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    How to store feed without mold?

    Hi guys Every summer is gets really humid where I live. How can I store pellet feed without it molding and without critters being able to get into it?
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    Help! Hens plucking one hen

    Hi everyone A while back my hen named Turkey lost some of her feathers on her throat. The dumb other ones keep plucking her feathers out there and she is, once again, bare and red in that area. She will get pin feathers and the others pluck them out, I've witnessed them. And Turkey doesn't...
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    Ivermectin kick in time?

    Hi, 1 wk and 1d ago I treated my hens with permithrin dust and cleaned out the coop and sprayed it with permithrin concentrate. As of this past Friday, they were still losing feathers, etc so on Sunday (yesterday) I gave them a dose of ivermectin pour on, redusted them, and did the coop all...
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    Ivermectin cattle pour on for large breed hens?

    Let me just say... this spring has not been easy Poultry dust on the girls and permithrin spray in the coop has apparently not worked. I have resorted to using ivermectin, poultry dust, and again spray the coop. I plan to do this tomorrow... Any thoughts pls on off label dosage for hens? I have...
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    Soft shelled egg issue. Stuck inside??

    Hi everyone, So, one of my hens has laid at least 2 soft shelled eggs (2 separate occasions). One of them broke but I could see all the "shell" and the second one was still intact. Interestingly, I found both of these on the droppings board which means she was on the roost when she laid them...
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    Im overwhelmed.. is all this normal?

    Hi everyone.. I have 6 backyard hens that are almost 1 year old. They have been laying for 5 months or so. They have been so loud since they started laying. Some days are better than others but sometimes they will be so loud for hours on end, especially one of them. She is going on 6 hours of...
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    What kind of egg is this??

    Found on the droppings board beneath the perches. What is this???? It looks like a deflated balloon!!!
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    help!!!!! Hen bald on back of head

    Hi peeps! I posted on 2/28 about my ~ 9 month old hen losing feathers around her throat. Please see the picture below.... She has since started to regrow those feathers. Today 3/22 I noticed that she is missing feathers on the back of her head!!!! Not the back of her neck, but her head! I am...
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    Molting, bullying, or what?

    I tried to get better pictures but I had another one pecking my butt and this one was trying to fly away from me lol This is my ~9 month old black australorp named Pepper. It is still late winter here in NE USA, about 35 degrees or so. We have had some warm days and I read chickens this young...
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    Loud hen all day. Is this normal?

    Hi all, I have six ~9 month old hens. They have been laying for about 3 months and I live in a cold, northern climate. One of my buff orpingtons is so loud... she starts up right when it is light out or even just barely. Usually around 6:30am. Some days she isn't that incessant and some days...
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    Diarrhea, no other symptoms, causes?

    Hi everyone, I have 6 backyard hens that are about 9 months old and have been laying for about 3 months already. They're laying really reliably, eat well, none look lethargic or sick, seem to be keeping their weight, laying reliably. I bought them all as day old from Murray and they are all...
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