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    Liquidy/watery poop. WHAT IS GOING ON (picture)

    UUGGGGGH! I can't figure out what is causing this! One of my chickens has been consistently leaving very liquidy poops around. It's been happening for at least 6 months- all winter long. I gave all the chickens some "Rooster Booster multi wormer," which made no difference whatsoever. The...
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    Could this be turned into a safe, appropriate home for a couple of bantams?

    I would add a roost bar across the middle and then it would be good for 2-3 bantams. I would put two across the width of the kennel. Cut a 2x4 into two 24" pieces and then position, one higher and one lower. I would put one on the lower half near the front and one on the upper half near the back...
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    2 problems: runny poop, pecking/feather loss HELP

    I have a flock of four hens (no roosters). These are my first birds. The only other problems I have had is that Aza had a compacted crop, which I fixed with an epsom salt bath, and mysterious blood on the roost a while ago (probably just a cut or something). Here's a list of problems in my...
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    Blood on roost, toes are fine (pics)

    Thanks you two! It's true, the blood didn't seem to have any stool in it. Also, one of my birds is molting- maybe something happened to do with that? The birds do seem a little puffy and hunched, but it is getting into the negatives (*F) around here, so that makes it kind of hard to say- they...
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    Blood on roost, toes are fine (pics)

    Okay, so today When cleaning my coop there was blood on the roost in two places. AHHHHHHH! What could it be? Here are the pics Some background: I have four chickens. It is very cold here, recently about 4*F. One of my chickens recently had an impacted crop (which I solved with an epsom...
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    Is anyone using the Premier "heat plate" brooder for chicks?

    Wow that's COLD! As for the kind of chickens, big chickens with small combs. Bigger chickens have more mass, and so can retain heat better (So, for example, DON'T get any tiny little bantams). The smaller combs are less susceptible to frostbite that sometimes happens at the tips of large combs...
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    Is anyone using the Premier "heat plate" brooder for chicks?

    Yup, that should be perfect. Just make sure to have a plan in case the power goes out, for example heated water bottles. Good luck!
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    Can you ferment bagels?

    So I was thinking about introducing fermented feed to the farm I work at. But here's the interesting thing. We get TONS of bagels to eat for lunch every day, and never use them up. Can you ferment bagels? We could ferment them and feed them to the chickens we have on the farm. Does anyone...
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    Waterers- cups or nipples?

    This is my exact setup! I decided on the cups, and I have one of those feeders shown here, with the PVC 90* pipe.
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    Fermented Feed- a little moldy?

    I have some fermented feed, and it seems okay. Bubbly, milky juice, smells fermented. However, a few days ago and tonight, there was a few little circles of white mold? floating on the top, probably the size of 5 grains of rice each. Last time, I just poured them off and fed it. I was really...
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    Chicks go outside and eat a lot less?

    I just put my 4 pullets outside. Previously, they were eating one ovaltine jar a food of day. That's probably a quart and a half, I dunno. Then, I put them outside and they eat about 1/3 of what they used to! Is this normal? I thought maybe they were just so bored inside that they scattered...
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    An issue with my chicken's feet

    I think I've read some places that rodents sometimes like to nibble at their toes when they're sleeping. Maybe research possibility this a bit?
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    What is wrong with this chick's feet?

    I think you should separate her, so the others don't peck her. Keep cleaning the wounds. I hope she gets better!
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    Is it okay if chicks sneeze?

    I have 6, month old chicks. Every once and a while, they sneeze. Different ones every time I think, and it's not constant. I am not using anything dusty it their brooder. I am just using a newspaper and a shelf liner (never doing that again, it's a pain to clean. it takes an hour a day to...
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    Is anyone using the Premier "heat plate" brooder for chicks?

    I have a small Premier heat plate, with 6 chickens under it. They are a month old now, and they pretty much just use the top. They love it! They all cuddle on top and fluff their feathers out, even though the top is barely warm at all. They have almost all their feathers at a month old, and...
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