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    Bumblefoot - what else can I do to prevent

    Thanks, that makes me feel better! This morning we worked on the austrolorp's feet and were able to easily remove the scab on one foot and my husband dug around but didn't see much in the way of pus or a corn, it actually looked like it was in the process of healing, so we put a bunch of...
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    Bumblefoot - what else can I do to prevent

    Thanks, Have you tried this?
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    Bumblefoot - what else can I do to prevent

    Thanks so much for your reply. So do you feel like you need to remove the scab and pus even if it is a small scab without swelling? Do you know how quickly this infection goes from minor to fatal? You don't mention soaking or antibiotics, but a lot of other people do. Thanks!
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    Bumblefoot - what else can I do to prevent

    Thanks so much for your reply. For the other foot that isn't swollen and my other hen that has a scab but no swelling, would you just keep it clean and bandaged or would you cut it out on those too? I took a look and you are right, we don't have a lot of bedding right under the roosts, so I...
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    Bumblefoot - what else can I do to prevent

    Yesterday my daughter noticed our austrolorp has a swollen foot. Much reading later and I now know more than I ever thought I'd need to know about Bumblefoot (She has the black scabs on both feet). We are not planning to take her to the vet ($100 to walk in the door and they said it would be...
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    Is it ok to order chicks for beginning of Sept for Massachusetts?

    Thanks, that's what I thought. I was at our local feed store and he said it was too late to get chicks even now and I thought that didn't seem right.
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    Is it ok to order chicks for beginning of Sept for Massachusetts?

    Hi, We got our first chicks in end of March and kept them in their brooder until they were 6 or 8 weeks old and by that time it was warm enough for them to be in the coop. We recently lost 3 chickens and were thinking of getting chicks. We will be traveling a bit in August so we would order them...
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    Best hatchery to order from with a minimum 3 chick order?

    We have a mixed flock and I love it that way. It is easier to tell your girls apart, you get to try out a variety of breeds and I think it looks great. The downside of having your chickens be more individual is when you lose one you know exactly which one it was. We had two Black Australorps and...
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    Predator got a chicken now two dead in coop

    How do you check for live and how would they get it? No other people that own chickens have been over
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    Predator got a chicken now two dead in coop

    It's been not especially hot and they've been mostly in the run for a while. Freeranging was only when we were home and outside so I dont think that's it. Thanks for the reply.
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    Predator got a chicken now two dead in coop

    we had ten girls that were 18 months old. We had managed to avoid losing any even with some free ranging. Two weeks ago a coyote (we think, maybe a juvenile or a fox- my neighbor saw it, we didn't) got one bird. The rest have been in the run since. Wednesday I found a hen dead in the run. No...
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    Suggestions for how to organize eggs in the fridge and winter laying

    Thanks for your response. If it is 10 degrees out or so the eggs get very cold very quickly. I thought that it was ok to keep fresh eggs out but you couldn't start leaving them on the counter after they had been refrigerated, which basically they have been brought to that temp.
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    Suggestions for how to organize eggs in the fridge and winter laying

    We have a mixed flock of 10 hens that were born last spring. My husband made a skelter that we had displayed on our table and it was great because you always knew which egg to use first. We live in New England and it is full on winter here so since the eggs are sometimes super cold when we get...
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