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I have an older hen from a rescue. I’m not sure how old she is but I don’t think she’s laid for the past 2-3 years. For the six years I’ve had her, she has regularly sneezed and the back of her comb can sometimes be purple-ish for an hour or so/part of the day. Recently the back part...
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My first coop lasted over 10 years and my hens lived many years even though there were many design flaws, including the only ventilation was cracks in doors or windows at the same level as the roost. So I read and "learned" about my mistakes.
We recently built a new coop, and I...
Hi there- I live in the Chicago suburbs, and this is the coop I have been using for over 10 years, made from the footprint of the kids’ swingset. The coop is 4 x 8’ and the run is 8 x 14’. I currently have two older hens (7-8 yrs) and 3 pullets at 16 weeks. The coop is lined with linoleum and...
Hi everyone, and thank you for this group! (I just joined today.) We hatched chicks in my classroom for the first time and most hatched just yesterday. We are all aware that things may happen at any time in the hatch process and after. We have one little chick with something wrong with its pin...