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    Gaping Chick. Pretty sure not gape worm.

    Hi. I have an almost 8 week old chick who has been gaping for more than a week. She has never been outside so it can't be gape worm, right? She also appears to sneeze every once in awhile. She has no discharge from eyes or beak. She is active, eating and drinking well. Is it a respiratory...
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    Prolapsed vent? Please help.

    This little gal is about 2 weeks old. I have had her for 3 days and this just occurred this afternoon. She does not seem distressed by it. She is active, eating, and drinking. I tried wiping it, and although it is red it is not bloody. What is it and what do I do??
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    Help! Prolapsed vent?

    This little gal is about 2 weeks old. I have had her for 3 days and this just occurred this afternoon. She does not seem distressed by it. She is active, eating, and drinking. I tried wiping it, and although it is red it is not bloody. What is it and what do I do?? Thanks for any help.
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    ANOTHER how to add to flock question (but a bit different!)

    Hi! We had a flock of six, 1 year old hens. 2 days ago two were killed by an animal while free-ranging. We want to add 2 more hens to our flock and was wondering about the best way to do it. We will be able to get full grown hens, so the size shouldn't be an issue. My feeling was to do it as...
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    getting hens to lay in the nest box

    Hi! We got our first egg about 10 days ago..... YAY!!!!!!! However, they are not laying in the nest box. We have a fake egg in each box and have tried putting their own egg in there. At first we found a few eggs on the coop floor, now we are finding them around our yard. We only let them...
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    Another (different) skirt question

    Hi, we are puting the finishing touches on our first coop/run. We were planning to skirt the hardware cloth around the bottom and the cover it with 18 inch pavers for a finished look. Well as I was buying the pavers I was wondering if by laying these side by side around the perimeter of coop/run...
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    How much feather loss is normal?

    Hi, I am new to raising chickens. I have 6 hens(pullets), 10-12 weeks old. How much feather loss is normal? We moved them into the coop 2 weeks ago and it seems in the last week there have been a lot of feathers on the coop floor. All the ladies seem to be acting fine, I checked them all and...
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    Has anyone used chicken wire for their run??

    and had the chickens be OK???? I have read over and over again how hardware cloth is the way to go and I was all set to use it......untill I saw the price I want the gals to be safe, so i think I know what i will have to do, but just wanted to check in to see if anybody had used chicken wire...
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    Stall Dry???

    Hi all, We are new to chickens and after reading lots and lots on this wonderful sight i went to the local feed store to get some food-grade DE for our coop. (the ladies will be moving in tomorrow!) They were out of stock, but the guy there led me to a product called Stall Dry. It is 75% DE and...
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    Please help newbie...roo(s) ?

    Hi! This is my first time raising chickens and we are loving it so far. I am 98% sure that one of our RIRs is a roo. We also have 2 wyandottes and i am wondering if you thing the GLW may be a roo. I will throw in a pic of our 2 EE's...pretty sure they are both pullets but the light grey one has...
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    adding new chicks question

    Hi! So we have 6 chickens that are about 8 weeks old. I posted some pics here earlier this week and the general agreement is that at least 2 of my 6 are roosters. The lady that we bought them from said if there were any roosters she would exchange them for hens/pullets for us. My question is...
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    Coop door question

    Hi, We started our first coop yesterday. It will be raise off the ground about 2 1/2 feet and is 4'x6'. In reading everyones helpful tips I know I want to be able to reach all areas inside the coop for cleaning. Our original plan was to put the larger people door (pop door??) on the 4' end...
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    Any "wish I would have done differently" tips?

    Hi all! We (my husband and myself) are going to start our first chicken coop today. I have spent a lot of time on this forum reading and getting ideas (lots of great ones!!!) I have the info and specifics, while he has the carpentry skills so hopefully together we will do a decent job. My...
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    Heat light question

    Hi! We have had our chicks for almost 3 weeks now. 2 of them are 5 weeks old and 4 of them are are 8 weeks old. We never had a temp gauge in the brooder, I just watched them and they always seemed comfortable. Well, they still seem comfortable. They still like to sit near the end with the light...
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    Please help. I think I might have 3 boys!!! new pics added

    Hi all, I am brand new to raising chickens, and loving it!!!! We got our 6 'ladies" from a woman the next town over who raises all sorts of chickens/ducks etc. She said we had 6 chickens, but i am not convinced. From all the wonderful info I have been reading in this forum I think that 3 of the...
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