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    The Legbar Thread!

    ChicKat, I do love my chooks! They are a big part of my extensive furry, feathery and slimy family! I get great enjoyment watching and interacting with them! Gootziecat, thankyou! She stuck out among the other pullets up for sale, and I got to see both her parents who are equally as gorgeous ;)...
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    Barbu d'Uccle feathered feet

    Thanks for your reply. Do your d'uccles feet feathers create problems long term or they learn to live with it? I might build her a multi branch tree so she can enjoy her flying from level to level, she out of all of them likes to fly the most! She is very cute isnt she! Her little cackle...
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    The Legbar Thread!

    This is Cosmo, my first legbar! She is so gorgeous, and is 1 of 5 pure-breed babies I purchased in July. This was her shortly after we got her at 9 weeks, she's almost doubled in size now! She is very hard to catch as she is very fast, but we have found if you just sit in the run with them...
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    Barbu d'Uccle feathered feet

    Hi, I have 18 chickens, lots of different breeds. 1 of my babies is a Mille Fleur Barbu d'Uccle called Diva. She is incredibly sweet and is getting better at being picked up, only panicking slightly during the catching process but settling down quickly once nestled in the crook of my arm! My...
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    Plastic Shed suitable for new Hen House??

    I live in the Uk, so we rarely see summer temps past 30 degrees Celcius, but I would be constantly panicing having them in a metal shed in hotter weather. I understand ventilation is important, but I just wouldnt feel comfortable with them in metal. Reminds me of an oven lol! I have personally...
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    Plastic Shed suitable for new Hen House??

    He doesnt pressure wash currently, we were only going to do that with a plastic shed that we could have dried out completely. For the wooden playhouse the chickens live in currently we use the mite powder, and mite solution sprayed into any cracks. We also dust the hens regularly. The...
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    Plastic Shed suitable for new Hen House??

    My husband is a 'cleaner'! We have only had a mite infestation once in 4 years of keeping chickens, and only the occasional mite in between, but my husband really really hates them! I am thinking the paint idea would take up less space in the shed too than panels. I have decided we are going...
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    Plastic Shed suitable for new Hen House??

    Thats a good idea, would look nice too! There is so many ideas out there, its deciding which ones to do thats the issue now!! Ellie
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    Plastic Shed suitable for new Hen House??

    It's the temperarure that bothers me the most, I don't want to come down one summers day to a lot of bbq chickens! I prefer wood but my husband is obsessed with mites, and likes the idea of being able to power wash a plastic shed plus tge lack of grooves and hiding holes in plastic compared to...
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    Plastic Shed suitable for new Hen House??

    Hi guys, My hens currently live in a wooden play-house. It has lasted a good 3 years (plus the time it was actually used as a kids playhouse) but is falling to pieces now. I am looking into getting a 6x6ft plastic shed and converting it appropriately into a chicken house, but I have a couple...
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    Question for UK members

    Has anybody ever bought a coop from www.chickencoopman.co.uk? We are wanting to buy a very expensive coop and found this site sold it the cheapest (by £150 compared to most expensive.) I would hate to pay out this amount then discover the site is a fake! Thanks! Ellie
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    Non-thriving hen

    Hi guys, still struggling with this little girl. Her crop is continuously filling over about 3 days, despite me emptying her daily and feeding her biolive yoghurt to try and improve gut flora.. She seems bright and well in herself. She's eating, drinking and wandering around with the others...
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    Non-thriving hen

    Holding her upside down by her legs and massagingthe contents from bottom to top so she spews it out her beak
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    Non-thriving hen

    I've just emptied her crop again because it was completely full! Is it possible for chickens to have a non smelly version of sour crop? I've fed her some biolive yoghurt after emptying her in case.. She's such a sweet chicken, even though I've had her the shortest amount of time she is one of...
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    Non-thriving hen

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    Non-thriving hen

    Hi guys, I had 13 chooks, and about 3 weeks ago my husband came home with a very sorry looking specimen that apparently hadn't eaten for 3 days. He was at her work and they were going to cull her, but he felt sorry for her as she desperately ran away from her would be killers. She had so much...
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    Lethargic Hen

    So today for the first time since becoming lethargic, I noticed a nasty smell coming from Phoenix's beak. I immediately flipped her upside down and massaged and VOILA, sour crop! I'm presuming that her lethargy was the crop starting to go sour, but the process was so slow she showed no...
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    Lethargic Hen

    Yes she has no outward physical signs of any problems, and there has been no singling out or bullying either, unless it's at night, but then again, no signs of injury!
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