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    Tiger Lily has worms

    Our Tiger Lily has worms, photo attached. Can anyone tell what kind it is? It looks like roundworm to me but who knows! We have Wazine 17 but I have read you can't give it to egg laying hens but I have also read you can? confused!
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    Can I mix these in the same water?

    I was advised by my local feed store that I should give my birds durvet vitamins and electrolytes as well as tetroxy HCA-280. I have one bird that just seems off. However I failed to ask if it is okay to mix these in the same water. The rate I calculated are as follows; Durvet - 3/4tsp per...
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    Is something wrong with my chicken?

    It has been a while since I have posted, I have 10 chickens, 5 red star and 5 black star. My concern is one of the black stars comb is really dull. All the other chickens are bright red. She seems to be the odd ball of the flock, more like a loaner. I don't see the other chickens pecking at...
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    night time temps?

    At what temp should I start to close the windows in our coop at night? Our temp tonight is getting into the low 50's.
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    How long?

    We got 5 new 17 week old black stars last Wednesday. We kept them separate for 5 days. Our runs can be closed off from each other. At night we would collect the new chickens and put them in a dog kennel and then in the coop. For the most part all was peaceful except for the occasional...
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    chickens getting along

    We are looking into getting 5 black stars and was wondering if they will get along with our 5 RIR? Also are they friendly chickens? Thanks
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    Run Expansion!

    My wife and I started to double the size of our chickens run today. Should be finished by the end of the week. Our current run is 8x16 and we are doubling the size of it. We only have 5 RIR but we are looking at getting around 5 - 7 more chickens. Our coop is 8x8 and I feel there is plenty...
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    summer insects?

    The one insects I am worried about are mosquitos because they are bad right now! Do we need to try and control them or are they not dangerous to our chickens? Thanks.
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    Broody hen question!

    I have a broody hen that is sitting on eggs from my other chickens. My question is when a hen goes broody does she stop laying eggs and can I break of sitting on the eggs? We do not have a rooster so sitting on the infertile eggs obviously seems useless to me. Thanks,
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    Hen sitting on unfertilized eggs!

    We have a hen that is sitting on eggs. We do not have any roosters and they are never out of the enclosed run. Will she eventually stop sitting?
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    Possible egg bound chicken?

    We only got 3 eggs yesterday from our 5 RIR's. When I went out to close up the coop last evening one of the girls was in the nesting box while the other 4 were on the roost. My wife just called me and said that she was still in the nesting box this morning. Could this be a sign of an egg...
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    Ice water?

    It has been so hot here in south Florida that we have been taking water out to our girls filled with ice cubes, it this okay for them? They seem to be handling the hot weather good so far but it has just started.
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    wet coop?

    We just received our first very hard, I mean very hard (50PMH wind, the works). The door to our coop faces North and the wind came out the northeast. Basically it blew in the door and everything is wet, all the wood flakes, the nesting boxes, everything. What do we have to worry about...
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    Raccoon showed up today!

    Well this is the first time we have seen a raccoon on our property since we bought it 6 years ago. I guess if you get chickens they will come. I was getting ready to eat my pancakes when my wife yelled there was a raccoon by the coop. I jumped up and ran to get me pellet gun (we can't use...
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    Perfect boiled egg?

    We need help, we can not get a good boiled egg. Most of the time the egg completely comes apart. Does it have to be room temp, the number of min. etc., help please.
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    good use of eggs

    My wonderful wife decided today that a good use of our eggs was to make both angle food cake and cream brule, perfect use of our eggs absolutely no waste. What did you use your eggs for today?
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    How do you clean and store your eggs?

    Please let me know what you do with your eggs after collecting? Do you wash them or not, store in fridge or not, etc. Thanks.
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    Emergency kit!

    I want to get an emergency kit gather up for just in cast! Any recommendations on different medications, etc. that I should have in there. I am new to raising chickens, our 5 RIR were mailed to us at 17 weeks old, fully vaccinated. Just want it on hand. Thanks.
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    Using DE?

    Can I use to much DE? I currently only use it once a week mainly in the cracks of the walls and in the dirt where the girls like to take dust baths. Is it ok to put some in the nesting boxes to help control insects? I just don't want to over do it but I also want to keep the insect population...
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    Is my coop and run big enough?

    I have an 8x8 coop with an 8x16 run. We currently have 5 RIR and are thinking of adding some more, the question is how many? I do not want to over crowd them but we are really enjoying our chickens. I am thinking of making our run larger maybe add another 8 feet so it is 16x16 but that is...
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