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  1. lysmandor

    What is it with Chickens & Styrofoam??(rant)

    Yeah… nothing will stop them once they start. Unfortunately I speak from experience. The only thing that finally ended it was me covering the entire thing in metal flashing.
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    What is it with Chickens & Styrofoam??(rant)

    I don’t understand why they think it’s so great, but they do. My house foundation is covered in painted styrofoam insulation - once the chickens figured that out, it was a fun time. :rolleyes:
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    Frostbite on the tips of the comb. :(

    It is, but I don't have it in the coop now. I was mentioning it as an option.
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    Frostbite on the tips of the comb. :(

    https://www.chewy.com/cozy-products-flat-panel-chicken-coop/dp/169444
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    What Breed Should I Get?

    I've seen people wrap it with hardware cloth pretty high (say 4-5 ft) and that seems to keep cats out. I have only 3 ft of chicken wire wrapping my kiddy pool, but my cat/dogs won't be in the room with them unless they're supervised, and there's no way my cat is bright enough to get in there anyway!
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    What Breed Should I Get?

    I have been all set up for weeks now! It sits next to me in my office and I stare at it for hours every day. :D
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    What Breed Should I Get?

    Literally saw ducks in someone's yard on the side of the road today and slowed down to look. :D CAN'T WAIT. I have almost 4 more weeks now, though....
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    Frostbite on the tips of the comb. :(

    They do not currently have any artificial heat on them. They have PLENTY of ventilation - the entire top of the henhouse is open and the door is also open all the time. (See picture above - the entire space between the white henhouse wall to the pvc roofing panel is open space.) I have never...
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    These buttheads...

    I am impressed! :gig
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    Frostbite on the tips of the comb. :(

    We just went out there and threw a blanket over the henhouse section to hopefully keep a little more heat in. Should I do anything in particular to treat the frostbite? We might get a few more cold nights this year, and I do have a radiant heat panel I could throw in there for just the coldest...
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    Frostbite on the tips of the comb. :(

    Sadly, I think a few of my hens have some minor frostbite on the tips of their combs. I have two buff orpingtons, an easter egger and a speckled sussex, and the only one unaffected is the easter egger (benefits of a pea comb!). The affected hens have a clear line a few millimeters from the tips...
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    What Breed Should I Get?

    Yep, they'll call you day of if there are any issues with your order.... I started getting nervous when it was 4pm and I still hadn't gotten a shipping notification.
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    What Breed Should I Get?

    I do wish that I ordered directly through Metzer now though... I got impatient and ordered through My Pet Chicken because their availability was up sooner, and I've had good customer service interactions with them in the past. They were still very nice and accomodating, but apparently Metzer...
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    What Breed Should I Get?

    So excited for duckling pictures! Mine were supposed to come this week, but unfortunately Metzer apparently had an underhatch on both Cayugas and Welsh Harlequins, and my order got postponed to March 1. They said that they have had poor hatches the last few weeks, so hopefully your order isn't...
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    Waiting impatiently for my babies...

    Adorable! Ugh, mine are coming from Metzer next week, and I only ordered 3. Getting increasingly nervous, but we will see.
  16. lysmandor

    Wool Hen: Or, How to raise chicks with NO HEAT LAMP and possibly no supplemental heat at all.

    I'm guessing there's probably a minimum number of chicks for this to be a viable option - I keep a small flock (only 4 hens at the moment) and I would imagine 3-4 chicks wouldn't be able to generate enough heat, even in a pretty small box? And yes, it feels like -3 right now including...
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    Waiting impatiently for my babies...

    I'm so sorry for your loss. :( Where did you order from?
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    What Breed Should I Get?

    I'm pretty nervous - it's supposed to be down to -2 the day they ship here, and mine are going all the way from Metzer to upstate NY. Hope I don't regret ordering ducklings so early!
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    Weird poop: looks like cysts? (Picture included)

    Yep, rigor doesn't matter - it would be almost impossible to bring it in before rigor, since that happens in a few hours after death. Refrigeration, and as fresh as possible is the most important.
  20. lysmandor

    Mature duck niacin deficiency

    Please be careful with the vetwrap - if you wrap it too tight, you will cut off circulation to the foot. Ideally wrap it fairly loosely, or with plenty of padding/gauze in it (so that it can compress the gauze padding and not the leg). Also, please stop using iodine - it works fine as a one...
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