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    Tarred and feathered...my poor bald chickens!

    I don't know if I am battling a molt, disease or a really bored chicken feather picker but I thought it was a molt, checked for mites and have seen the chickens pecking each others feathers out and I don't know what to do about it. I sprayed the affected one's bums with Blue Cote and that...
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    How do I increase my chicken's protein?

    My chickens are apparantly picking each other's tail feathers due to low protein. I thought it was molting. Someone on here suggested mites which I checked for and they are all clear. So that leaves picking. How do I increase their intake so they quit that picking? Thanks!
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    bald chicken butts help

    My chickens are molting right now so I hope this is part of that but I thought I would pass it by those more knowledgable than me. I have 10 chickens, 4 have really bald butts. They look really really dumb. Yes, there is also a cat in this picture. They are eating left overs and the cat...
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    Why do my chickens look wet?

    I am new to chickens. I have 10 of them and this is my first winter with them. 3 of them look like they have taken a shower and forgot to blowdry their feathers. They have matted looking feathers all down their backs. I picked one up and she isn't wet, just looks like it. What is this...
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    New use for turkey carcass

    I threw our turkey carcass from thanksgiving out to my chickens and for the last week 1/2 they have been picking on it. I went out today and it is picked clean! Just thought I would post this as more holidays are coming up. (I normally make carcass soup but I forgot it in the fridge!)
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    What are your coop names?

    I have seen some really cute names and I thought a list would be fun to gather for those wanting some inspiration. Ours is "CACKLEBERRY INN"
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    Oh the FLIES are killing me!!!!!

    What on Earth can I do to rid myself of the plague of flies, besides wait until winter??? HELP!!!
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    Why are only some of my girls laying?

    Only 4 out of 10 hens are laying. What is wrong with my other girls. 9 of my chickens are the same age and one is a few weeks behind so I know why #10 isn't laying. The first 4 have been squatting for a while and laying for weeks (about 4 dozen eggs worth) and they lay almost every day so I...
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    We got our first egg!

    Last week I heard one of my girls singing the egg song but then haven't heard it again and when I get behind them they squat to me and this morning my daughter checked the box (as she does daily, religiously!) and there was a perfectly shaped big brown egg in there! Whoot whoot!!
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    How do I keep my chickens in my yard?

    We live on an acre and yet the little buggars were 2 houses down today (we all have about the same sized lots) and the neighbor lady was herding them home. How do I keep them in? We have a fenced yard but the back part of the fence by the shop in the back is open. Today they got grounded to...
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    Our shed turned coop.

    Hopefully this will work. This is our coop on the cheep...get it...cheap? hehehe I got the big window from Habitat for Humanity Restore for $35, a thrift shop of building goods so to speak, the ladder/roost was an old ladder my hubby had and the nesting box was an old pantry from the HfHR for...
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    New from Montana

    Hi, I am Melissa. We have 8 little chickies in our livingroom for now. They are about 10 days old (I think). We just bought a new house out in the country and can have chicks but we don't move in until May 20th and so we wanted to get chicks now since there won't be any by the end of May. We...
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