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    Coop size

    Can you remove some of the siding on the shed and replace it with hardware cloth to give your girls a run? Even if it has a concrete floor, you can put a deep layer of pine shavings over it and give your girls room to roam in fresh air. Chicken wire can let vermin (rats, mice, snakes) enter...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Do You Keep Your Coop Smelling Fresh?

    I use the deep litter method with fine pine shavings. I only completely change the bedding in the spring, yet there is rarely an odor. Everything is very well ventilated. About once a month, I work Sweet PDZ or Stall Dry into the shavings. When I feed wet treats (fruit, pumpkin, vegetables...
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    2 hens dead in a week

    The 7 year old Buff Orpington I was worried about last night got up this morning and is drinking!
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    2 hens dead in a week

    My concern with a necropsy is having to destroy my remaining birds if it is a contagion. Has anyone had this happen?
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    2 hens dead in a week

    Thank you. I am in Virginia and plan to call my extension agent in the morning to find out how to get a necropsy. I am just worried that if they have a contagion, I may have to euthanize the remaining girls.
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    2 hens dead in a week

    I had a 3 year old Easter Egger die about a week ago. There were no signs of injury or illness. She was in the coop and looked as if the had fallen off of the roost dead. A second hen, an 8 year old Australorp, died today. She was in the run with no signs of injury. Both birds had been...
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