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    Thoughts on Roosters??

    A rooster is only good for reproducing nothing else. I have lost two hens in two nights used a cage to catch the raccoon , the rooster has attracted me from behind lucky for me l had long pants on just so you have real facts.
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    Hammerhead worms or Bipalium sp?

    That's it they say they can get 20 inches nasty things i think so and from what i read
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    Hammerhead worms or Bipalium sp?

    Yea it's crazy. I am glad that chickens can eat them. Hopefully I will not have any more but I know that is not the case these worms eat worms and that is not good for the environment. Thanks for the info and the good news glad you joined
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    Hammerhead worms or Bipalium sp?

    I found a hammerhead worm near our chicken coop and read they have a neurotoxin in them. They say it can not kill pets or humans but what if a chicken ate one of these hammerhead worms? Could it not poison a chicken from the inside? Kill them they are not native in the USA and they kill earth...
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    Pale comb, no interest in food, and diarrhea. Please help.

    She is three years old none of the others are sick but this morning she was still on the roost with her eyes closed she felt thin the other chickens are the same age and seem to be fine. But I had to get rid of her today i can not take the chance of her getting my other chickens sick and i...
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    Pale comb, no interest in food, and diarrhea. Please help.

    Can you tell me a little more about your problems you had I have a chicken that is ill lethargic with a pale comb and does not move very much at all she has diarrhea thanks I have 8 more new chickens that i want to add with my other chickens and i do not want them sick at all can you please...
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    My husband tried to repurpose our old jungle gym into a mobile chicken run.....

    We think it is a cool ideal, none of it is easy lots of work figuring it all out . It's all a learning process
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    A late question

    Is it okay to feed chickens Japanese Beatles they seem okay i just feed them the Beatles it was in a bag that had an attractant no chemicals where used in the process the chickens seemed to enjoy them and i did not see a reason to waste the Beatles just by throwing them in the trash can has...
  9. J

    Flies what to do

    Thanks sounds like a real winner i will try the mint and mint keeps mosquito's away that is what i have read .
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    Flies what to do

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    Flies what to do

    I just turn the dirt in their pen . I use ceder wood chips on the dirt ground and I have a roof over their coop and we only have 8 chicks I think they have enough room according to the guide lines.
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    Flies what to do

    What is the best stuff to stop the flies i have way too many flies. Is it the food or the poo? Please give input. We feed them Dumor 16% crumbles. Is that good feed or could it be attracting the flies? Do we need to change the chickens feed - they seem to like what i am using. Thanks for any help
  13. J

    Frostbite?

    I know i can build a coop but will i need one i have eight hens with a small coop we live in north Alabama
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