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    Chronic Limping Hen

    One of my hens, a Golden Laced Wyandotte, has had a limp for months. I'm not even sure I'd call it a limp, it's like her legs don't bend properly? Sometimes I can hardly tell, but if she's been running around a lot (usually after I try to catch her for something) then it's more pronounced. She...
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    Are Pumpkin Vines Toxic?

    I was thinking about tossing some pumpkin seeds into the compost pile in the chicken run to hopefully grow some little punkins for my girls. But I wasn't sure if the vine itself is toxic to the chooks? Does anyone have experience with the vines and their girls?
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    Pullet is coughing/honking, wheezing.

    Babycakes is a 17 week old EE. This afternoon I noticed that she was 'honking', and she was doing it every few minutes. It seems like it happens right after she ducks her head down to pick at the ground. After about an hour of this I noticed she was also wheezing, it sounded like a creaking door...
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    This Barred Rock is a Hen, Right?

    She(?) is about 17 weeks old. No crowing, but no egg laying. I'm getting a bit worried with how big her comb is already, but it was small and pale until around 15 weeks and then it just got huge. She is definitely the lead hen, and lets my dog and the neighbors dog know if they've gotten too...
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    Heavy Limping

    My 14 week old pullet has started limping rather heavily, favoring her right leg. I've inspected her multiple times and can't find any injury, signs of bumblefoot, or even any swelling/discoloration. I thought perhaps she hurt it flying down from the roost (it's 4ft high, but they have a thick...
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    Advice on keeping the rain out?

    My coop is a renovated 8x8 site built playhouse. I only really used the frame and the roof, everything else got torn down and re-built. I built it so that the back half is all walled, but 4 feet on each side is hardware cloth, and a strip down the front on each side is hardware cloth, plus a...
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    Is this a good deal on pine shavings?

    I found a place about 20 minutes from my house that offers a pickup truck load of big flake pine shavings for $60. They load it (he said that they tamp it down, so I assume they really pack it in..) Is this a good deal? My coop is 8x8 for 6 chickens.
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    Kool Seal Elastomeric for floor coat?

    I've read about using Blackjack Rubberized Roof coat for the floor of the chicken coop. I have a 5 gal bucket of Kool Seal Elastomeric and was wondering if it would work about the same? Wanted to see if anyone had an advice or insight on using it.
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    How worried should I be about feral cats?

    Getting into the run? The run will be 16'x16', 5 and a half feet tall, with 2x4 welded wire, and the 'roof' will be 18 ga galvanized wire strung every 4 inches. The chicks will not be let into the run until they are about 10 weeks old. It is common for us to have feral and stray cats roaming our...
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    How do YOU prevent mites?

    I'm curious as to what measures people take to prevent their chickens from becoming infested with mites. Whether it be additives in the food, water, dust bath areas, around the coop, etc., what measures do you have in place to stop mites in their tracks? I'm working on building my coop and...
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    Breed of 'Assorted Pullet' TSC Chicks? *LOTS OF PICS*

    4 of them were purchased from the 'Assorted Pullet" bin, and 2 were purchased from the "Assorted Red Pullets" bin. The were a few days old when I purchased them, and I think they are around 7 weeks old now. Can anyone tell me their breeds? I'm very curious :) I think one is a Barred Rock, and...
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    BEES!

    Working on building our chicken coop, which is made from a renovated built-on-site playhouse (8x8). Went to work on it today and found the inside roof SWARMED with honey bees attempting to gain access to the roof, I really think they are attempting to build a new nest there! I had seen more bees...
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    Painting the roost?

    I'm working on building my roost for my coop. It will be on a shelf with sides that is filled with Sweet PDZ (inspired by the success of another member!). I was curious about painting the inside of the 'litter box' and the roost with either regular paint or blackjack rubberized roof coating...
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    Protection against crazy neighbor?

    In the process of building our 8x8 chicken coop (for 8 chickens, using the frame from an old playhouse) and while I know it (theoretically) should be safe from all kinds of wildlife, my main concern is the absolute crazy drunk neighbor who lives behind me. I'm going to put a few panels of...
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    Trembling Pullet

    Yesterday I noticed one of my 6 week old pullets' legs were trembling a bit when she walked around. I've been observing her closely since yesterday and I've noticed her tail also seems to tremble a bit. She seems to lay down a lot, but she will get up to got eat and drink, and even when laying...
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    Air Potatoes

    I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I have a bit of a concern. The area where I want to build the run for my chickens (the only shady area in the yard) is surrounded/covered by hundreds of air potato plants. I'm doing my best to remove as many as I can (plus the bulbs), but...
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    Firsthand Raccoon Experience

    I used to volunteer for a wild-life rehabilitation clinic, where we raised a lot of orphaned wildlife, including raccoons and opossums. I raised them from just days old orphaned babies into adulthood to be released back into the wild (I live in a suburban area. Many were orphaned due to mothers...
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    Chicken Run Fencing?

    My family and I are working on building our chicken coop and run. The chicken coop is 8x8 and is 6 ft high, and we will be housing 8 to 10 chickens. I see a lot of people recommend hardwire cloth to build the entire run with, but our run is going to be pretty large and that's very expensive...
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