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    Hen has been sickly for 2 weeks

    Hello, all! My copper marans hen has been off for about 2 weeks (maybe a little longer). Here are her symptoms: - VERY thin - Unable to use ramp to enter and exit raised coop and to hop up into things over a couple inches off the ground - Loses balance and sticks a wing out, but rarely flaps...
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    Coop sand - smelly?

    I have a raised 12ft x 12ft (might be bigger - definitely not smaller) coop. The floor is stick-on linoleum tile. This week, I switched from deep bedding to sand, after hearing a lot of success and having to remove everything for a mite clean out. However, I’m already not liking the sand, and...
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    New Marylander

    Hello! I’m technically new, although this is my second post. I’ve already found this community very helpful and friendly! I’m not creative, so I’ll use the intro template: (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Not new — I had a flock of up to 10 from about 2016-2019...
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    Mite bites on me - are they in my house?

    This past weekend, I interacted with the coop/hens in two ways I usually don’t: 1. I picked up a broody hen from the nesting box, held her against my body to carry her to around the coop and into the run; 2. I was spraying a waterproofing on the nesting boxes so I got inside the coop, which...
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