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    Bullied chicken hasn’t grown new feathers

    Used a saddle for a while but thought it was cleaner to go without because when it rains it gets wet. They're a little over a year. Haven’t had their first molt yet!
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    Bullied chicken hasn’t grown new feathers

    Hello! We removed the bully probably 2 months ago. The frizzle feathered chicken is missing feathers down to the skin on both wings and much of the long wing feathers are just sticks. Same with the tail feathers. It’s been 2 months and no signs of new growth. Is it because well too close to...
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    Hardware Cloth Options

    Wow thanks for the detailed advice. I too work in the oil field but on the surface side. I know the subsea side we'd provide sacrificial blocks to take the galvanic corrosion, interesting stuff. The apron extending outside did nothing, it's partly buried and seems to have held up just fine...
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    Hardware Cloth Options

    I'm redoing the entire coop and run. The hardware cloth I have on there now is okay, it's 1/2" x 1/2" galvanized. Over 3 years it's rusted but still solid. It looks ugly. Curious what you folks feel about the PVC coated stuff. Seems too good to be true, I may just stick with rusty metal...
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    Bully near the bottom

    I got creative and roped her off underneath the 4x8 coop. We have a coop attached to the run so I just ran a fence along the bottom. The coop sits several feet high so the bottom is accessible for them. I put some containers of food and water. What about roosting at night? Will I need to...
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    Bully near the bottom

    But what about the egg laying situation? I have a large dog crate she could hang out in while inside the run. But she wouldn’t have a ton of space or a place to lay eggs privately
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    Bully near the bottom

    I have a rather large lavender Orpington who despite her size is seemingly second to last or maybe 3rd to last in the pecking order. Unfortunately she’s vicious to the lowest hen who is a frizzle. Frizzle feathers are easy targets, she’s messing wing feathers and now neck feathers because of...
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    Watery Stool

    Thanks! That’s a relief, found one with 2 bumble feet. It’s a never ending first aid game with these birds.
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    Watery Stool

    Here you go!
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    Watery Stool

    Yea I’ll snap a pic tonight
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    Watery Stool

    Temps are hot lately, but the this has been happening before it got hot.
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    Watery Stool

    Good Afternoon, we have some 8 week old chicks and I have 3 year old hens. One of the 3 hens has tan watery stool and has had this since we got her about 6 months ago. The chicks I’ve raised 2 of the 5 have the same stool. They’re still separate from the hens. Question is I know what normal...
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    1 chicken plus new flock following attack

    Curious about chicken behavior. My flock of 5 was attacked and killed by something on tuesday morning. We think it was a raccoon. They are somewhat free range but I have a secure run and coop. So they’ll now be locked in the run unless we can supervise. Here’s the deal, we have 1 polish hen...
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    Chicken flock murdered, one left…

    Well the worst case scenario played out this morning. Something got to the flock and kill 4/5 hens. No idea what did it but we now have one polish who made it unscathed but definitely shocked. She’s warm in the dark basement right now. It’s 20 deg F now with December coming in strong. We...
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    Lice or just bald patches…

    I just watched some YouTube videos. Seem most people use the 10% stuff but we got the 13.3% stuff so I diluted to .5oz/gal otherwise if you have the 10% you’ll want to bump up your oz/gal. People are pretty relaxed with this stuff, seems like a harsh chemical to me but I dunno. We’ll shoot...
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    Lice or just bald patches…

    Thanks that was super helpful. I sprayed all the places and above and under the roost. Letting it dry out now. So you can spray birds with this stuff? I’ve always been cautious with it, for humans you’re not supposed to have skin contact with it. Seems to not be the case with birds. Guess...
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    Lice or just bald patches…

    Worth noting she’s fairly high in the pecking order so not bullying most likely. I was reading the permethrin directions and it says about .5oz/gal of water and to spray the affect spot. Going to go super light with it but hit the spot and the feet. Spraying down the cleaned out coop and nest...
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    Lice or just bald patches…

    I have a Barred rock that has a big bald spot on her belly. Can’t see it unless we flip her over and investigate. All the other birds are pretty well covered but some do have a small patch in that area. She has the biggest for sure. I expected to find mites, or lice but honestly I can’t see...
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    Bumble Foot Question

    I wondered the same thing. So after removal of the kernel, 24hrs later it looked great and mostly closed up to my surprise. But we bana dated anyways. 48hrs later she started limping more and her toes were swollen. Upon removal of the bandage we saw no issue at the wound site. The area...
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    Bumble Foot Question

    Here’s pics from last night: I found an article on here about it. Pretty close to what I mentioned above. Added neosporin and using vetrimycin instead of Blu kote. It’s honestly not that bad, biggest tips are wrap the bird with a towel like a chicken burrito and cover the head too so it’s...
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