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    How to help chickens through molt? Do I need to do anything?

    My girls are 18 months old and going through their first annual big molt. This is my first time too. Is there anything I should be doing differently? I heard I should give them more protein, handle them less, make sure they are not stressed. Am I missing anything? How much more protein? Are...
  2. romahunter

    Redness between toes

    Hi! After turning cold (we live in Massachusetts), in the last couple of weeks, I noticed that one of my chickens started to develop redness between her toes. Nothing too dramatic, just pinker/darker than usual. No swelling, no lesions, no scale, no apparent parasites. Definitely not bumblefoot...
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    Drywall in coop

    Hi! I'm new to chickens, mine are about 5 months old. I just scored a coop from a neighbor, who doesn't have chickens anymore. It's a nice coop, 8x10 ft2, with some bells and whistles, well ventilated, etc. He is handy and built it himself years ago. The walls are insulated and covered in...
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    Swollen eye

    My 4 month old Dominique has a swollen eye. It began very gradually with just a slight color change in the skin around the eye. This was about 4-4.5 weeks ago. The change was so gradual that I initially attributed it to her growing up and the skin around her face reddening. Then 3 weeks ago the...
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