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    Chiggers

    A dead chicken on Monday, a dead snake on Thursday and now chiggers . . . and I haven't gotten a single egg yet. I cleaned all the pine chips out of the coop to replace it with sand. Put a little Seven Dust around the roost area. I have noticed some scratching. I checked for any rat...
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    Got him!!

    He was a bit longer than two feet but I never saw him stretched out before and I hate to exaggerate. He was trying to get into the coop. I found him on the roof looking in the front window. Chickens are safe and I have not had any luck catching mice but I see no signs of any.
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    Lost a chicken last night.

    The rat snake I saw a couple of days ago got into the coop last night and killed a chicken. Oh course, it was the favorite one. What is the best way to deter snakes? I bought Liquid Fence Snack Repellent but I have not opened it yet. The coop is rather close to the house and I still...
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    Rat snake

    About sunset I found a snake against the house in a flower bed about twenty feet away from the chicken coop. It was about two feet long, light grey with dark markings and very skinny. By the time I got my wits together and made a quick plan. . . the snake went into a very bushy flower bed...
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    Raining and pouring

    I live in Bastrop, Texas and we are having a tremendous rainfall, lots of thunder and lightning. Heavy rain, three inches an hour . . . and the chickens are under a stand of sunflowers getting soaked instead of going into their coop. Is this normal behavior? Why don't they go in their...
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    Sand Bath?

    I was so excited to put in a sand bath for my peeps. It is half wood ash and half sand . . while they think it is remotely interesting they have not taken a bath or done anything other than walk across it. How do they know to use it for bathing?
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    Baby chicks question

    I have had the chicks around two weeks. First the wasps, the WD-40 seems to have worked. I used is sparingly. I put the chicks in their chicken house so they would have room to run. I live in Central Texas and the weather is mild. The chicks are getting their wing and tail feathers...
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    Possible solution to wasps???

    The lady at Tractor Supply just told me to use WD-40, that wasp hate it. She says she sprays it in her chicken coop all the time. She says wasps won't come near it and it doesn't harm the chickens. Does anyone use this method?
  9. nancykay2kay

    Red Wasp/Yellow Jackets

    I am having a particular problem this year with red wasps. They are determined to build in the chicken coop. I have been swatting them with a broom for an hour and they are still coming back. I don't want to use spray before I put my chicks in there. Any suggestions?
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    Chick has diarrhea.

    I have four chicks that are about a week old. One of them has 'runny bottom'. I don't know which one it is. They are all four running around and eating and drinking. I started giving them a little oatmeal yesterday when I realized it could get to be a problem. I put a little grit in...
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    Injured chick or normal????

    I am a first time chicken owner. I have four chicks that are about a week old. One is smaller than the rest and she has a speck of blood on her each nostril. I have them in the garage under a heat lamp. They tend to rough house a little. Could this just be an injury or is it something...
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