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    Pale combs, mites, fowl pox???

    Hey all, I have three hens - 1 polish, 1 red sex link, 1 Black sex link. We’ve been battling a bad case of mites since January on and off. Because it’s still cold here (Illinois) I’ve been using Prozap garden and poultry dust with permethrin. I was able to use a mite spray last week when it...
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    Boredom Busters in Polar Vortex

    I think someone already started a thread like this, but I couldn’t find it! Anyway, I have 3 hens (after a predator attack a few weeks ago took out my other hens) one black star, one red star, and one polish. I used to have two polish that would be picked on, but there were two of them and it...
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    Small coop ventilation in winter

    Hi all, I have a small coop ~3’x3’ with only 3 hens left after a coyote attack a few weeks ago. I took out their top roosting bar so that I could provide more ventilation at the top without the wind being able to directly blow on them. From what I read one of the most important factors in...
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    Hens are possibly frostbiten?

    I have 3 hens: one cinnamon queen, one polish, and one red star. Red star is wounded from a coyote attack with missing feathers. The patches where she is missing feathers seems really dry and possibly blue. My cinnamon queen is screaming and she will only eat and drink a little. Shockingly, my...
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    First winter with chickens

    hey all, My first winter here with chickens in IL. Current temp is -5 with windchill -21. They’re asleep in their coop right now, I added a huge pile of extra hay/straw shavings to their coop yesterday to give them more insulation. After reading many threads and posts on this, my coop is not...
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    Introducing new hens in winter

    Hi all! I just want to make sure what I am doing is the correct thing. I had neighbors complain about my rooster's noise so I ended up rehoming him, which left me with 2 cinnamon queens. I ended up getting 4 more hens of varying breeds. I have a run that is about 12 x 5 feet and a coop that can...
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