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    Sick bird protocol?

    I had a 2yo polish hen with a caked rear today. Went to catch her to clean her and she’s sneezing too. Acting fine otherwise… eating, drinking, scratching around and fighting over tidbits. No discharge or swelling anywhere, no red skin, no evidence of mites, fleas, etc. I cleaned her up and put...
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    Supporting advanced pasty butt

    I picked some 5 day old chicks up today from someone who knew one was weaker and seemed to be wanting to offload it. Got her home and warm and discovered she had really terrible pasty butt. I got her cleaned up and dry and got her to drink a tiny bit of water with vitamins in it. She’s super...
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    Does a brooder have to have red light

    I’m being told that a brooder has to have a red flood style heat bulb by someone but I don’t see anything to support that. They just need a heat source, right? Preferably a heat plate or heat emitter that doesn’t send out constant light? I thought that red light helps disguise injuries and thus...
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    Catio to Hen House

    I’ve been bouncing around a few ideas to build a bigger coop for my little flock. I’ve abandoned the idea of a shed conversion, started building from scratch (have you seen lumber prices?! :eek:And I have no building skills), using pallets or pallet wood was also abandoned and now it’s almost...
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    King of his Domain

    Bonsi (white one in the back) is loving his stick roost. He sits there every morning and evening crowing his little heart out. I’m a little sad I haven’t seen anyone on the swing yet though. He’s into everything and I thought he’d hop up right away. Starla, the candy corn polish, was checking...
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    Hardware cloth skirting with metal frame run

    My hen house is secure so I haven’t troubled too much with skirting around my coop but today my hens made an escape so it’s a deal with it now issue. I have a hoop house style run. Light weight aluminum hollow pipes. They go around the perimeter and arch over the top. I have chicken wire...
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    Plans for a new coop

    Disclaimer, I am not a wood worker or builder or anything like that, but my dad has (begrudgingly) agreed to help me on yet another project of mine. :woot:woot So, this could actually work. I’ve got some plans roughly drawn out and thought more about it and want to put the base on castors an...
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    Shed to modify for a hen house

    I need a bigger hen house than the pre fab one I got and I’ve been looking at options. I’m not a handy builder, but could probably modify something pretty well. I found this shed on Amazon: https://a.co/d/hxDsD4s I’m thinking I can build a poop shelf about half way up across the back with two...
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    Stroke of Brilliance on wasted feed!

    At least, I think it is. I hope it is! I had a kiddie pool with shallow water to help them keep cool but they were less than interested, so I dumped it. We had tons of rain and the spilled food from the hanging feeder started getting moldy and that won’t do so I drug the now dry pool under it...
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    Anything to watch out for in a high brush area?

    I had an island of three trees taken out and the stumps were too high to mow it, so it has since become a jungle including saplings, a few iris that managed to survive, I’m pretty sure poison ivy and who knows what else. I was thinking of putting the chickens on that plot to help knock it down...
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    To Move Location or Covert to Sand

    I thought I’d have more time to decide on this, but the run is getting slightly smelly (maybe partly from height temps and enough rain to float an arc) so I figured I’d better start addressing this now. I have 4 chickens in a 171sq ft run. Seems nice and big, and I figured it would take some...
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    New Run

    Finally moved Mr. Bonsi and the ladies to a new run. Bought a 9x19 that came with just chicken wire. I will have to fortify it soon with hardware cloth and still need to install the tarp. I have some chicken wire overhang and some tie tails I need to trim, but it’s enough to get them out of...
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    Best way to introduce dog with high chase drive to flock

    This Saturday will make two weeks I've had my 4 adult chickens. They are used to dogs, but my dogs are not used to chickens. Especially the standard poodle, who is extremely excited about them and rushes to the coop every time the chickens move too fast. I don't think he's being aggressive, but...
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    Hello!

    Hi everyone! I just acquired three hens and a rooster from my sister’s flock that had grown a bit out of control. She has mainly silkies and her only three polish hens were being bullies, so they have their own yard now along with their bantam rooster! I’m not super new to chickens - my parents...
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