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    28 Degrees Too Cold for Ointment?

    I have a hen with a bad slash on her back/side (under her wing). This injury happened sometime on Friday. I brought her inside on Friday night and she spent Friday night and Saturday night inside. Today I put her out with the flock and she will be with a little group of hens only tomorrow. I...
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    Rats? A Cat? Something Else? What killed my chickens?

    On Wednesday morning I found my Delaware hen, Greta, dead in the run. She was laid out and something had consumed some of her face and there was blood around her vent area. For the last few months, I'd been thinking she was headed for heart failure, so I thought "Oh, she died and some lucky rat...
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    Mistake Deworming: Next Steps?

    I done goofed. My chickens have roundworms, and I was prescribed Albenzadole by my vet. Went out to the coop with my bucket, scale, dewormer, and syringe. The last time I had to deworm, things went really smoothly, and maybe that thought jinxed me. I was taking the hens off the roost one at a...
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    Okay to Guesstimate Weights for Deworming?

    Tough times over here, to be honest, and among some other things my chickens have roundworms. The vet gave me Albenzadole, liquid, to be given at 1mL/pound. (I know the internet says 0.08mL/lb). I have 20+ chickens and weighing each one sounds like a nightmare. Is it okay to just weigh a few...
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    Sick Hen, Multiple Variables

    Preface: I've been having a rough week at work and I'm sick and haven't been sleeping well. I have that "not thinking clearly" feeling and could use some feedback/advice. A few weeks ago, I was perplexed by some of my hens (but not all) being in a cycle of having diarrhea, then it would clear...
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    All Things Treadle Feeder

    I've had treadle feeders for several months now, and they have been real game-changers when it comes to a growing rat problem that I had. However, I'm still learning and currently I have two specific questions. However, my intention is for this to be a place that we can have general discussion...
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    Tell Me All Your Hardware Cloth Secrets

    Hardware cloth! It keeps our beloved chickens safe from predators, but in my experience it is such a frustrating material to work with. I never seem to learn my lesson that once you cut it, the cut edge will spring up. So tell me your tips and tricks for working with hardware cloth. Aside from...
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    Rooster Gets Spurs Stuck in EVERYTHING!

    I love my sweet Poppy. He is a treasure and a delight. He also has the magical ability to get his spurs stuck in everything. Today was the third time that I have found him basically pinned in place because he got not one, but BOTH (how, Poppy, how?!) spurs stuck. They get stuck in chicken wire...
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    Seeking Advice: Young Rooster in Flock with Older Rooster

    I have a small flock (1 rooster, 4 hens) who are all about a year old. One of the hens, Brenda, hatched out some eggs and I now have 3 chickens who are about 8 weeks old. I'm almost positive that one of the younglings is a rooster. What is the protocol here? Is there a chance that they can all...
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    Rainstorm Rescue: Helpful or Unnecessary?

    I've already done this, so this is more a discussion about your particular approach and for my own thoughts in the future. My chickens have a coop with an attached run. I have a roost inside the coop and also a large branch in the run itself. When the weather is warm/nice, the chickens seem to...
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    Fox Attack, Blood, but Can't Find Injury!

    I was out in my hammock watching my chickens free range. Some of them wandered inside the woodline of my property (I have several acres of forest). Suddenly a chorus of squawks and one of my roosters, Bernard, exploded out of the forest with a fox hot on his tail. He dodged and dodged as I got...
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    Next Steps for Hen Who is Slightly "Off"?

    One of my Welsummers is just, well, a bit off. Last week I noticed that she didn't seem as energetic as usual. Once or twice I have seen her on the roost looking more puffed up than her companions, but she's not consistently puffed up. The last two days that I've let them out to free range she...
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    Reintegrating Rooster After Quarantine but Now There are Chicks!

    Hi Everyone, My rooster, Poppy, had to be in quarantine for the last two weeks as he was recovering from surgery. He has been in a kennel in my barn. Over the last week, I've been letting him socialize with his hens for about 15-30 minutes each day (as per vet's orders). I have two flocks that...
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    Chicks VS Rats VS Treadle Feeder

    I have been battling rats in my run/coop for MONTHS. Got some treadle feeders (hat tip to aart!) and it's been an amazing difference. What I used to describe as "Ratatouille Nightmare" is now just a few rats trying to scavenge around (with very little success). Today I saw zero rats from dawn to...
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    Help Me with Some Hatching Math, Please!

    I have a hen who has been brooding since March 26th (as per a note in my diary). She started with only 3 eggs, and two either fell out of the nest or she destroyed them, so she's down to one egg. I believe today (April 19th) would be day 24. We had an unexpected temperature drop from temps in...
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    Vaseline on Feet: Roost, Barn, or House?

    I have a rooster who I believe has scaly leg mites. I'm going to use the method that worked for another chicken years ago: a soapy water soak and then vaseline on his feet/lower legs. Tonight the temperatures are supposed to get down to the lower 20s. I do not want him to get really cold...
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    Flooring Over Hardware Cloth?

    Help me help my chickens, please! Because of the location of my chicken run, putting an adequate apron around the outside is very hard. In the last year, the rats have decided they'd like to move in. Over the summer I put hardware cloth over the whole floor of the run to keep the rats from...
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    Chicken Wire for a Ceiling?

    I'm building a run for my chickens. I'm doing it by myself, with limited tools. I have framed out the shape of the run (sort of a house/pentagon shape) and have put either wood siding or hardware cloth as the walls. I have purchased quarter inch hardware cloth for an apron (I will have to do...
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    Safe to Use Older Eggshells as Supplement?

    I have some (okay, many!) eggs in my fridge that I think are past being good to eat. Is it safe to break them open, compost the insides, and rinse out the eggshells to give to the girls? Do I need to bake them in the oven?
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    Chickens Eating Enough Oyster Shell after Switching from Layer Feed to Grower/All Flock?

    I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, as I admit that I don't have a great handle on chicken nutrition and instincts, lol. If hens have been eating layer feed (which includes calcium) for a long time, and then get switched to a chick/grower feed or a whole flock feed (without calcium), will...
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