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    Feather loss/damage and pecking - moulting? mites?

    Hello all, We have three brown hens that are well-fed and in a good run with plenty of space and bugs to eat. Lately we have noticed that one of them, the smallest, is looking a little dishevelled. Today we realised that she is missing a lot of feathers - mostly on her chest but in other spots...
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    Roost 'steps' / poo bin / nest boxes / feeder - update with pics!

    Hi again everyone, sorry for all the questions today! As I mentioned in another thread I'm planning to build the roosting perches today over a poo box. The plan is to utilise some of the existing fittings and the coop layout as much as possible to keep costs, time and materials down. I'm a bit...
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    Chicken-friendly timber treatment?

    Hi all, I am currently building the new coop / roosts / poo bin and I'm using just pine plywood and 2x4 from the local hardware. I was thinking I would use linseed oil to help preserve the timber - I'm guessing it's going to be a lot friendlier than something like creosote. Any other...
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    Night light?!

    Our 3 chickens are still not settling into their coop very well. Two of them go in at dusk but curl up in the nest boxes. The other one has a favourite little spot in the run behind a rock and we will inevitably find her curled up there. Not sure whether she is getting bullied by the other two...
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    Roosting material?

    Hi everyone, we've just moved into a house with a big chicken coop out back, and are now parents to 3 big brown layers from the local egg farm. We're still playing games each night to get them into the inner sanctum of the roost, which is a bit run down so I want to rebuild it. My question is...
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