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    Bumble foot surgery FAIL

    ***graphic pics with blood***I knew it would be hard since I pass out at the sight of blood but I really thought I could do this. I can't. My easter egger has bumblefoot on both feet. One is grade 5 probably. Soaked in Epsom salt two days ago but didn't have scalpel to do anything other than...
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    Chicken very sick with mites

    I've been dealing with mites for a couple weeks when they started biting me at night in bed!!! Pressure washed the coop treated it with diatomaceous earth and mite spray ( essential oil based, popular on amazon) I was planning on continuing that once a week and hopefully they would go away... I...
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    Eglu Cube owners, I need help!!!

    I am beyond frustrated with my $1,000 Eglu Cube. I can't figure out how to open and close the coop door. the access points are on the inside of the coop which obviously I can't reach across three four feet to open and close the door. I feel like they should be on the outside but I know I didn't...
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    Playhouse Coop

    I needed to get my chicken out of the house! The ladies pecked her bloody and attack at every attempted reintroduction, so I thought the free playhouse I was given might work. I have a lot of planned upgrades but it's at least as serviceable as the dog crate I was using! Tek #8 lath screws were...
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    Docile breeds for picked on Light Brahma

    I had a flock of 6...4 EE, 1 RIR and 1 light Brahma. Egg door came open and one EE got eaten :(...I guess she was the peace maker. After that the problems started. All the other hens will attack the light brahma who I took inside all winter to rehab her-- her neck was covered in scabs and a...
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    Pecked at hen.. keeping inside until healed?

    Hi everyone, I'm sure i could find this somewhere but I'm short on time with a new foster kid at home <3 I've got a 2 year old Light Brahma hen who's always been low on totem pole with my 3 easter eggers and 1 RIR. They have a a small coop 56 sq feet with the run, the coop itself (just for...
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    100' Electric fence and energizer LIKE NEW!!! Permanet PLUS

    I'm applying to be a foster parent :D and the state expressed concerns over the electric fence --so its going. I built the chickens a permanent run. I used the fence and energizer less than a month, it's like new! Purchased in June, down in July! I'm, trying to recoup as much as possible b/c...
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    Chicago- Milwaukee delivery TWO FREE ROOSTERS Beautiful Australorp and RIR 16 wks

    I have two roosters for adoption. They were supposed to be pullets but... they are a crowing! Photos are from a month or more ago. Only two poor pics from behind fence grid is recent. One is a black beauty Australorp. Fantastic 4 h project. He is truly gorgeous, pics don't do him justice. The...
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    Electric net fence injured chicken!!!

    Hi everyone. After a long day of hard work I was excited to have moved the coop to my orchard/ apiary and install premiers electric "perma net" which is advertised for chickens. It is not yet electrified, but I wanted to see how the 8 chickens liked their 500 SQ feet of grass one chicken flew/...
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    Sold 3 wk old sexed chicks based on wings?

    Total noob. Saw an ad for 3 week old sexed chicks so I thought perfect...as a beginner I don't have to worry about fragile day olds or mail order. I go to pick them up a young boy is pulling them out looking at their wings. I ask what he's doing and hes telling the boys from the girls based on...
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    RIR and BR Chicks 5 weeks MALE or FEMALE?

    Hi everyone, I'm thinking about picking up some chicks and am only allowed hens. Someone has a group of mixed chicks and I'm trying to only pick out the girls. Most are pretty clear which are females and which are males. But these two I'm not sure. I'm thinking the RIR is female and the BR male...
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    Aluminum polycarbonate mobile Coop?

    Hi Everyone, I've been getting all my chicken info from this site so I thought I might as well join since I have some questions. I'm about to close on a property that allows chickens and bees...so of course, I'm getting chickens and bees LOL. The backyard is 1/3 acre fenced with 4' chain link...
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