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    How long to regrow feathers after being picked?

    Not sure how long it take, couple of weeks, but I have 17 now and all but 5 have bare backs. I had three roosters out of the 25 I started with. Over time I culled the three roosters and still have bare backs. I have treated for mites to no avail. If it were mites I would think all of them would...
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    Worming, read till I'm stare crazy!

    How do I worm chickens I can't catch? And with what?
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    Sudden yellowing of legs and swelling of comb.

    Any suggestions or ideas?
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    Invermectin Oral Paste 1.87% - What is Correct for Gapeworm?

    Quote: I agree with you 100%. I stopped using ivermectin a long time ago. Albendazole (valbazen) will take care of gapeworm as well as the ones you mentioned. In detail for my 2 BB size brain, how do you give Albendazole (valbazen)? Can I spray chickens with it, or water them? Exactly what...
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    Invermectin Oral Paste 1.87% - What is Correct for Gapeworm?

    Quote: I agree with you 100%. I stopped using ivermectin a long time ago. Albendazole (valbazen) will take care of gapeworm as well as the ones you mentioned.
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    Sudden yellowing of legs and swelling of comb.

    Over a couple or three weeks one of my RIR hens legs started turning yellow and her comb faded to light pink and was swelling, she had a messy vent area. She was eating and drinking good and was lively. This morning she was dead on the coop floor. Anyone have any idea what could have caused...
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    Rir?

    Nope, not a rose comb. Single comb but very light colored. This is the only one with yellow legs.
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    Rir?

    I have some RIRs but one of them has yellow legs and I guess a rose comb. Is this a different breed?
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    Put me in. Yelim Plant City
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    Coop roosts (Please Post your pics)

    Before chickens After chickens and cleaning
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    What is the number one concern about chicken coops?

    Pets or livestock? It's hard to do business with pets.
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    Question about flooring

    You can remove the pavers now or wait till later when your chickens start scratching holes around them. It is a natural thing for them to scratch and look.
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    How far would you go to make a nice coop?

    I wanted to start with 25 birds so $2000 later I have a 10 X 12 with large run that so far nothing has gotten into. Poop door stays open 7x24. I have ferral cats that roam the area but no losses from breeching the run or coop. Before purchaseing birds I put an open can of tuna in the run over...
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    Your Feed Bill?

    Approx. 2 pounds a week per bird.
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    Neighbor's Dogs attack - your opinion??

    BigDaddy'sGurl : Quote: I agree with this paragraph entirely. The dogs should not have been attacking the cat, but if the cat had been contained it wouldn't have been killed. The owners of the dogs were WRONG. But so was the cat owner. JMO Is this to say a ferral cat should suffer this...
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