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Thank you! She still seems to be eating and drinking. I'll put iodine on those pustules and see if it helps. How would I know if there is infection inside the pustules? Would an oral abx help at all?

My GL Wyandotte has these pustule-like bumps on her face. Can anyone ID and suggest treatment?

4 the Birds, Your pictures are so helpful! We *usually* don't have too many super-cold winter nights, but this last winter was pretty cold for Georgia. I think we dropped below 0F a few times. Do you have a picture of the wood panels you add in the winter? I'm assuming you mean plywood...

We have heavy clay here, too, and it's been very wet. The only thing that concerns me is that it wouldn't really be easy to get a compacter into the covered coop area. Will it compact over time, though?

Hmmm..okay, that's good to know. Crusher, I think, is crushed up rock - smaller than pea gravel? What kind of dirt did you use - just simple fill dirt?

Thank you, Judy! That link is awesome! Drainage might be an issue, but perhaps I could build up the floor a bit with some crusher run? I think I will stick with my nearly 8x8 coop for colder winter days, and just have an opening to an open-air, secure coop like so many on that hot weather...

I need to expand my coop and I'm trying to decide between adding more space to (expanding) the raised-floor coop, or just creating a sort of super-safe covered portion of their run. We have about 20 chickens (and 7 babies who will be joining them eventually) in a 7.5'x7.5' coop. The coop is...

A few days ago, our only roo started sounding "gurgly" when breathing. He was acting and eating fine, but someone told me to treat him with Duramycin. After a few of our hens also started making the noise, I was advised to get Tylan 50. Since I have 20 chickens, I looked locally for the oral...

We have only two acres, and coops can't be within 75' of the property line. I don't know if that applies to moveable coops, though. However, since our free range for about half the day, I don't know that I'd need it to be moveable, though I can see the appeal. :)

Thanks, Laurel! I am really intrigued by this because I think it could be very versatile. In the summer, the humidity is terrible and I like the idea of building a large structure that could potentially have more ventilation during the summer but still provide protection from the rain. I'm...

Thanks for all these suggestions and comments. Penny, I'm so impressed with your coop! I do have a couple more questions about the hoop coops - are they acceptable for colder weather? I know I'm in Georgia, but we've had a very cold (for Georgia, anyway) winter, so I'm wondering if these hoop...

I don't think I'm understanding, exactly - I think I need to find an image to help. I'm wondering if that'd be predator-safe, though. I'm in GA, and although I have dogs, they are not always outside especially during weather extremes. Interesting, though - I definitely need to do some...

We currently have a coop that's just under 8' x 8', with 23 chickens in there (and seven babies in the brooder). It's definitely too small already. They have a 30x40 run, and are let out to free range after around noon each day. I want to build a much larger coop that will comfortably house...

Hmmm. Thanks, Michael. I can pick up some poultry nutri drench tomorrow. They're getting Countryside Organic feed, which is currently stored in my house - we carry the feed out every day to them because I don't want to keep an entire bag in the coop. We go through a bag about every 2 weeks...

Hi folks, I've got a 2.5 month old FBCM cockerel whose head is hanging down to the ground. He can lift it a bit, and he can stay upright and even turn around, but he can't lift his head enough to drink water. He can eat - it's messy but he can do it. It looks like his neck is broken moreso...

My feed store didn't have valbazen. Is there a recommended online source? I'll look for casportpony's guidelines, too. Thanks again! I should ask first - should I hold off on the wazine, then, until I can find valbazen? What about the abx - go ahead with those?

My 14yo son and 12yo daughter were putting away the chickens, who had free ranged throughout most of the day. When our sweet little Blue Andalusian was missing from the coop just before lockdown, my daughter went looking for her. She found her body under a tree and came crying inside. My son and...

Thanks, Michael Apple - I'll be sure to keep that list handy. I am sure she has access to at least a few of those (the only one I recognize immediately is azalea). And thanks to casportpony, too. I read a bit here on BYC and then spoke with the owner of our local feed store, and I think I'm...

Well, gosh. :( I went to check on her and she has died. I'm so confused (and sad) - all five of my buff orp girls seems fine yesterday. I wish it weren't Friday - I think I'd try to drive her to UGA for a necropsy if it were earlier in the week.

Thanks, ten chicks - I am probably going to take a "wait and see" approach. I'm still really curious if anyone else has seen this before, and if they can tell me what I might expect to happen - especially if this is a girl and she starts laying.