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    Help! My chicken has a 1.5" nail in her stomach.

    I took my chicken to the vet today, she had X-rays done, and their is a 1.5" nail in her stomach. I called 2 vet hospitals and they both said the surgery will be at least $1,000 and that the risk of operating is very high and she won't likely make it if they cut her open. Has anyone else had...
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    Need advice on possible impacted crop

    So I did the dulcolax and yogurt and olive oil for 2 days and she was mostly cleared up except she had a lot of grit still in her crop but it wasn't as hard or large so I took her to the vet to make sure she was okay and the vet said that he thought she was partially impacted but that it had...
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    Need advice on possible impacted crop

    Thank you! I've read a lot today but I hadn't come across the Dolcolax suggestion. I'm going to give her some because it hasn't gotten any better since this morning.
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    Need advice on possible impacted crop

    One of my chickens has been laying eggs where the whites are adhered to the inside of her shell and I have to scoop it out when I crack them open. So I have been monitoring them very closely to try and figure out what's causing it. This morning (before they were fed), I checked them for...
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    When can they go outside in the cold?

    Thank you for the info! I'm going to look for the construction sand and the sweet pdz!
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    Hardware cloth direction

    Okay, I connected it to the run with 1 1/4" screws and washers into 2X4s. I overlapped the wire under 2 feet down and 1 foot in the run and then wove it together with galvanized wire. I'm going to try to attach a picture of the run for everyone so they can see what I ended up with just in case...
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    Hardware cloth direction

    That looks great!
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    When can they go outside in the cold?

    I use the play sand because it's really fine so I can scoop the poop out with a litterbox scooper. I mix grit in their food. Would the aggregate sand be fine enough to still sift out the poop? What makes the play sand less healthy?
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    When can they go outside in the cold?

    Okay. Thank you!!
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    Hardware cloth direction

    Okay. I picked an area in my yard that is under a huge oak tree and no grass grows there so I won't have any issues with keeping grass/weeds away lol It's fairly loose dirt and the topsoil is mainly decomposed leaf material and sticks from the oak tree. When you say connection techniques...do...
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    Hardware cloth direction

    Okay. So it sounds like what I did is overkill hahaha! But do you think what I did will still work or should I add the pavers along the outside to keep something from digging along the outside?
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    When can they go outside in the cold?

    Hello, I have 2 orpingtons and 2 barnevelders that will be 8 weeks old this wendesday. I live in Gainesville, FL. They've been living in my bathroom, without heat but it usually only gets down to 75 at night in there. I read that it's safe to put them outside at 8 weeks but I wanted to make...
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    Hardware cloth direction

    Hello, I live in Gainesville, FL. I have 4 chickens that are going to be 8 weeks old this Wednesday and I want to put them outside in the next week or so. I have been working on their coop/run for weeks now and doing as much research as possible but I need everyones opinion on installing the...
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