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    Water freezing in winter - didn't freeze last year

    I have a 5 gallon galventized waterer with a heated base. Last year my water stayed thawed even in the - 20 f weather we had for a week. This year the water is half frozen at 20f. To the point I have to lug it inside the laundry room and run hot water over the waterer to thaw it to where I can...
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    Sick chicken not ready to die: need help

    I've had a sick chicken for over 5 weeks. She started with diarrhea and then shorly after I noticed an impacted crop. She's been on deaths doorstep and back several times with poo ranging from milky white to green to brown. Her crop got the smallest when she was seperated for a week on pureed...
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    Egg with thin bumpy top (pics)

    My 10 month old chickens took a break laying eggs when the temp dipped into the negative 30s. We'll today we got 2 eggs but one was a little off. The shell was thin and bumpy at the top and when I slid my finger across it a piece broke off the egg white leaked out. The hole is where the piece of...
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    Egg with thin top (pics)

    My 10 month old chickens took a break laying eggs when the temp dipped into the negative 30s. We'll today we got 2 eggs but one was a little off. The shell was thin and bumpy at the top and when I slid my finger across it a piece broke off the egg white leaked out. The hole is where the piece of...
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    Chicken with diarrhea (Pic) and slightly tired

    My 8 month old chicken has had runny poo for about a week. I've noticed her do some normal ones as well. After the super cold temps of -35f with windchill i put some water with electrolytes in it for the so I know they've been coming out and drinking more water the last week. I noticed that the...
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    Bumble foot, cold weather injury or other?? Pics

    It's been very cold in the Chicago area so I haven't been able to spend much time checking on them. Today I went to give them some apples and tomatoes and noticed one didn't really seem to care. Went back out later to see if I could lure her out and noticed her feet. She ended up eating scratch...
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    Eggs froze in coop, been on my counter for days. Safe?

    As the title says we had some very cold weather and had some eggs freeze. No cracks or anything but they've been on the counter since they left the coop last week so they have thawed to room temp. Can I eat these?
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    Best rodent proof storage?? Need suggestions

    I've been keeping my feed in a large storage bin with a snap on lid. Think of like what people store Christmas decor in, etc. I never had a problem but today I opened it and smelled something sour and just beneath the surface was a dead mouse. I have no idea how it was able to squeeze in but I...
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    I'm looking for solar lights with a timer

    I can't seem to find what I'm looking for so I thought id ask here. I'd like for a light to stay on inside my chicken run until like 7. It gets dark at 4:15 here and I'd like some light for a couple hours after sundown but I don't wanna have to do it manually. And suggestions? I don't have power...
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    Did some winterizing on my coop and run. What do you think?

    Definitely will keep some wind and snow out. I'm in the Chicago area and am worried about my girls for their first winter. Is this enough or should I cover more? I know they need ventilation but hopefully it's not too much.
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    2 gallon or 5 gallon waterer for winter?

    I'm getting a heated base for my chickens this winter and I'm curious if I should go with a 2 gallon metal waterer or 5 gallon. My idea is 5 gallon will take longer to freeze, but 2 gallons would be heated by the heater more easily. Not sure what's best.
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    Is this Fowl pox or fly bites??

    Been like this for a couple weeks. Not getting worse and probably a little better even maybe.
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    Fowl pox bug bites or something else?

    Noticed for a few weeks my chickens have these black spots on their combs. They live on dirt so I thought maybe just dirt but I'm not so sure
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    Looking for advise on "winterizing" my set up

    I live in the suburbs of Chicago and the winters here can be very cold sometimes. I basically have 2 options. 1: winterize this set up (no electricity) or 2: take a section of my shed and let them stay in there (has electric). I have 5 chickens in a sentinal coop from TSC and a 6x10 cage over it...
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    5 chickens - only 1 egg a day

    I have 5 5 month old rir hens. They started laying 17 days ago and I was getting 1 egg for about 5 days and then 2 a day. The last week it's back down to just one a day. Is this normal I feel like 3 to 5 a day at 5 months should be the norm??
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    Is my chicken Sick? Laid an egg while I was picking her up.

    My 4 month old RIR seemed slower and lethargic. She would eat what I offered and drank some water but she wasn't as veracious as usual she's usually a pig. She pooped and it was a little bit mucusy and white. I went to pick her up and she clucked, flapped and dropped an egg with a very soft...
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    Chicken over eating

    I have some grapevines in my yard and while all my chickens want to eat them when I let them out for their daily short run of the yard one is absolutely obsessed. Within minutes she will eat so many grapes her crop is freakishly huge. Besidea the sugar and controversy of grapes is this in any...
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    Is my hen becoming a rooster???

    3.5 months old, no signs of crowing but the comb is becoming huge. Aggressive when it comes to food in my hands, otherwise it's the most cowardly of my flock
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    Looking for mosquito control

    This year I literally cannot spend more than 15 seconds in my yard without getting mosquito bites. It's only my 2nd year in this place but it wasn't this bad last year for sure. I'm looking for something I can use to control the mosquitos without hurting my chicken and vegetable gardens. I got...
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    85 day old RIR

    Hoping for all 5 to be hens.
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