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    Can anyone tell me the animal by a poop picture?? Pic attached

    So I just went out to the coop to check on the girls (I’m in a suburb northwest of Chicago and it’s freezing here) and found animal poop in their food. They are all ok but curious if you know what animal so I can figure out how to better predator proof the coop. Not sure where the animal is...
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    Is it mites/lice or molting? Photos attached

    I’m thinking it’s mites so we cleaned out coop yesterday and dusted all the girls but just want to make sure. Here are pictures and it only seems to be the one but we did treat them all. This is my first year for molting chickens so trying to figure out the difference. I have attached several...
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    2 khaki Campbell’s one years old need new home, Marengo IL

    I have 2 khaki Campbell’s that are in need of a new home. They are very easy going, but have started to try mating with my chickens. I don’t have any female ducks and I don’t want my chickens to get hurt.
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    Help!! Ducks picking on one of my chickens

    I have 2 ducks and they have lived harmoniously with my 6 chickens for a year now. We got them all at the same time and have had no problems. Just yesterday I noticed one of my chickens A bald spot on her neck and a few broken feathers on her back. Today I came home to check on her and now it’s...
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    Help, Moisture in coop!!!

    Here in Chicago area where it’s going to be -50 or colder w wind chill. Went to coop and frost on windows, I put two heat lamps in coop (10x10 shed) and it’s -3 in coop. I also think a couple of them have frost bite on combs. Hubby out of town and I’m worried they will be too cold. There are 6...
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    What’s wrong with my chicken??

    Is my chicken molting? Tonight i went to lock them up and looks horrible! We live in Chicago area and it’s pretty cold, she’s missing a lot of feathers on her neck, worried she will get cold. None of the other chickens have this issue. Any ideas what it is??
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    Auto door coop and ducks???

    myone have an auto-door for their coop? We are going away the end of the month and don’t have anyone to care for my feathered friends. I thought this would be a nice if they work and could be nice if I ever want to sleep in-lol. Do they work well? I’m afraid of the ducks getting locked out! Can...
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    Auto-door for coop

    Amyone have an auto-door for their coop? We are going away the end of the month and don’t have anyone to care for my feathered friends. I thought this would be a nice if they work and could be nice if I ever want to sleep in-lol. Do they work well? I’m afraid of the ducks getting locked out! I’m...
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    Crushed limestone in coop?

    has anyone used crushed limestone in their coop? I was planning to switch out my pine shavings for sand, (hoping for easier clean up), and a friend said to try crushed limestone? I’m just wondering which would be best, live in the Chicago so it gets pretty cold, want the girls to be happy for...
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    Visiting Chickens

    So, I've been reading that you should not let your flock mingle with another flock. My neighbors chickens/rooster come over and hang in my yard and my chickens will go over and hang in her yard. It's actually funny, her chickens/rooster will come over in the morning and hang out in front of my...
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    OMG-my first egg!!!!

    I went to let the girls out of the coop this morning and I found an egg on top of the pine shaving bag!!!:wee I didn’t think they’d start laying yet!!!! Last weekend I put a litter box in the coop filled with pine shavings but she chose the bag instead :lau
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    Angel wing????

    So I’ve never had ducks before and i have two, one of ducks wings seems to slide down, this could be normal but not sure- I tried to add video didn’t work - so here’s a picture -
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    New coop ventilation?

    Howdy! We started building our first coop, we are using a shed and making it into a coop. We will be adding 2 windows on the E and W sides of the shed. My question is how much ventilation do I need for an 8x8 coop? We live in IL so the winters can get very cold, as low as -20 (sometimes colder)...
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    Ate tin foil? Help!

    I’m not sure but worried my ducklings (3 weeks) might have eaten tin foil?! I found 2 pieces all chewed up in a ball, found piece of foil on floor with piece missing. However, I don’t know if they ingested any or if pieces i found were it, very chewed so i couldn’t tell original size. Is there...
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    Shaking, trembling baby chick

    my 4 week old chick is shaking/trembling. Seems fine otherwise, any clue what it could be? I have 6 chicks total, bought same day, nobody else has this. They are inside still using heat lamp. Eating and drinking like normal, should I be worried and worried for the others?
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    4 week old chick trembling

    my 4 week old chick is shaking/trembling. Seems fine otherwise, any clue what it could be? I have 6 chicks total bought same day, nobody else has this. They are inside still using heat lamp. Eating and drinking like normal, should I be worried and worried for the others?
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    First timer!!!

    First time raising chicks! We just recently moved to a new house with 10 acres. Purchased our babies 2 weeks ago, were told they hatched on around 3/14/18. We got 2 Jerssey black giants and 4 Rhide Usland whites. I found this website trying to find info on how to raise them, thank goodness...
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