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    My first Egg!! I have questions! (sorry for the novel!)

    Today while cleaning up my run and covering it with bird netting, I happened to look down and see an egg! I have been waiting for what seems like forever and one of my 15 chickens has finally laid one! I have no clue as to which chicken did it. They are all the same age and size, and I have...
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    Coop Dimension Questions

    I live in st. George, Utah. Winters average 17 degrees at the lowest, summers however get up to 110(highest).
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    Coop Dimension Questions

    I am building a coop for my chickens. Basicall I am building a hen house that is elevated 2 ft off the ground by useing stilts or legs. There will be a ramp that goes down into their run (which is about 297 square feet). They will really only be in the coop at night time because my run is in...
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    Sand floor?

    Should I still put linoleum in the bottom or should I just seal the particle board with polyeurothane and put the sand in?
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    Which food at different ages?

    My chicks are about 5-6 weeks old ( most of their adult feathers have grown in). I am still feeding the medicated chick starter from IFA. How long should I keep them on the medicated stuff? Will the medicated feed make eggs dangerous to eat? I am already letting them run around in the run (27...
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    Sand floor?

    I will be building a larger coop for my chickens. I have 15 chickens and I am planning on the coop to be 8'Lx3'Wx4'T. The nesting boxes will be about 3ft in the air atached to the long wall. Down below I want to put in some linoleum for ease of cleaning when I need to. However the idea of...
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    eggs drom different breeds

    Obviously the siza and color of eggs differ from breed to breed. I currently have 2 white leg horns, one barred plymoth rock, one Rhode island red, one austrolorp, one buff orpington, one black sexlink, one silver winged, and 3 Easter eggers. My question is will their eggs taste different from...
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    Just dust or respiratory problems?

    All my chicks were purchased from Cal Ranch Store, a chain farm supply store. The store had several different breeds of chickens (all chicks). They also had at one point a breed of ducks, and a breed of turkeys. However, each breed of chicks, turkeys, ducks were in same breed enclosures so none...
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    Just dust or respiratory problems?

    All my chicks were purchased from Cal Ranch Store, a chain farm supply store. The store had several different breeds of chickens (all chicks). They also had at one point a breed of ducks, and a breed of turkeys. However, each breed of chicks, turkeys, ducks were in same breed enclosures so none...
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    Just dust or respiratory problems?

    My chicks are all between 2 and 3 weeks old. They have been sneezing lately. I have checked them and they don't have any drainage. However, some of them make plugged up noises when breathing every once in a while, and some of them swallow randomly. Is this just a reaction to the pine dust, or is...
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    CRD in chickens

    My almost 2 week old (i think) chicks seem to have got a case of CRD. I think I know which chick it started with but by the time I was able to do something, most of them already had it. If not all of them. I am using a medication that is supposed to be good for treating them, its called...
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    Unusual poop

    What is ACV? I'm separating them when I get home. Thanks for the chart! My chicks are fine.
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    Chick Sniffles!

    Okay, much appreciated.
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    Chick Post Pasty Butt bulging vent

    Yes. I'll post one as soon as I get home.
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    Chick Post Pasty Butt bulging vent

    My chick ( 1 week old or younger) had pasty butt. I cleaned it up last night but her vent was bulging out and it still is today. It's mostly above the vent where it bulges. Any ideas as to what happened? Is it prolapse? What do I do!?
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