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    Open wounds on Chickens - pecking injuries? What to do.....

    Hi All Thanks again for the advice, we added a few more toys and hanging things for them to play with and treated them with an antibacterial spray and they seem to be recovering well. We also added more space to the run, so they have around 30 sq feet in the run and now an additional nerly...
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    Open wounds on Chickens - pecking injuries? What to do.....

    Thanks - we've been looking at toys as well. they have a couple fo things to play with, but will get more to keep them occupied while we improve the run etc.
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    Open wounds on Chickens - pecking injuries? What to do.....

    Yeah, that is my thought, which is why we are going to sort out more space. We were assured that we had enough space by the breeder, but I am quickly coming to realise that we may have been misled. In the meantime, we will make sure they get even more oportunity to get out and about in the...
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    Open wounds on Chickens - pecking injuries? What to do.....

    Hi All We have 6 Goldlines who we have raised from 1 week old chicks and they are now around 21/22 weeks old and have all recently started laying. Tonight as I was putting them to bed, I discovered that a couple of them have injuries under their wings that are open wounds and look sore. I...
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    Topsoil and wood ash for dust bath.

    As I said, I'm probably over thinking it...😁😁
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    Topsoil and wood ash for dust bath.

    Ah, that makess sense with the mite powder, thanks. We have plenty of kindling and I have started to collect fallen branches from the apple trees out the front of the house, so I can start having a burn - always nice to sit in the garden with a chimenea going! :) Thanks Mark
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    Topsoil and wood ash for dust bath.

    The play sand we got came out clumpy. I assume it would dry out but it was no good as was... Perhaps we can mix some into the topsoil when we send them out.
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    Topsoil and wood ash for dust bath.

    Hi! First Post since introducing myself, so hope I am in the right place. Our chicks are 4 weeks old now and I am just putting the finishing touches to the run ready for them to go out. We have an area set aside for dust bathing, which will be covered to keep it dry, and is currently full of...
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    Hello from England

    Cheers!
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    Hello from England

    Thanks Chrissy!
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    Hello from England

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    Hello from England

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    Hello from England

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    Hello from England

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    Hello from England

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