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    Duck feeder idea

    I currently have chickens that I want to make a feeder like this for, but will be getting ducklings in June. I am wanting to make a feeder like this for the ducks when they are full grown: I've seen it recommended to use 4" elbows instead of the normally used 3" if roosters will be feeding, and...
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    Turkey feeder

    I currently have chickens that I want to make a feeder like this for, but will be getting turkey poults in June. I am wanting to make a feeder like this for the turkeys: I've seen it recommended to use 4" elbows instead of the normally used 3" if roosters will be feeding, and smaller elbows...
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    Mixed poultry brooder?

    I totally jumped into the chicken life, and now I have ordered 8 narrangasett turkeys, 4 blue swedish ducks and 8 pearl guineas to add to my farmyard in June. My question is: I know the ducks will need a separate brooder and nesting area, but can I brood guineas and turkeys together? I'm...
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    Conjunctivitis in hen

    I've only had chickens a year, so I'm still on a steep learning curve. I spotted my hen yesterday with swollen flesh under her eyelid. My daughter finally caught her today. We have her in an isolation box in the garage now. The flesh yesterday looked pink and healthy, today it is taking on a...
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    Moving coop with free range chickens

    I am considering getting a "frypan" special of 25 birds, which looks like it is the cockerels from the dual-purpose breeds. I was thinking to make the coop moveable, so I could have the chickens foraging free-range in different areas of our 30 acres. I want to free range them, but if I built a...
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    Another coop design thread

    Hubby and I are building a coop from these plans, for a 10X12 building, which I've found on several state agriculture sites (did you know they have loads of free plans??). I am altering the interior, though, to add a chicken pop door on the front, and pop-out nest boxes to give a little bit...
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    Providing Greens Warning

    I just wanted to share my experience in order to inform other noobs like me: I have been pulling a clump of dandelion leaves and flowers every few days for my chicks to forage on, since they only get to come out for an hour or so. Yesterday, only the leaves broke off. I didn't think anything...
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    Moving chicks for outside play time

    I have my 26 3.5 week old chicks in my garage. I have been taking them out every afternoon after work for "play" time in a larger enclosed area where I have a chance to sit with them and they have a chance to really spread their wings, run around, and forage. However, I am unsure about whether...
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    How to treat sick 3 week old chick?

    I have a 3 week old chick that I posted about but didn't receive any responses. She is not moving around with the others and is just standing under the heat lamp with her head tucked in and it looks like she's fluffed her feathers. All I know to do is to try to feed her feed mixed with...
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    Chick standing and fluffed

    I have my first flock of 3 week old chicks - 26 of them! I noticed yesterday afternoon that one chick is just standing and has her head pulled in and her feathers fluffed, and wasn't interacting or walking around. She was that way this morning too. I haven't noticed anything else to help...
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    height of brooder/introduction pen

    I am in the process of building a coop. It will be 10' X 12', and I am thinking of having the roosts on the 12' side, and the nesting boxes on the 10' side. Under the roosts I want a poop board and under that I want to put a brooder/introduction pen. I am having a hard time finding a...
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    Formal hello!

    I already posted about an emergency in a chick, but here's my formal intro. My husband and I recently purchased land in Missouri and our first addition was chicks! I bought 25 mixed pullets and a cuckoo maran cockerel and an americana cockerel, and the hatchery threw in a mystery rare chick...
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    Chick injured foot/leg - previously in New Members

    I am new to the world of chickens. My chicks arrived Thursday, all was fine. By Saturday night, one of my assumed roos was limping. I gave him a night, and Sunday morning he was still limping (mostly just laying) and the others were walking all over him, so I isolated him in a box where he...
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    Chick injured foot or leg

    I am new to the world of chickens. My chicks arrived Thursday, all was fine. By Saturday night, one of my assumed roos was limping. I gave him a night, and Sunday morning he was still limping (mostly just laying) and the others were walking all over him, so I isolated him in a box where he...
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