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    Surprise Chicks

    I went out to our garden and found that one of our hens who is always escaping from our fenced chicken yard was in the garden caring for 9 new chicks. We want to let her raise them over there because we put them all in a little brooder tractor we have and she is so upset. If we let her raise...
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    Limping rooster

    Hello. Our rooster is limping on his right foot. It started about a week ago. My husband said he got out of the chicken yard one day and our chihuahua had him cornered. He may have gotten injured then. I’ve checked the bottom of his foot. No bumble foot. I’ve checked all of his toes and joints...
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    Expanding coop suggestions?

    Hey all. We have a 4x8 coop with run underneath currently housing 6 birds. 1 roo will go to a new home soon. We also have 7 littles in a grow out coop. I don’t think they can all comfortably sleep in the big coop. There is just one 8 foot roosting bar. Any suggestions on how to explains this...
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    Roos mounting hens at young age

    I have a flock of mixed ages. We have 3 one year old hens. We have 3 15 week old Easter Eggers, two of which have turned out to be roos. The two roos have started mounting the only 15 week old female. It seems like they are young for this and she is smaller than them. They stay away from the...
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    Worms

    I found these worms when cleaning the coop. Not sure if they can from the chickens or if something laid eggs in the poop?? Any idea what kind? They are about the size of a long grain of rice and very wiggly. They inch around like an inch worm.
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    Second guessing use of outdoor brooder

    I’m looking for some confirmation that I am doing things correctly. I built an outdoor brooder for our 2 week old chicks. I have a mamma heating pad in there set up like a lean to, that they can go under to stay warm. I moved them out there today and would like them to stay out there...
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    Repurposed box spring secondary coop

    Just wanted to share a money saving idea. Lumber prices are nuts right now! I wanted to build a small secondary coop for an outdoor brooder when our new chicks get a little older. This way they can be inside our larger run and near the big hens. We have 4 chicks, so this small size will be just...
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    Mamma heating pad: sharing my build

    Here is the mamma heating pad I just built. I chose to make it suspended. I will be moving the chicks to a bigger brooder soon... well as soon as I build it! I used the smaller Comfytemp “stay on” heating pad from Amazon. Some hardware cloth, a piece of fabric from a box spring I am repurposing...
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    Brooder to Coop: suggestions modifying/ integrating

    I am looking for suggestions for my setup. We are raising our second batch of 4 chicks and have 3 adult hens. We have used this plastic bin with heat lamp for a few weeks, then upgraded to our wood deck box (in the house), before moving our last batch to their coop. The adults have their coop...
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    Hen struggling to breathe

    Our 7 month old isa brown was wheezing and sneezing this morning when I let them out of the coop. The others had pecked her on top of the head. I did some research and went to town for some medicine. I was able to find VetRX. I made a solution and gave her a dropper full by mouth and also put a...
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    Lethargic hen barely able to hold her head up

    Looking for advice, I have been interacting on a backyard chickens Facebook page and have tried some things to no avail. We have four 4-5 year old black sex links that we recently adopted from a friend who could no longer care for them. We let them out of the coop to run around the yard daily...
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    Sprouting Wheat Berries

    We have a bunch of old wheat berries left over from our CSA like 2 years ago. I was reading about sprouting grains and decided to try it. I soaked over night and left them in a mason jar on our kitchen window sill, then had to go out of town for business and gave hubby the instructions on...
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    First chicken injury experience

    Hello, We have 4 chickens, all laying now. I saw today that the ameraucana, who seens to have always been lowest in the pecking order, has missing feathers and red, sort of open sores on both wings... What i would call the shoulder area. I would guess that the others are picking on her, but this...
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    Hi from Tucson

    Greetings from Tucson! We have 4 chickens who just started laying this week, an aquaponics system with about 150 tilapia, and raised garden beds. We are enjoying our adventure in sustainable living! Also trying my hand at blogging... http://Www.ideascometrue.blogspot.com
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