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    Bumblefoot and complications

    Hi everyone, We have a chicken that developed bumblefoot. It seemed to appear fairly rapidly - one day she was in good shape, and the next her foot was quite swollen. We brought her inside, cleaned up her foot (there was no obvious wound but a few blisters we had to lance and flush out), and...
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    How long can chickens stay on start/grow feed?

    Our girls are just over 17 weeks now, and I know the switch to layer feed should happen sometime in the next month or so. I think we still have 20-30 lbs of start/grow feed left, and I'd really rather not waste it. Can I keep them on that a bit longer than suggested and offer free choice...
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    Dry heaving?

    My husband noticed this morning that one of our 9 week old chickens was doing something he said was similar to dry heaving: she would open her beak and sort of stick her head out, but was not distressed and stopped doing it after a minute or two. (They haven't been fed anything unusual lately...
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    Open beaks?

    Our 7 week old chicks are still in their brooder in the house, and are in a spare bedroom that's warm, but certainly not about 75 degrees. Some of the chicks are sitting around with their mouths open today. I assume this is a sign of overheating, but as it's not too hot up there, I'm wondering...
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    How long to let paint dry?

    We are getting ready to paint our coop (standard exterior latex paint), and I'm wondering how long we need to let it air out before the chickens can go in it? It's well-ventilated (outside) and will be warm for the next few days. Any idea?
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    caulk?

    We're getting ready to line our coop (pretty small) with sheets of linoleum (for ease of cleaning). In order to keep everything nice and water-tight, I'd like to caulk the seams, but I'm a little worried about the chickens pecking at the caulk and potentially eating some. Think it's a problem...
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    Introducing a full-grown chicken to chicks

    We have 6 6-wk old chicks and they're getting ready to make the big move outside in about a week or two. I think we're going to give two of them away, and in return, we're getting a year old chicken. Fabulous, since we'll get eggs right away, but not so fabulous in figuring out how to move...
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    Bad eyesight in a 5 week old?

    Hey all, Of the 6 day 5 week olds I have right now, all of them are happy and well. All of them love their treats too - mealworms and crickets being a big favorite. One of them (an EE), however, has been having some trouble getting the treats -- she (I hope!) used to be able to see them...
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    Ventilation and Light?

    We're working on our coop now (have another 4-6 weeks, thank goodness), and are debating how much ventilation/natural light is necessary. Due to the constraints of our backyard, the coop is backed up against two walls, leaving only two sides free. One side will of course have the door, and...
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    Scared chicks?

    My husband and I are new new to chickens - (he says he's "not new to chickens... I've eaten many chickens" - very funny) we've had ours for all of six days. Things are going really well so far, but I'm wondering if there's an easier way to condition our chicks to being handled. Every time we...
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    Howdy

    Hey all, My husband and I just got our first day old chicks 6 days ago. Neither of us have had chickens before, but are very excited to get started with them. We have: - 2 australorps - 1 easter egger - 1 silver laced wyandotte - 1 red star - 1 barred plymouth rock As of now, they're living...
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