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    Odd Chicken Staying in Coop Alone

    I have realized over the past week when I pick eggs & feed & water my chickens that there is always 1 Americauna still inside pacing back & forth on the roosting bar. Even when I throw scraps & scratch out & the rest rush to it, she still stays in there. I noticed that the feathers around her...
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    Damp Chicken Coop

    I am in a region that has had a lot of rain & yesterday snow (yuck!). I have done the deep litter method by covering the floor of my coop with kiln dried shavings & read that adding leaves is good too. A friend that lives in town gave me the leaves & I spread them in the coop & then realized...
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    Cleaning out Coop & Putting on Garden

    I just cleaned my coop out yesterday to start the deep little method for winter. Can I put the shavings/manure I just cleaned out directly on my garden that I just cleaned off? Thank you!
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    Wiring a Chicken Coop for Winter

    I am at the stage where I need to wire lights/outlets in my coop so their water will stay unthawed & they will have some light in the winter, but don't even know what to buy for lights when i go to the hardware store. I have not clipped my chicken's wings & don't plan to so I am concerned they...
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    Can you feed chickens cherries with pits?

    I am wondering if you can feed chickens cherries with pits or if the would get lodged in their crop?
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    Preparing for Winter - Keeping Water Thawed

    We are in a climate area that is very cold most of the year. I'm trying to get prepared for winter (even though it's 90 degrees today) & am wondering what others do/use to keep their water unthawed when it's 20 below. If you make a recommendation of a product could you tell me where you bought...
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    Using Quick-Crete Around the Run

    Yesterday I mixed up quick-crete & put it around the areas where my wire meets the foundation of the building so that no predators can get in & along the foundation inside the run where there were cracks. I am concerned if it's not completely set that the chickens will peck at it, eat it & get...
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    Using Used Nesting Boxes??

    I bought a really old metal 10 hole nesting box & it was pretty filthy. I blew everything off with the air compressor & am throwing away the floors of some of the boxes because they were so matted with old bedding & manure, but am wondering what else I can do to clean it or what the risks are...
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    Where do you put the drinker & feeder in a small chicken tractor?

    I have a small chicken tractor that is good for 4-6 chickens. I am planning to move chickens out of the permament coop into the tractor soon, but have always had my drinkers/feeders hanging. Where do I put the drinkers/feeders in a small tractor? The drinkers/feeders I find seem so large for...
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    How high do chickens fly?

    I am in the process of finishing my chicken run. It probably has 5 1/2 foot tall sidewalls, but we don't have the ceiling covered yet & I'd like to let the chickens out sooner rather than later, but am worried they will be able to fly out. I don't really want to clip their wings because I have...
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    Chicken Coop & Chicken Tractor Impact on Combining the Flock

    I currently have 17 of my 6 week old hens in a permanent chicken coop, but I also have a chicken tractor that will accomodate 4-5 hens that I would like to use around the yard while in the leaving the others in the permanent coop. How do I choose which go in the chicken tractor & how are they...
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    1 Month Old Chicks with Diahhrea??

    Last night as I was doing my chicken chores I noticed that some of the poop in the coop is solid & some looked more like diahhrea. What could this be? Any advice on what I should do? I recently changed their water from our rural water to our artesian well water. Could that be part of it?
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    Weed Control Around Perimeter of Chicken Run

    I am in the process of building my chicken run. It is 19 feet long & 12 feet wide & I am burying hardware cloth 12 inches deep that will be anchored in place by a 2 x 6 that I am also burying. That being said, I am recognizing that once the dirt is packed back in place all that will be level...
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    When to start using Chick Grit

    I have 3 week old chicks & I have been sprinkling/mixing grit in their feed. Should I continue doing that or should I be giving them grit free in another feeder?
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    Puffed up feathers, heavy breathing, staying in same spot...

    I have a 3 week old chick that I noticed had its feathers puffed up & wings spread & was breathing very heavily & sitting & staying in the same place in the brooder even when I moved the waterer & feeder around. I thought for sure she would be dead the next day, but this is day 4 & she is still...
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    Changing chickens from rural water to artesian water.

    I have been raising chicks in my basement & they have been drinking rural water for the last month. I am now moving them out to the chicken coop & will be switching from using our rural water to using artesian water from our free flowing well. Will I need to blend the water over a period of...
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