was sitting peacefully on my lap and then her breathing got difficult for her and she died. I was holding her and petting her as she died. She was a great gal. She almost appeared to be gasping at the end. I...
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    Blackened edges on comb, very lethargic

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    Blackened edges on comb, very lethargic

    For now, we have quarantined her in our "chicken triage tent". She is just hunkered down in the shavings. She isn't eating. I held her and offered her some meal worms, but she just looked at it. I'm not sure if she is drinking either. We just don't know what else to do for her.
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    Blackened edges on comb, very lethargic

    We believe she is about four years old. Feed is layer crumble. We did get a new brand the other day, but the other girls seem fine. No dogs around. Looked for mites and lice, but not super close. We do want to put down some DE in their dust bath area, though. No other changes.
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    Blackened edges on comb, very lethargic

    Hello. all. This is Cali. She is normally very fiesty (in a good way) and doesn't let us get near her. Yesterday, she started acting lethargic and even let me pick her up with only a little protest. We gave her a spa day this morning because she had a crusty butt, but nothing else out of the...
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    Tennessee

    Welcome from the opposite corner of Tennessee up in the Tri-cities!
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    Olfactory Assault

    I'd have to say it's somewhat damp and active. I think what I should probably do is clean it out thoroughly since spring is here, and then start fresh with a new bed of pine shavings on top of a thin layer of the old stuff to keep the microbes there.
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    Olfactory Assault

    The roof is made of corrugated roofing, so there is plenty of airflow, but I think one of my problems is that I have the coop sealed up a bit more for the winter months, and so the ventilation just may not be adequate until I open up the coop more. I'll try that, too. Thank you.
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    Olfactory Assault

    My understanding is that chickens should have at least four square feet per bird in a coop. My coop is 50 square feet, not including the second level where they roost, which is another 32 square feet, so they have a total of over 80 square feet for seven birds, plus the attached run, which is 20...
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