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    Automatic door - Solar power

    Hi everyone. I have a chickenguard Extreme door and have been burning through batteries now that it’s cold out. We are looking at trying to set up solar for it as changing batteries is a pain. Does anyone have an experience and recommendations on equipment to do this? Thanks!
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    Chickenguard Door

    Is this a quality automatic door? Is it worth getting the locking feature? Does it perform in -40 temps? And does anyone have any couple codes? Cheers!
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    What day do we think we're at - rookie egg candler

    Hi all. What day do you think this is? I was thinking we were in day 10 based on when I found her stash, but now I'm not so sure. Not ideal pictures or technique, sorry. Didn't want to disturb mama too much and she's in a tricky spot.
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    Hatching reassurance please

    Hi, all. So, I did not plan to have any chicks this year due to HPAI and some space constraints. But my Brahma hen, Greta, decided differently and apparently had been stashing eggs for a while. I noticed her missing last Sunday (May 29th) and found her tucked away under the tarp on my straw...
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    Coccidia - monensin

    Hi, friends. Some of my fluffy butts are poopy butts, so I took a sample in to the vet today for a fecal exam. They found some coccidia (not a crazy amount). So I picked up some medicated feed today - thinking it would treated with amprolium but it's actually monensin. Can I use this an adult...
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    When to add chicks.

    Hi all. I have a mixed flock of 16 leghorns that will be 2 years in April/May and 6 EEs that will be just a year this spring and some BYM that just turned a year in the fall. Obviously the leghorns are my best producers and I'm just wondering how much longer I can reasonable expect them to...
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    Prolapsed Vent - argh, the never ending health issues it seems.

    Hi again. I have a hen who will be a year this spring. She has had soft eggs in the past but has passed them with no issues until just recently it seems. I have oyster shell for them and layer ration and then get a milled mix of grains for a treat/scratch in the mornings. This morning she...
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    Let's look at some feet...

    Okay, well. I've gone into full scaley leg mite paranoia. Can winter and temperature fluctuations cause some leg/feet changes? We've gone from -40C to 5C several times now. I'm pretty fastidious about cleaning the coop and turning bedding daily and removing feces from roosts. Here are some...
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    Deceased chicken - did a quick and inexperienced necropsy - what is this?

    Went to check on everyone and collect eggs in the afternoon and found one of my leghorns dead lying in her side in the floor. I have no idea what happened and thankful that the other hens didn't try to eat her. I'm pretty observant of them, so it's weird to me that I would miss someone being on...
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    Bantam sneezes

    So we’ve been having incredibly mild weather for this time of year and freezing and thawing continuously so my coop has been a mess. I was hoping to wait until we froze for good to do a deep clean and have it good for winter, but alas I ended up just cleaning it a couple days ago. For the last...
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    Naked Hen - cold weather

    Hi, everyone. As the Canadian prairies start to get cold, I’m just curious if and what I can do for my very naked chicken to keep her warm. I have 40 chickens in a roughly 10 x 16 well-insulated coop. Last year I had 17 Leghorns in there for the winter and we managed fairly well (I had heat...
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    Small dot of blood in stool

    Hi - is this something to be concerned about? 40 chickens. Everyone is bright and alert - I haven’t notice anyone off. Recently dispatched a rooster that was terrorizing everyone, so I was curious if chickens can have stress issues that may affect their stool. Things are much calmer and back to...
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    Soy bean (milled) for extra protein source

    Hi! I’d like to boost protein for my hens but my feed store doesn’t have any I medicated starter feed but they suggested I could mix in some Soy beans with my layer ration. Is this a good idea? Or is it going to cause issues. Thanks!
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    Dang roosters

    Perhaps I am over thinking things, but I have two 6 month old roosters (Easter egger mutt types) in with 39 hens, 17 mature leghorns, and a the rest are a mix of 6 month - 1 year old heritage mixes and 4 bantams. I feel like the hens are getting terrorized. When I go in a night to refill water...
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    Purple comb on rooster.

    Any idea why this guy’s comb would be turning purple off and on? Not cold enough for frost bite. Seems normal otherwise. I don’t think it’s an injury.
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    Any guesses on these bantams’ breed?

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    Eye injury

    Has anyone dealt with peck eye injuries? (Of course you have, lol). In your experience, how long do they take to resolve? What I thought previously was respiratory issues, I am now thinking is a result of a peck injury. The hen is BAR and normal but has discharge from one eye and some...
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    DE eye irritation

    Is it possible, or has anyone encountered severe eye irritation or respiratory issues due to using DE copiously? Just wondering if my two new hens are experiencing this, as they are absent of any other symptom other than sneezing occasionally and some eye discharge. They have treated with oxy...
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    New hens from friend - some sneezing and a lame rooster.

    Hi, everyone. I’ve been poking around this topic and doing a lot of reading but would appreciate additional input. I have a flock of hatchery leghorns that are about a year old. We have only lost 3 (2 as chicks and one as an adult this winter - she had a neck defect/injury and failed to thrive...
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