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    What kind of automatic door do you have?

    I'm looking to buy an automated chicken door. Needs to be battery with possible solar like the Pullet Shut door. I'd like the timer vs the light sensor. I have seriously considered Pullet Shut but a guillotine style may work better for my new coop. Please tell me what you liked or disliked...
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    Where can I get NYSTATIN liquid online?

    Just curious...why liquid and not tablet form? Is it cheaper? Easier to administer?
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    How to treat sour crop

    I'm treating sour crop in my English Orpington hen. I have an avian vet. She had her on lactose basically to lube her digestive tract, and I think you can order it online from Foster's and Smith. Also antifungal tablet, fluconazole. And an injection once a day at first. I'm supposed to feed a...
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    5 wk old with some issues

    I'm no expert, and I have Orrington exclusively, but I think this one is being picked on as the newcomer. Feed her scrambled eggs separate from the others and see if you can get her to catch up a bit. As she gets weaker and falls behind they can see by the light reflected from the feathers that...
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    Blood in poop

    Thank you for putting the dosage in this post. I just happened to see one of my 9 week old pellets poop, it had stomach lining in it. May be normal, it was morning, but not taking chances. I have Corridor in my kit so put everyone on it. It's Saturday morning and the avian vet is not available...
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    Igloo Cooler Waterer - Discuss!

    Mine is in the testing stage. No original Igloo part on the inside. It would have floated off. The outside washers are a bit loose, should have had 4. I can't get the ball valve assembly any tighter. But it's holing water, very well sealed inside. It's going to sit all day until I have hardware...
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    Igloo Cooler Waterer - Discuss!

    Got a question The white piece that is from the cooler. Goes back inside. What keeps it on? Mine can go right back over the coupling on the inside.
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    Igloo Cooler Waterer - Discuss!

    FYI...Ace hardware has the grommets and rubber washers 1/8" thick. Those were the hardest items to locate.
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    Igloo Cooler Waterer - Discuss!

    So it looks like no need for the fiber gasket from Napa?! Good news! The store was sold out of Igloo coolers, I've seen the Rubbermaid ones with screw on lids but don't know if wall molding and hole size are identical so I'll keep looking for Igloo. I've wanted a cooler for water for a couple...
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    No Waste Feeder

    I use the rat proof metal treadle feeder. Haven't had any problems.
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    Igloo Cooler Waterer - Discuss!

    I have a dog watering bowl, the kind with thick walls that has gel inside so you can freeze it. I put that on a large Terra cotta flowerpot so it nestles in, and fill it with water and electrolytes from the fridge. They cannot perch on the edge, too big and slippery, so the water stays clean...
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    Nasty brooder

    I know I'm late to the party, but I have my chick's and hens on water nipples. For the chick's I have them in a small animal cage from the feed store. It was part of their startrespective kit for chicks. As they grow I open the front door and attach a huge cardboard box and cover it with plastic...
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    Igloo Cooler Waterer - Discuss!

    I'm following this too. I'm in Sacramento, CA and we get hot summers. I currently have a 5 gal bucket with something similar. And have black pipe insulation over the hose that connects to the PVC with the nipples in it in the coop. I would like an igloo cooler though.
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    Extremely Small Chick

    I'm in the same boat with a check half the size of the others. This happened last time I had chicks and that one lived 5 months, didn't mature like the rest, and she suddenly went downhill then died. The vet saw her when she took ill, gave her antibiotics just in case it was bacterial but she...
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    Hot days

    I read that chickens love banana peels (mine didn't) and then I read that chickens should never eat bananas (poisonous). I'm confused! I'd love to feed mine bananas! And I have yogurt (plain)...maybe I can make a cucumber mash for them to beat the heat? These are my first chickens...English...
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