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    Swollen eye

    My buff orp has a badly infected eye. Haven't yet worked up the courage to Lance it, but have been treating it with an ophthalmic terramycin 2/day. Have read a lot of threads about similar stuff, but not as many with good outcomes documented from specific treatments. If this gel does not it...
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    4wk chick gasping and weezing.

    I have a 4wk old Welsummer that this morning was gasping for air badly and weezing, like somebody with asthma would. also, she seems to sneeze some as well. She seems very weak and does not want to stand up, eat or drink. We have been syringe feeding her water with electrolytes, but even that...
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    A/C for the chicken coop

    So I am designing my first coop and run. I am a first timer to chickens, and will only have about half a dozen hens and no rooster. I have had some VERY hot days this summer and don't really want to lose any birds to heat. So, is it crazy to plan to put a small AC unit on the coop. 6x8 is the...
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    Chicken run

    I am a first time chicken owner and I have my design for my coop and run close to done, and building will commence as soon as I get a wall up around the yard. My question is this. I have a run that will be basically 56 ft2. I live in the desert where there is a bunch of very fine sand, so I...
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    Newb with an open mouth breathing chick

    Ok, go easy on me, as I am a total newb, and these are my first chicks. . . That being said, I have an extremely loving 4 wk old Wyandotte (I think, avatar) that has recently been open mouth breathing. Pepper has been open mouth breathing for about a week now. I first noticed that she would...
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    New Chicken owner

    Well, with three 3.5 wk old chics, I am definitely hooked! Two buckeyes and one Wyandotte (I think) are fun to watch and are getting so active! I spend time with them every day more than once, and the Wyandotte is proving to be the "flyer" of the bunch. If I go out into the garage to their...
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