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    Coop litter on concrete floor

    Hello! We purchased a home that has three large sheds, previously used for housing chihuahuas, which the past owners bred and raised. I am converting one shed into a chicken coop. My question is about litter options. The shed has a concrete floor. I would like to use the deep littler method but...
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    Extreme cold - what is “too cold?”

    I live in NE Texas. We have mild winters with temps that rarely drop below freezing. But the polar vortex is heading our way and the low on Monday is 1 degree F. Temps will be in the teens and 20’s over the next week. I put a thick layer of new straw in the coop today. I have 8 hens, so they...
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    Suddenly Sick Rooster

    Update: he was gone within minutes of bringing him inside, before I even finished posting and looking for the nutri-drench. I have no idea what happened but my best guess is botulism from some garden mulch I tossed into their pen to fill a hole. We have no other roosters and very few predators...
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    Rabbits with my chickens?

    We have a small backyard flock of 8 hens and 1 roo. I am thinking of adding a couple of rabbits to the pen. I would build the rabbits their own enclosure in the colony style but they would share the pen with the chickens. Experienced rabbit keepers, what are the most important features of the...
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    Sick Rooster

    I have a three-month-old rooster who is sick. I noticed a few weeks ago he was not his perky self. I have two roosters and I assumed he had gotten into a tiff with the other and just had his pride hurt. I came back from a weeklong vacation to find him doing no better. His comb is pale and droopy...
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    Hen not putting weight on legs.

    I have a 2-month-old white leghorn hen who is not putting any weight on her legs. It started about a week ago, when I noticed she was not putting weight on one leg. I brought her inside to watch her. I ruled out bumble foot since I see no evidence. My next thought was a possible injury, and I...
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    Help! Is it Bumblefoot?

    I have a young hen who is suddenly not putting weight on her left foot. She has been this way for a few days now. She is eating and drinking but not putting any weight at all on the leg. Yesterday I did not notice anything on the foot that might indicate an injury or infection but today I do see...
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    Moving chicks outside in Texas?

    This is my first time raising baby chicks, though not my first time having chickens. We have had our chicks now for just over three weeks and they are doing great. everything I read says to wait 6-10 weeks before moving them outside full time...but that seems to be because they won’t be able to...
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    What to use for run?

    I am building a new run and need some advice on what materials to use/how to build it. The run will be L-shaped with the two larger sides made up of our existing wood fence and a portion of the inner corner of the “L” shape made up of the coop itself. That leaves three small sections to enclose...
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    Where to get chicks?

    This is not my first time having chickens, but in the past I've only gotten adolescent birds from a neighbor who raises chickens. The last ones I got from him were infested with lice, so I've decided to purchase some on my own this time. What are some good options for ordering chicks? Our local...
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    Can dogs and chickens coexist?

    We have a small flock of 4 chickens (one rooster and three hens, two are small breeds - sumatran and sultana). Yesterday we found an abandoned puppy that we are considering keeping. It seems to be a mix but best guess is that it has some degree of treeing tennessee brindle (which is a hunting...
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    Advice for changing city ordinance (northeast Texas - Texarkana)

    My husband and I just moved to Texarkana, Texas (northeast corner of Texas) from Austin, Texas. We are used to backyard chickens being part of the culture in Austin, and now that we have land (quarter acre) we'd like to have our own chickens. Unfortunately the current city ordinance states...
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