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    Dealing with buildup of poop/dirt between toes

    Thank you!
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    Dealing with buildup of poop/dirt between toes

    I'll preface this by saying that I did not take any pictures. My 4 year old Plymouth Barred Rock had a swelling between two toes of each foot. After inspection, I found that a wad of dirt and poop had collected in the webbing between 2 of her toes. This was the situation on each foot. I cleaned...
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    Chicken won’t go in hen house at night

    FWIW, I put some scratch into a quart size yogurt container. When it's time for the girls to go into the coop (my set up is that the coop is above a small enclosed run), I shake the container and they come running (literally). I toss a bit of the scratch into the run and when they r all inside...
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    Integrating new chicks, not going well

    Thank you for all the input. I have some work to do...
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    Integrating new chicks, not going well

    Hi all, I have 2 girls who are 5 years old, a silkie and an ameracauna. I have 6 new chicks who are 7 weeks old (are they considered pullets now?) and I've been trying to integrate them for about a week. The good news is that no one has died. The bad news is that the older ones are bullying the...
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    Long time skulker, finally joined

    Hi all, I've been gleaning info from this site via facebook almost since we started our first flock 5 years ago. Now that I'm trying to integrate new hens into my established flock, I have questions that books and websites aren't answering. So I had to become official and create an account. We...
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