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  1. remist17

    No feathers on the butts

    I powdered them all w poultry powder. Cleaned the barn again. I don't think they are picking. Hopefully.
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    No feathers on the butts

    Thank you, I will look again.
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    No feathers on the butts

    I have 8 laying hens and two older ones about 3 years old. The 8 were all chicks raised up. I see that 8 of the 10 have no feathers on their butts. One older one and one younger one still have their feathers. I watched them for a few hours the other day and could not find anyone pecking the...
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    Feather loss on backsides

    Thanks. I have 8 large breed hens. I am feeding crumbles right now so I will start moving to pellets. Scratch was given every other day to provide something to get in the pen. Its a dirt floor in the run but they really do not have much to go after. what about kitten food? I was told by a old...
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    Feather loss on backsides

    So I have been watching the girls and I do not see feather picking but like it was said it could be during the night. I got the game feed and sunflower seeds to mix into the scratch grain. The barn is 6ftx8ft with two 8ft perches. the run is 10x15ft. What else can I do to prevent this from...
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    Feather loss on backsides

    I have 1 1/2 old hens that have been laying great. They are all starting to loose feathers on their butt and one has lost feathers on butt and back. I do not run a rooster. This happened on the last batch of hens I had. Everyone told me I had a feather picker. So these are now new and I have...
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    Help with Waterers

    I am trying to locate replacement waterers. I had in my flock the plastic 3 gallon with the black lid and red bottom from tractor supply co(Farm-Tuff Top Fill Poultry Waterer). I have had the worst luck with these new ones. I have gone through three so far and they do not seal right. They just...
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    Chick raising question

    Does anyone have concerns on my setup for the chicks. They come Thursday. 50 gallon stock tank. Pine shavings and heat lamp. Housed in the non insulated barn Lows are 38-42F and highs are around 65 - 70. Thanks
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    Australorps loosing feathers

    Went out last night to powder the hens. I grabbed the worst two and did a inspection. The two australorps have no feathers from the underside of neck to the vent. Their entire breast bone is without feathers. Other feathers have grown and covered this so I never saw it. I found no bugs of any...
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    Australorps loosing feathers

    Hello all My two still have no feathers as shown on the above photos. I am starting to think they have mites or lice? No feathers are growing back at all. The backsides are deep red color. No others have any feather lost. I do not see anyone picking on these two or picking feathers. There are no...
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    Chick raising question

    I have used the water bucket for years, its not a little bucket. Its 50 gallon flat rubber made that is about 3 feet long and 2 feet wide. I used it to water goats for years, then re-purposed to grow chicks. I put the lamp at one end and water feed at the other. The barn is sectioned off for...
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    Chick raising question

    I am getting 10 chicks in 7 days. I put the delivery out to May thinking it would be warm enough to keep them in the barn with a lamp in a 50 gallon water bucket. The weather currently is not working out so well. We had frost again this morning. Question is will the chicks be ok with a heat...
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    Odor control question

    good call on the baking soda.... What do you think the mix rate would be to wash the walls down? cup of baking soda to 2 gallons of water? Im going to put it in a sprayer.
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    Odor control question

    Yea I use this also. Looking for some sort of spray to wash the walls down and cover the smell I guess
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    Odor control question

    I have two barns, one that houses goats and one that houses our chickens. I was hoping someone can recommend a odor controlling product that I can use. I clean our barns every two weeks. The goat barn gets the worse. I think its the ammonia that is making it smell. Any suggestions are much...
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    Australorps loosing feathers

    The Delawares were picking saw both do it. Spent several hours out there watching and everyone stays to themselfs. If anything the two austrolrps pick on everyone else. So im totally confused. They still look like the photos. I had been putting some anti pick from Tsc. Smelt ok to me. I have...
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    Australorps loosing feathers

    Well I removed the delawares from the pen. The Buff and mix hens are growing feathers back. The two Austra still are missing feathers. I changed the feed to purina crumbles, add sunflowers to the scratch and give them cat food. Any other reason these guys are not growing feathers back? The good...
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    Australorps loosing feathers

    Thanks for the suggestions. I got the Purina layer, Sunflower seeds, 20% rabbit pellet and some anti peck purple goo. I put the goo on them last night. Made the hen house smell nice. Making plans this weekend to enlarge the run by 5ft x8ft.
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    Australorps loosing feathers

    Ok. Currently I use crumbles any issue changing to pellets? Everything I find is pellets with higherprotein
  20. remist17

    Australorps loosing feathers

    Ill try and secure some save today. Do you think feed plays a part? I use dime feed from tractor supply. Im thinking to change to purena. Thoughts?
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