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  1. Pixelsaurus

    Deadly Mad Chicken Massacre ? or disease ?

    All - apologies is there is a thread on this, but I am too traumatized to even look. I was on vacation and had folks stop by each day to check on the chickens - water, food, and collect eggs. Yesterday I looked on the chickenCam and saw a chicken (partially in frame) that wasn't moving. I...
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    URGENT - Chicken with Swollen butt - have her in bath now

    Noticed my hen (Isa Brown ~30 months old), she didn't get back into the coop one night and I found her in the run just sitting on the ground this morning. Her butt is super swollen - and very firm to the touch and she isn't flexing her feet (just cramped up - see photo). I am soaking her in...
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    ALT to grandpa treadle feeder

    I have found a great alternative to Grandpa's treadle feeder, and it is made by a small company here in Maryland. The Rent-a-Coop Treadle feeder is very similar in operation. Given I have had to upgrade my feeder quickly as we are fighting a nasty Rat problem, I couldn't wait for the Grandpa...
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    Three chicks dead within few hours

    Chicks are fine - then all of a sudden I see one away from flock acting lethargic, breathing heavy. Soon after, they are on their back and convulsing before dying just seconds later. Bought at TSC about 5 weeks ago. It was a mix of Wyandotte’s and Americanas. I had 7 now have 4. Should o...
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    Losing weight even after dewormer

    I noticed one of my Isa Browns isolating herself in the corner of the run, sleeping a lot, and shaking her head. On Monday (Feb 1) I brought her inside to separate her from the flock and started her on Zfend A (it is what I had on hand) along with electrolytes both mixed with her water. On...
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    Do I need a chicken door between Coop and Run?

    So we have quite the fortress of a chicken run. Hardware cloth all around the run including skirting under the soil around the perimeter. Half of the roof is metal. The other half we initially had just bird netting, but then upgraded to chicken wire - then added corrugated plastic roofing...
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    The Coop DeVille and Spa (Part 3) - a playhouse conversion / COVID project

    Part 3 of my Coop DeVille project….squirrels, day spa, roost and poop board V 5.0, ventilation and Zen.... June 22. Squirrels! And this was the FB post - a fun notice to the Coop DeVille residents. So all is fine and dandy in the run until the squirrels. They got through the bird netting and...
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    The Coop DeVille and Spa (Part 2) - a playhouse conversion / COVID project

    Part 2 of my Coop DeVille project….securing the chicken run, roost and poop board V 3.0 and 4.0, new hens, nesting boxes, ventilation, a spa and more. May 4 & 5. Now that the girls have moved into the coop, the clock is ticking on securing the chicken run. I was able to get hardware cloth...
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    The Coop DeVille and Spa (Part 1) - a playhouse conversion / COVID project

    Inspired by a visit to Raleigh, NC and seeing a backyard chicken set-up – I hatched the idea of converting our old playhouse and raised garden bed into a Chicken Coop and Run. I know nothing about raising chickens but after a phone call to a friend I knew has had chickens for years, I felt like...
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    Egg bound with occasional shell-less eggs Opal Legbar

    We bought a 20 month old Opal Legbar off Craigslist 7 weeks ago (May 16). She laid one blue egg on the second or third day and then found a shell-less egg in the run at the end of her first week (5/22). We saw nothing again from her until a month later (6/25). Then we finally got an egg from...
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    Blood in poop, after getting into compost pile

    I noticed blood on the poop board this morning (see attached). Not sure which of the 6 girls, but they have all been getting into the compost pile. Should I be worried about them getting into the compost? We have mostly vege scraps and egg shells - but A LOT of espresso pucks. Wonder if them...
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    Introducing 18 month old hens to existing flock of juveniles (8wks)?

    [posted this in "managing flock" but I think my question is more relevant to "chicken behaviors"] There seems to be a lot on introducing new pullets to an existing flock, but haven't seen much advice the other way. I have raised 6 Isa Browns since 1wk old. Didn't start with older, egg laying...
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    Introducing older hens (18mo) to existing flock of juveniles (8wk)

    There seems to be a lot on introducing new pullets to an existing flock, but haven't seen much advice the other way. I have raised 6 Isa Browns since 1wk old. Didn't start with older, egg laying aged chickens because we didn't have the coop and run complete. Now that they have been in the coop...
  14. Pixelsaurus

    Playhouse conversion - progress & questions on Chicken Run

    About a month ago I had the idea of converting our old playhouse - which was slated for demolition - into a chicken coop and run. There is power, plenty of ventilation (5 windows), and the raised bed could be converted into the run. The original idea was to have a door in the floor for the...
  15. Pixelsaurus

    New to raising chickens - jumping in with both feet

    Hi everyone, During this strange time of shelter-in-place, I had a crazy idea to convert our old playhouse into a chicken coop. On the day our state implemented the shelter-in-place order (March 30th) we stopped by the local Tractor Supply and bought 6 pullets, feed, waterer and feeder. We had...
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