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Suzie, their combs are red so we are probably good there. However, we haven't dewormed them. How do we do that?

Recently a couple of our hens are making these noises like they are sort of clearing their throats. They have no other symptoms, just curious. TIA

Oh, ours is covered. Most of the walls are chicken wire, though. Thanks for your input.

We live n the southwest and don't get very cold. However, I was wondering when to add cover to our pretty open-aired coop? At what temps? And will covering the sides with clear plastic be enough? Thanks.

What happens if you give them the membrane? It seems like a lot of work.

Mine too at first. I think I gave it to them too young. They are 11/13 weeks now and eat it just fine.

This is what I have been looking for. Our hens free range almost all day. They are 11/13 weeks and haven't given them scratch, ever. They are very healthy birds. I have often wondered if scratch was needed for free range birds.

I mix flax seed in with their feed.

What is the purple on some of your chickens?

I was just coming to look into this myself. Thanks for the answer.

That's what we thought, but just checking. We can't have roosters here and didn't want to get too close to this one if we couldn't keep it.

We have four 1 week old chicks. 2 barred rock and 2 production reds. One of the four is a bit different than the rest. (The barred rock) It's wing and tail feathers are greatly smaller than the rest, almost not there, compared to the others. It separates itself from the others not all of...