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    Foys VSB Door with 9X13 door and sides

    Hi I have a one year old Foys VSB electronic door, has 9X13 aluminium door with sides, it also has the sepereate light sensor nut that part I am not guarranteeing works, one of the ends is off the wire. I bought it a last spring for my coop and hens,,wel the relationship I was in went south...
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    BEWARE of these thermostaticly controlled switches

    I had one of those Thermocubes that are supposed to come on at 35degrees and go off at 45,,,,well I went out to feed yesterday, and the water was frozen solid??,,,I think what's going on , and the complete switch had caught fire, tripped the breaker and fused the terminals on my extension cord...
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    Black spots on the comb

    My girls have been fighting a respiratory issue, ( lost one) eyes filled with crud then she had difficulty breathing, now I have just one hen that has spots on her comb, other than that she seems fine , Any ideas,,,I am beginning to hate having to post here, everything seems to predate...
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    Crusty eye

    One of my buffs had a crust over its eye so thick that it wasn't able to open it, also one of Wyandottes haves been sneezing, and one of my red sex links has a bubbly eye,,,, Should I inject the whole flock with Tylan,,,,,,a. Bit extreme for a possible cold?,,,what about an antibiotic in the water?
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    Dead hen and now a pullet

    Hi I just strated with chickens this year, and between the F......in foxes, coyotes and dogs I have bought over 20 birds and have 9 left. The newest problem is I had bought two older (unknown age, but laying) birds from a guy, both were laying earlier, one the fox got, the other got slowly...
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    One fell off the perch last night

    I am new to this,,,only had them 2-3 months,,,went out to give them some tomatoes and raw corn,,and I opened the coop door and one of my red sexlinks was laying on the floor of the pen,,,looks like she just fell off the perch last night. They were all out yesterday free ranging,,I didn't notice...
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    Where should I feed and water?

    Ok for some this may seem rudimentary but, after my first month with a dozen crazy chickens (maybe I am the crazy one) ,,, I have two waterers and two feeders, one in the run and one in the coop ( each) ,,,, SHOULD I have two,,they seem to only eat and drink outside of the coop, literally never...
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    Heating your coop in winter

    Hi,,I am very new to this, and have had many questions answered here,,,,first off,,I am in upstate NY, and we can get nights in the neg numbers and Jan thru deb rarely above freezing. I was looking on the web at Shop the coop dot com, they sell ceramic wall heaters and mats, my coop is 4X6...
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    New flock owner with a feeding question,,,12 birds 20 wks plus old

    Hi, I just got my coop and birds last month after much arguing with the wife, I got a 4x6 coop with automatic door and 4x8 run with door that is open all day and the birds have been free ranging the lawn and venturing farther each day, I currently have 2 Wyandottes that are about 20 weeks, 2...
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    Coop size and crowding

    High I have a 4X6 coop, with a 4x8x4h run with 10 birds 8 nesting boxes ,,,,, can I take more or am I set , . They free range whenever possible, we hav very few predators, we have thousands of rabbits up here. Appreciate your help, also most of the birds are young 12-20weeks, a few are...
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    House Capacity

    Hi I have a 4x6 hen house with 8 boxes and a 4x84' high run ,,,,,,,I currently have 10 hens 4 RIR's , 5 Buff Orpintons , and 1 speckled wine wine dots
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    New to this site and chickens

    Hello all,,,,,,I just convinced my SO to let me get the chickens I've wanted for a long time ,,,,,I got a 4x6 metal roof coop with 8 nest boxes, I got 4 red sex links , and 3 buff orpingtons, and one "other" so 8 in total,,,,,got the coop Monday and the chickens on Tuesday, I built a 4x8x4h run...
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