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    Winter heating

    Thank you all for your replies ( I added my location in my profile I'm in central IL) I'll have to get pics of the coop and run we modified the kids old tree house the thing is sturdy! But pics will explain better. The windows get closed when its cold and I leave the door from coop to run open...
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    Winter heating

    When we put the chicks outside in May we used heat lamps to keep the coop warm. With winter approaching I'm starting to worry about keeping it warm enough. Most of my flock are adults (6mo) we have ducks and chickens. But I also currently have 6 week old chicks still inside. It gets cold here in...
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    Summer has been rough

    I hadn't been here in a bit as raising the flock was going good. Then it all went to crap. Out of our 6 ducks (2 Rouen, 4 Peking) only one is female (one of the Peking). I ended up out of all 10 chickens with 2 roosters and boy those 2 were obnoxious crowing. We aren't supposed to have roosters...
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    Bugs mosquitoes, and biting gnats!

    this being our first foray into chickens I am freaking out now that the weather is hot and we are free ranging our birds. Typically by this point in the months I've sprayed my yard for bugs this is driving me crazy, the 🦟 are intense I'm covered in bites, the gnats are out of control! I can't...
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    Bandages

    I checked her over and didn't see any mites I also introduced a dust bath with oregano, lavender and sage in it. (Yey for growing and drying my own herbs!) I applied the antibacterial spray which she seemed to appreciate and she hopped up in my lap for pants and neck scratches lol.
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    Bandages

    Nugget is about 2 months maybe a little more, and outside in the run and coop. My husband filled it with straw and I just spent about a half hour getting it all out (ugh). We had several very cold days where it dropped into the teens at night then a couple nice days the last 3 days however it...
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    Bandages

    My little nugget is either pecking at herself or others are (though I haven't seen it). She has sore dry spots on both her wings where new feather growth is and i suspect she's been working at that. How do I fix it? If I put neosporin on it how do I keep her from ingesting it. Can you bandage...
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    Introduction

    Done, they all came from stock and field have been healthy and growing fast, they free range when we can supervise and just got a pool for the ducks. And have names! The two on my legs in the one pic are soufflé the speckled one she loves to annoy the ducks and gets upset if they pick back she...
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    Introduction

    Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Brand new to chickens (and we have ducks) we got our first birds march 1st. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 1 hen (10mo old) a 1yr old rooster (we adopted them together) and 8 chicks (ranging from 2 mo to 3 weeks) (3)...
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