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    Eight healthy four month old beautiful pullets

    Hello, Due to the effects on my lungs, I am unable to keep my beautiful little flock of pullets: four German Bielefelder and four Salmon Favorolle. I am located on the Mendocino coast in Northern California. Please let me know if you are interested.
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    My lungs aren't having it

    Hello All, Turns out my lungs are becoming damaged, which probably started before getting my chicks, but now has become a very real and now chronic issue. I have eight four month old pullets, four beautiful German Bielefelder and four Salmon Favorelle. I need to rehome them. I live on the coast...
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    chicken run material in a humid environment where the soil never dries out and average temp is 56f

    Hello All, Does anyone have experience with having a chicken run in a humid environment where the soil never dries out. My run flooded last night due to an irrigation problem and I have to replace all of the run material. These are my first chickens so I never realized just how much rain would...
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    OverEZ coop update: nesting boxes leaking--ugh

    Hello All, I continue to post regarding my purchase of the OverEZ Walk-in coop for anyone considering the purchase of one. I've previously posted on many problems with this coop, so I won't address these again. Two nights ago we had a jet stream rain, so it wasn't just a little rain, but I would...
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    OverEZ coop update

    I've posted twice regarding the OverEZ coop. I purchased the Walk-In. I can hardly address how many things are wrong with this coop, but the worst is that they apparently built the coop against the manufacturer's (LP SmartSide) instructions: They apparently glued the panels to the joists instead...
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    impacted crop?

    Hi All, First time chicken keeper with eight 10 week olds: four German Bielefelder and four Salmon Faverolle. They are still in their 42 sq. ft. brooder with combination bedding of Aspen shavings, straw pellets, and dust extracted cut straw. I'm feeding Scratch & Peck mash, half starter mash and...
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    identifying gender in chicks not true to breed

    Hello Everyone, So, as a first time chicken keeper, I'm trying to figure out if I have two cockerels out of my four Salmon Faverolle 10 week old chicks. Their coloring does not appear to be especially true to breed, and because two chicks had beak deformities and one had a hip deformity (both of...
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    OverEZ coops

    I purchased the Walk-in OverEZ coop. We assembled all but the roof today. I attempted to leave a review on multiple platforms and was prevented from posting on any of them. I hope the same doesn't happen here because such practice (i.e., all the major platforms enabling their...
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    which roo should I keep: the less dominate, or the larger more dominate?

    I sent for three Salmon Faverolle day old chicks and was sent six: I surrendered two to my vets due to deformities beyond what I could manage, and now it looks like I have two cockerels. They aren't a problem at this young age, though they want absolutely nothing to do with me, not even to eat...
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    OverEZ chicken coops

    Hi All, Does anyone know if OverEZ chicken coops are toxic or not? They use OSB board, and they cover the boards and the floor with a resin. The two people answering the phones seem to possess very limited knowledge about their product, so not many answers there. I've read that some OSB are...
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    clipping nails and filing beaks

    I'm a first time chicken mom with eight, seven week old chicks, probably one being a rooster. Reading Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, she addresses the need to keep chick's nails clipped and beaks filed. I've never heard anyone else address this in all of my research. Does anyone do this or...
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    Month old Salmon Faverolle bullying smaller sibling

    Hello from a first time chick mom: Help! I got five Salmon Faverolle day old chicks (along with four German Bielefelder, who have been totally lovely) who are now one month old. One SF is half the size of the others and has started to be feather picked by another SF. Now that smaller feather...
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    Bedding

    Hi All, Does anyone have experience using Straw Boss pelletized straw, heat treated and dust extracted bedding? I've been using Aspen shavings, but I have a couple chicks who are sneezing, and although it's suppose to be low dust, it's rather dusty. I've read that dust extracted straw tends to...
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    Brooder size

    First time chick mom: My nine chicks are almost four weeks and are flying around their 6x4 brooder like mad, at times sometimes running into each other and coming up chest to chest, seeming to challenge each other. I don't believe any of them are roosters. They are healthy and growing quickly. I...
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    poopy feet

    Ever since I added bedding (--used only puppy pads and paper towels for the first 10 days) my chicks feet are covered in poop within an hour after cleaning their feet and the brooder. They seem to have been able to avoid the poop better, and I was better able to see it and clean it up, without...
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    yolk sac attached at three days, now covered in dry poo and getting very large

    Hello Everyone, This little one is now eight days old and her yolk sac attachment is still attached (I thought it would have fallen off by now), but now is covered in a lot of poo and becoming large. Her vent is not blocked, which I know for sure because I can see her pooing, and also can see...
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    baby chicks ravenously eating Aspen wood shavings

    Hello Everyone, Does anyone have experience with their chicks ravenously eating wood shavings? I included Full Cheeks Aspen wood shavings on day three and my chicks went nuts scratching through it, and eating it. I felt I had to remove it because I've read about some folks' experience of their...
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    using organic herbs in their brooder

    Hello Everyone, Does anyone have experience putting organic dried herbs in the brooder? I thought I'd be proactive in natural prevention of mites, etc., but then all ten chicks began scratching themselves wildly. Because I couldn't imagine them all suddenly having mites, I figured it must be the...
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    feeding schedule for baby chicks

    Hello Everyone, I've read some that chicks shouldn't be over-fed, at about one pound weekly, dispensed beginning at intervals of every two hours. I don't know how this approach can be reasonably managed. I have two baby chick feeders and two waterers that are always kept full for nine, week-old...
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    injured, splayed leg in 3 day old chick

    Hello Everyone, So, I followed someone's advice and put wood shavings in the brooder after three days. I had been using puppy pads covered with paper towels. I was going to wait for a couple of weeks before adding shavings, but I was convinced that the chicks could end with splayed legs if I...
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