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  1. GinaNew York

    Beak issue

    This is Gracie, a six week old Easter egger. Her beak doesn't close. It's not crooked at all. Would you file the beak on the bottom and trim the top with clippers?
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    dominiques

    does anyone know a dominique breeder in CT or NY?
  3. GinaNew York

    getting ahead of FLIES

    now that warm weather is in the future here in the northeast in CT, I'm wondering what everyone is doing to control/prevent flies - does anyone use the nematodes that are used in horse barns in the coop? We're using the deep litter method, so poisons to kill flies, would destroy the good...
  4. GinaNew York

    pecking on pullets head

    We have one beautiful EE who is the smallest girl who is getting her head picked on constantly. We've tried the Blukote but it's not working. She is also the one the others try and keep from the feeder or prevent her from taking treats on the floor - they will run across the run and coop to...
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    Being prepared

    A few years ago i had three pigeons i cared for for seven months. They were burned on the electric pole outside my house. Rescue had them one week. I had them seven months while they regrew skin and feathers. They all flew away. I learned a lot from caring for them. Most important to be...
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    does anyone heat the nest boxes?

    we have an insulated coop, but no heat and lots of windows - my concern is the eggs - should we use heating pads under the nesting material which are pads made of hay on paper that we dispose of - we would heat this in the microwave and wrap it in insulated bags and then some kind of cloth...
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    The what do you have for me look before my finger got bit

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    Dark Brahmas

    This is Ethel shes seven months. Ive read this breed matures late. Do you think shell get much bigger? I adore this breed, theyre always by you talking and demanding treats and attention
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    Loving the sand bath

    In our coop we use pine shavings and have a three foot square sand box by the pop door to help dry out wet feet. Some of the birds love dust bathing in the sand so much we picked up an old tire at mavis and filled it with sand. Theres 200 lbs of sand in this tire and i mixed in poultry dust .
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    Loving this feeder from premier 1

    We had so much waste before, theres a small bit of beak digging but this is so deep and everyone will fit around it . T he EE eating from the plate is sammy who has been picked on until we coated her head with blukote
  11. GinaNew York

    Two weeks in the new coop and two hurt feet, one closed eye and feathers off one head

    My girls are heathens! Our EE is missing feathers on her head and is lowest of the low, one had a foot infection on both feet and one tore out a toe when another knocked her off the roost, and yesterday we had one closed eye, Good news is vetericyn spray and blukote is great for feet injuries...
  12. GinaNew York

    Why does everyone always want the same thing?

    After one week in the coop we've had some birds on the bottom roost and some on the top. Last night this is what we found. Poor lonely llbaby couldnt fit her coolie on the top. Its a good thing my sil had the foresighr to put supports!
  13. GinaNew York

    foot problems after one day in new coop

    what does this look like? I'm thinking to use vetricin and blu cote on it? is it a callus from new materials to walk on? She hasn't been outside
  14. GinaNew York

    WARNING: steel wool pieces are being found in oyster shell products

    this weekend I found steel wool pieces in manna pro's 50 lb bag, I also found some, but much less in a 50lb bag of coastal - and now another member is finding it in 5 lb bags - I called the companies and Manna Pro was helpful - it seems , and I may be wrong, so I'm looking for input here and...
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    Steel wool pieces in oyster shell

    We bought a fifty lb bag of manba pro at tractor supply and saw these little pieces of steel wool, so we bought a new bag of coastal shell at agway and found them again but so much less. Has anyone noticed this?
  16. GinaNew York

    Today was move in day

    The run isnt finished yet but will be in a week i hope. This design was my design modified by my tall son in law to fit with input from some wonderful backyard members, my concern is the stress if moving stopped a few layers so i hope all get in the grove tomorrow one did lay late in the box...
  17. GinaNew York

    I have no idea what to do with sunflower seeds

    These are five of seven Sunzilla heads that were spectacular. They are like tree trunks and dont need staking. Now I have a table of sticky seeds. What should i do to preserve them? Should they be roasted in the oven and stored? Or how do you store them? Does anyone feed them raw to their...
  18. GinaNew York

    Roof insulation and ceiling

    This is the coop the entire family is working on. Four feet on left is a shed areavand door to coop. Sand will be in the first three feet and shavings for thevdeep litter method will be the rest. Total outside is 12 x 16. Coop walls ard insulated to ceiling of eight feet however would you...
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    HUGE disagreement about ridge venting in coop

    yesterday, I found out that the coop we're building had ridge vents placed in the roof and also in the roof of the run - I've been researching building coops extensively, and had not heard of this. I researched and found this video/article...
  20. GinaNew York

    let the games begin! our first egg

    Ginger, our Columbian cross raised quite a ruckus this morning. Someone had been playing in the nest boxes for a while, knocking everything out. Then, this morning Ginger refused to get out of the nest box and eat with the others. ALL the chickens had been screaming for hours, yet when my...
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