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    swollen eye, help!

    She recovered by flushing it and applying the terramycin ointment?
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    Show off your peas!!

    My complements to all, STUNNING pictures! Thanks for the share!
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    Im done with chickens

    You can buy detailed plans all over the web... ebay: http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37.l1313&satitle=coop+plans&category0= here's a ton of links...
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    Chicken feed in SF Bay Area?

    That's totally rad. I drive an '82 Mercedes 240D and just got 10 chickens. I guess I'm your target market, eh? Hahah. I'll be down for feed when I run out! How much is it?
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    new straw in the run

    I can relate! I'm so charmed by my new flock... way too cool!
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    Our Sweetest Chicken Passed Away

    Very sad news, it sounds like. I'm sorry for your loss.
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    Can I get a reality check? (to cull, or not to cull)

    I treated her again tonight.. it's obviously pretty uncomfortable when I palpate around her eye, rubbing the ointment in, especially. Also, there's not much actual exudate, which I suspect is a good thing... Anyway, I'll see how she is over the next couple of days and play it by ear. Thanks...
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    How Can I Attach Netting to House Siding?

    See my answer in the original thread.
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    Hawk Checking Out My City Chickens

    Hmm, you could screw a furring strip to the house in just a couple of places, then staple the net to that. I can relate, I looked out the window this morning and, down below (I live about 20' above) was a huge redtail, sitting ON the chickendome. Man... They wouldn't come out of hiding till I...
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    Can I get a reality check? (to cull, or not to cull)

    Ok, I've been reading the 'swollen eye' threads day and night, in between changing the abx-water and flushing/medicating this chook's eye with terramycin. History... I got this barred 'Rock pullet from a lady in Cotati... as soon as I got her home, with her two friends, I noticed that her eye...
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    swollen eye, help!

    How's that eye looking now?
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    Bantam roo with swollen eye - UPDATE

    Well, some time has gotten by... I've read this whole tale, and I'm dying to know how your birds eye is today? What's the scoop? I'm hoping you have good news!
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    Nighttime behavior.

    (By the way, tonight, with no prodding, they were all up in the coop by dusk. )
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    Nighttime behavior.

    The light I have in there is red... It's only getting into the low-40s, very high 30's here... they're pretty well fully fledged. Do they even need the light?
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    Nighttime behavior.

    Hm, nice. Thanks for the replies. I hadn't thought to lock them in for days at a time... I think I'll try putting them all to bed for a few nights, see how that goes. I don't actually have a provision to lock them into the coop... the ramp up into the coop doesn't have a door. I could just...
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    Nighttime behavior.

    As a new owner, I'd love some insight from you more experience keepers... I don't get the impression that my birds are totally dumb, but.. some of my birds, which are all between 7 and 10 weeks tend to nest down under the coop, on the ground. They're well hidden, and sheltered from the wind...
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    Question about the kill...

    Right! If you're talking about CO, like from car-exhaust, then sleepytime would simply set in. With CO2 (where are you going to get CO2?), the hypoxia-panic would set it and it would feel like suffocating. How about making it a little less 'choppy' by slitting their necks with a knife? I...
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    California - Northern

    I'm in Berkeley... no limit on hens, no roo's allowed. Definately loving my new pastime.
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    New coop in Houston, TX. How cold is too cold for chickens?

    I think I coddle mine... I have a 250w heat lamp in their roost, which is fairly small... that and the thing's not too drafty. It's been to 38 at night here in the last few days... they'd probably be fine, but I figure, they're young, so it can't hurt.
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    Hey there, here's my first post! Plus a vid of my new coop and birds!

    Here's me and one of mine! Will she get much bigger? Been a while since I saw a mature hen... she's no bantam. <shrug> Yay, chickens!
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