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    How to get rid of spiders, bugs, insects in the chicken coop?

    https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=ac577859-6e1d-4028-b018-888e771b573f&sfb=1&itemguid=9fd339e9-e419-4af4-be6f-7fffca75a3d0&utm_content=39086&ccd=IFM003&CAWELAID=120295250000088679&CATARGETID=120295250000193506&cadevice=c&gclid=CjwKCAjwhLHaBRAGEiwAHCgG3j-bhm0MwlisX5PbsrOH2WnDA9VBcS16...
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    New to broody chickens

    I have a very broody Silkie. After laying 8-10 eggs, she goes broody. I am now in the 5th such cycle. 1st time, I did nothing except evict her from the box, this took 3 weeks and the other hens were not happy about it. I have moved to the cage method with food and water inside. I put...
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    Show your game camera pics.

    Please post your game camera pics near your chickens. I have a Bushnell Trophy Cam set up outside my run. For the past year, I've had a game camera set up to see if anything is trying to get inside. I have the whole outside of the fence lined with hard-wire to prevent gnawing through the wood...
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    Freeranging unsupervised?

    I have the Bushnell Trophy Cam. It does take very good pics. Here's a night shot.
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    Freeranging unsupervised?

    I have a game camera outside my run - I've gotten pics of possum, raccoons and coyote, non can get in. This big guy was around during the day.
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    Tissue coming out of vent

    Thanks for that, I've been feeding them Layena with calcium and have never supplemented with Oyster shell. I might get a couple soft shells a month out of flock. I have now decided to add a bin with the Oyster shell. My 7 hens will be 2 years old in June. The first winter, just when they...
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    Tissue coming out of vent

    Update - by the time I went back out to the run to take care of this, it had come out on it's own and she looks fine. That was A Lot of membrane!
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    Tissue coming out of vent

    My RIR was fine yesterday, today, I'm seeing this coming out of the vent. She's acting fine. What's going on?
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    Which came first, the chicken or the egg...finally, an answer!

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    How to Break a Broody Hen

    Thanks - I'll try the cleaning method next time. My Silkie took 6 days to break this time in a cage.
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    How to Break a Broody Hen

    My 1 year old Silkie has gone broody for the 3rd time. I put her in a cage in the run, after 4 days, I let her out. She walked around for a few minutes then ran into the coop and into a nest box. How long does it take to break her of this?
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    How Do You Dispose of a Dead Chicken?

    I have had 1 chicken die - I took it to the Georgia Poultry Lab https://www.gapoultrylab.org/ They performed a necropsy at no charge to determine cause of death.
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    advice on sand coop/run daily chores with new laying pullets

    I have a sand bottom coop. My large poop board has PDZ on it and it takes maybe 5 minutes a day to sift. Very little poop ends up on the floor as they spend little time in there. Zero smell.
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    Sudden death diagnosed

    Thanks all - the treating routine will be cut way down
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    Sudden death diagnosed

    This is the treat they've been getting. Not really just corn scratch.
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