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    Weaving, looks drunk, off balance = molting!

    I'm not super-experienced with chickens, having had them on grandma's farm as a kid and I have had my current flock for about 4 years now. A few weeks back they went through a really dramatic molt (one lost pretty much every feather at once) and two hens started acting really squirrelly. One...
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    Swollen itchy face? Suggestions?

    Came home today and saw that one of my hens has a puffy swollen face on one side... Swollen eyelid, and down side of face. Eye not swollen shut, and looks okay, just puffy and assymetrical. It looks like she may have a tiny soft-bodied tick in the eyelid crease; I'm waiting for my husband to get...
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    Fowl pox? Some other skin infection?

    I have a 3 year old barred rock with comb that looks just like this! I tried to take a picture of her, but this image on backyard chickens is much better (thank you!) The scabs are black, not really raised or colored around the edges at all like other picture images I've seen. If it was just...
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    Suggestions on how to move a coop?

    We have one of the Amish-built 6-8 hen houses (typical two windows; one end person door, other end pop hole and exterior-access hinged-lid nest boxes type). Anybody ever move one of these things with just people power? We've recently cleared some trees and want to relocate the coop there, but...
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    Anyone use aquarium heater?

    Has anyone used an aquarium heater as a solution to freezing waterer? I saw this idea posted somewhere recently and it sounds like a brilliantly simple idea... Assuming it works, won't burn down my coop or cost me a fortune in utility bills. I'm currently using a large heated base, but...
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    Thinking ahead about geese

    Hello Goose people, At the moment I'm a chicken person, but I miss having geese and can see that someday my chicken coop might become a goose coop or we will add another. Anyway, my past history with waterfowl is with wild nesting Canada geese and Mallards on a small river, and later on a...
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    Fussy eaters?

    My girls are about 7 weeks old and haven't shown much interest in anything other than their regular feed, bread or toast, and live mealworms and bugs. Oh, and my lawn. I'm looking forward to them becoming little feathered composters, but my offers of fruits, veggies, cereals and dairy have been...
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    Shed-to coop-to shed transition ideas? Suggestions welcome

    Have four four-week olds at the moment, and will soon be transitioning them from a huge dog crate in my garage to outside. My last batch of chicks are living the good free-range life at my moms place, and these girls will join up with that flock in the fall. In the mean time, I thought it would...
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    Escaping the suburbs one critter at a time...

    Hello, I'm new here. Trapped in the suburbs for another decade or so, but have decided to push my luck and start my flock ( thanks to a little coersion... My nine year old helped convince grandpa that hens would be a nice addition to our "country house", where my parents reside.) My mom will...
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