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    Liquidy/watery poop. WHAT IS GOING ON (picture)

    UUGGGGGH! I can't figure out what is causing this! One of my chickens has been consistently leaving very liquidy poops around. It's been happening for at least 6 months- all winter long. I gave all the chickens some "Rooster Booster multi wormer," which made no difference whatsoever. The...
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    2 problems: runny poop, pecking/feather loss HELP

    I have a flock of four hens (no roosters). These are my first birds. The only other problems I have had is that Aza had a compacted crop, which I fixed with an epsom salt bath, and mysterious blood on the roost a while ago (probably just a cut or something). Here's a list of problems in my...
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    Blood on roost, toes are fine (pics)

    Okay, so today When cleaning my coop there was blood on the roost in two places. AHHHHHHH! What could it be? Here are the pics Some background: I have four chickens. It is very cold here, recently about 4*F. One of my chickens recently had an impacted crop (which I solved with an epsom...
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    Can you ferment bagels?

    So I was thinking about introducing fermented feed to the farm I work at. But here's the interesting thing. We get TONS of bagels to eat for lunch every day, and never use them up. Can you ferment bagels? We could ferment them and feed them to the chickens we have on the farm. Does anyone...
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    Fermented Feed- a little moldy?

    I have some fermented feed, and it seems okay. Bubbly, milky juice, smells fermented. However, a few days ago and tonight, there was a few little circles of white mold? floating on the top, probably the size of 5 grains of rice each. Last time, I just poured them off and fed it. I was really...
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    Chicks go outside and eat a lot less?

    I just put my 4 pullets outside. Previously, they were eating one ovaltine jar a food of day. That's probably a quart and a half, I dunno. Then, I put them outside and they eat about 1/3 of what they used to! Is this normal? I thought maybe they were just so bored inside that they scattered...
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    Is it okay if chicks sneeze?

    I have 6, month old chicks. Every once and a while, they sneeze. Different ones every time I think, and it's not constant. I am not using anything dusty it their brooder. I am just using a newspaper and a shelf liner (never doing that again, it's a pain to clean. it takes an hour a day to...
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    Pullet or Cockerel?

    I know. The eternal question. This chick is a few days over 4 weeks old. S/he is an "Araucana" from Agway, so actually an Easter Egger... So! Male or female? Here are the pics: It is very challenging to photograph living things... This little pullet (I hope pullet)...
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    Got grit with charcoal?

    I was at Agway ordering chicks and saw this gravel. It was only about a dollar so I got it, thinking I could use it for grit for my chicks once they started getting treats. But later, I looked at the back and it says it contains oyster shell and charcoal: I know that oyster shell is not...
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    Help me build a coop!

    Okay. I am building a coop & run for 5 chickens (preferably). How many eggs will they produce? They might be Easter Eggers or something like that... whatever they have at Agway in Ithaca, NY? I want 4-5 eggs a day.These will be my first chickens, that I will raise from chicks. The dimensions...
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    Waterers- cups or nipples?

    Which do you prefer- cups or nipples? I don't even have chickens but I'm planning on getting some in the spring. I've been researching feed and watering systems. Cups seem okay, but it seems like dirt still gathers in the cup and you have to rinse them out... also, people have trouble...
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