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    Poorly Columbian Blacktail, drooped, not moving :(

    Just had a call from my wife who is at the vets, the vet did not know what was wrong, he said she had lost a lot of weight and was very pooorly, the prognosis was poor, we could try antibiotics but he didn't think they'd work, ? an abcess internally, we have gone with the option of having her...
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    hen not right this morning

    Red mite? Check the coop - particularly under perches, nooks & crannies, the red mite are tiny and can hide in the wood grain, they are grey in colour unless fully engorged.
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    Poorly Columbian Blacktail, drooped, not moving :(

    Hi all, any tips for our poorly chicken appreciated. We are in Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK. Our chicken was noted as poorly on 30th Sept, really unwell on 1st Oct as it was just massively drooped and not mobile & we thought we'd loose it, bit better yesterday, but today did not leave the coop...
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    is this Bumblefoot ?

    ok, we've trimmed her toenails, not by too much & have had some bleeding from the nail, we've covered it in tape to prevent dirt ingress, she's now limping a bit weirder!!! We'll see what happens over the next few days.
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    is this Bumblefoot ?

    Quote: None yet as i'm not certain on a diagnosis, i'll trim her nails first
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    is this Bumblefoot ?

    Lilly our 3 year old Belgium bantam (which we have owned for 6 months) has always had a toe missing and because of this she has always walked with a slight limp. Recently the limp appears to be exaccerbated and affecting her right leg (left in the upside down picture). She appears chirpy, is...
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    confused animals

    a cat in a coop & a chick in a flap !!!!!!!!
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    Martin Ds Member Page

    Having moved from London to Gloucestershire, UK in March 2011 the one thing my wife wanted was some chickens. We originally planned to buy a coop once we'd brought a house but we ended up taking on a single unwanted Belgium Bantam from a mother at our local school and then decided to buy some...
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    Need close up pics of your run door

    mine went inside the frame and flush at the front (see my BYC page for pics) i used a spring door closer to default it shut but can easily prop it open to give the chooks free range. i think i took 1cm (width & height) off the size of the whole where the door was to be fitted to allow for the...
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    Question about coop ventilation

    i'm new to keeping chickens and i had to add extra ventilation to our coop as i hadn't planned for anywhere near enough (check out my homepage for pics). if you think about how much moisture they breathe out whilst cooped up and add that to their poo (which contains their wee) then thats alot...
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    blue bottles in the coop

    just in case its lost in translation, "blue bottle" = The blue bottle fly or bottlebee (Calliphora vomitoria) is a common blow-fly found in most areas of the world and is the type species for the genus Calliphora ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_bottle_fly
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    Stained glass windows for my future coop

    Cool here is one my dad made for our coop
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    blue bottles in the coop

    I spotted a few blue bottle flies in our coop today whilst cleaning it up. Our Bantam gobbled one up mid flight! It's a mild winters day today, around 10c in the shade at warmest. Should I expect these flies as normal or is it a sign of poor hygene?
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    Hubby said YES!!!! Now what? I need HELP! :D

    i'm new to all this chicken stuff too, when i built mine i listed the chickens needs and designed around that, they were (in no particular order): chicken entrance / exits, poo removal access, human access to clean coop out, perches, nest boxes and ventilation. i hope this helps
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    Managing the smell of ammonia

    Thanks all for your input, the smell appears to have gone since the install of the two ceiling vents.
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