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    Spitting up water and lethargic hen :(

    She was acting off this morning and when I got home from work she was standing g I. The corner and Spitting up and then had really runny yellow diarrhea. :( I picked her up and she spit up more water…. Is it gape worm??? What do I do? Everyone else is acting fine ..I have seven hens in an...
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    Integrating two new pullets

    So I have 6 pullets/hens that are just at 5 months old and 1 hen that is a year old in my already established flock. I have two new pullets that are 4 months old To integrate into the flock. We have quarantined them for 4 weeks and then put them Into a grow out coop for 2 weeks where they can...
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    Coccidiosis -Please help! I think my chicken has this :-(

    We went on a trip and were gone for three days. We had a girl taking care of things but when I came back the water containers were not cleaned out like I do daily. It also has rained every day we were gone . Anyway one of my chickens wasn’t acting right :-( She was standing away from the others...
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    Help! Almost 8 weeks old ...now whatcha think? Roo or?

    First pics not sure what breed? Supposed to be Easter Egger? And Roo or hen? Next one I assume is an Easter Egger but Hen? And last one is a buff Orpington -hen or roo?
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    Playhouse coop build :-)

    For our first coop build ...let’s use a playhouse lol! Anyway I got this little playhouse for FREE and hubby and I are pretty handy together so here is what we came up with ... Before... After! We were able to use a lot of repurposed wood and actually got the shutters and door to the run...
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    So hot out-worries about coop training

    Here in Indiana it has been in the high 80s and very humid lately. I had planned on keeping my new 6 week olds in the coop for several days to coop train (read about it here and on other sites). Before doing this , I had been taking them out of the brooder and putting them in the run for...
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    How close together can roosts be??

    First coop build - I want to put two roosts in my coop -how close together can the two roosts be when running parallel and same height ? Also how close to the wall can the roosts be ?
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    First coop build -question about window and predators?

    We have one layer of hardware cloth fastened on the inside . Hubs wonders if we should double layer it -like put a layer on the outside as well to truly keep the flock safe from predators?Do we really need to double layer it? The hardware cloth is on there with what seems to be a lot of screws ...
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    Girl or boy and ...

    ThThis sweetie is supposed to be an Easter Egger Pullet -got the baby at Rural King almost 5 weeks ago ... I’m starting to wonder if this little is a roo? And not an EE? What say you?
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    New chicken momma from Indiana :-)

    Hello! I decided to hop on here and introduce myself!:) I just got what I hope to be 6 pullets from Rural King almost 5 weeks ago. :loveI have wanted chickens for a few years now and since I’ve been home more due to the pandemic, I decided to take the plunge. In addition to my 6 babies I have...
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