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    Pre-fab coop big enough for a couple of big roos?

    I am looking for a decent pre-fab coop, big enough to house 2 large roosters for about a month. I'll be building them a nice custom coop as soon as I have time, but these boys need new housing faster than I can build it. All the prefab housing I've found is tiny, with tiny doors, and usually a...
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    Winter Forage

    Hi! I wonder if there is any good cold weather forage that I could plant in my runs. Is anyone doing this? Something that would stay green longer into the winter than grass does, or that would begin greening before the grass in spring?
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    Frozen treats?

    Is it ok to offer frozen fruit as treats on the hot days? Or could some harm come to the chickens if they swallow something frozen?
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    Soft egg shell?

    Update: Well, it has been 6 weeks. Zinnia is healthy and happy, but still on the Furosemide. She does not lay eggs anymore. In fact, I'm not sure it was even her who laid the soft shelled egg in the first place. But all the other girls seem well. Zinnia got clever and stopped accepting my...
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    How long is it supposed to take to grow back lost feathers?

    I had my pullets and cockerels living together for too long, because I was delayed in completing the separate coop for my boys. Meanwhile, my hens lost some feathers on their backs and heads from over mating. The roosters have been living separately for about two months now. I do see some new...
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    Soft egg shell?

    Dosing: Furosemide 12.5 give 1/2 tablet 2x daily Ablon LA Mix 1 oz into 2 gallons of drinking water I'll let you know how it goes. We all fully realize it's a long shot.
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    Soft egg shell?

    Yes, avian vet. We got Ablon La (i think an antibiotic) an Furosemide (I think a human med for heart patients)
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    Soft egg shell?

    Update: Took her to the vet. Her belly was full of fluid, and her heart was beating very fast. The doctor thinks it's edema caused by a heart condition. We are going to try some medications, which may or may not help.
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    Soft egg shell?

    Thanks all! We did the "spa treatment" last night, and I added nutri-drench and oregano tea to her water. She is swollen. I've got her in a crate for observation. Is there anything else I can do for her?
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    Soft egg shell?

    Thank you! I have some nutri-drench and an isolation area. I don't know which hen laid this egg, but I do have one hen whose comb is a little pale and she has been hanging out alone more than usual. She also looks kind of....puffy. Tail is pointed up though, and shess engaging in normal...
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    Soft egg shell?

    And what should I do if this is the case?
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    Soft egg shell?

    All my girls are 11 months old.
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    Soft egg shell?

    I found this egg shaped shell, which seems almost the consistency of a balloon. It's not hard at all, and is empty. Is this cause for alarm?
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    Mating Injury

    Two of my hens have received pretty bad mating injuries. The wounds are not bleeding, but there's like a hole in the skin where I can look in and see muscle tissue. So far they seem to be acting normally. I've isolated them from the rest of the flock and treated the wounds with Vetericin...
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    Help me detect blood spots in brown speckled eggs?

    I recently bought a cheap plug-in candler, hoping I'd be able to detect blood spots in the brown speckled and pink eggs I get from my faverolles. They have really thick shells, too. I can't see a thing inside these eggs, even with the light! Is there another method or a better candler that I...
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