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    ****** DIY chicken feeder pipe! ******

    With this arrangement how many tube feeders do you need compared to the number of birds (in an arrangement where they are also ranging in small rotating paddocks during the day)? I am pretty new to this, so appreciate the information.
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    help for a newbie! sick hen

    California, US
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    help for a newbie! sick hen

    What product do you recommend fordusting for the mites as well as treating the run? Thanks
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    help for a newbie! sick hen

    as another note I am planning on also picking up some antibiotics to try. normally I am a proponent of the natural treatment and I myself do not typically go to the doctor in till I have tried everything that I can. however I cannot feel what the chickens are feeling and its so far at this point...
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    help for a newbie! sick hen

    As a side note I really have no way to separate the sickest, at least not for more than a couple hours at a time. And looking back this has been so ongoing really doesn't seem like it would be much help anyways?
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    help for a newbie! sick hen

    Arguments over natural versus conventional aside, all my hens are still with us this morning, however the one is acting poorly as ever. Because I had the supplies on hand for before I go to work this morning, I mixed up some yogurt with Acv and crushed garlic and added this to their mash. I kept...
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    help for a newbie! sick hen

    I feel terrible! I just inherited some chickens (abandoned by neighbors) a couple months ago. Because of wild life attacks they had to no longer be allowed to free range, and seeing them peck each other I assumed this new boredom was the cause of a couple of the hens losing feathers. But about...
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    Introducing new hens to a very recent flock?

    Hmm thank you both for your input - Going to have to give this some more thought and see if I can make it work out to take a couple there....
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    Introducing new hens to a very recent flock?

    This thread is old now - but I'd like similar input - Last week I have "inherited" an established flock of hens (and one rooster) from neighbors that moved away (shared yard, so the birds are not moving at all). And I would like to introduce one hen - that is currently living by itself in my...
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    Switching to a whole grain feed

    Question I read this on the site of the food I am planning on changing my girls to: " Use whole grain for 5% of the diet for the first two weeks to adapt the gizzard, then, over a couple of weeks more, increase the percentage to whatever level you have decided to feed. Birds fed whole grains...
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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    Hey everyone! Could you help me get an idea of how much I should start with feeding? I just "inherited" 8 hens and a rooster 2 days ago - and have never had chickens before. They have been being fed a typical commercial layer crumble (clipped beaks poor girls). They free feed from a gravity...
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    Hens with clipped beaks - feeding veggie scraps

    Wonderful! Thank you for the information!
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    Hens with clipped beaks - feeding veggie scraps

    Thanks for the input about the veggies scraps! Any thought on a feed that contains some whole grain?
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    Hens with clipped beaks - feeding veggie scraps

    As a secondary point - one of the feeds I was looking at seems to contain some actual whole grains - a review stated this about it: "I have ordered Scratch & Peck directly in the past and the shipping was always very expensive. In my opinion it is of great quality though, lots of whole grain...
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    Hens with clipped beaks - feeding veggie scraps

    I have been wanting to get into having chickens for a while - and some just landed in my lap! So I am a newbie with 8 hens and a rooster - neighbors are moving and couldn't/wouldn't? take the chickens with them - so they have been given to us. And the hens' beaks are all clipped. They have been...
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