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    Do I need a run for free ranging flock?

    Are they all game fowl? I was looking into Liege Fighters but my setup is not ideal at keeping a separate flock for breeding purposes. They are fascinating to me, although my 9 yr old is already worried about a game fowl roo lol, as our tiny Bantam rooster is currently the leader of my flock and...
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    Do I need a run for free ranging flock?

    I would love that, but with brutal winters, and some unusually strong summer storms the past couple years, my coop ends up being the safest spot for them:/ however, my 2 Bantam roos usually take several of their ladies to roost outside any chance they get, so even a small run is ideal for at...
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    Do I need a run for free ranging flock?

    Ah. Thats a brilliant idea! Thank you! I've been staring at these coop plans and working on it itself for the past 2 weeks in between work and snowstorms, the run ideas have been haphazardly thrown together, but seeing it in that regard makes more sense than my previous thought
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    14 days

    I have several like this in the incubator-on day 13, and there is a HUGE difference in development in these vs the others growing much faster. I hope yours catches up with the rest and actually hatches! I'm afraid to pull the under developed ones and accidentally kill chicks that could have been...
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    Do I need a run for free ranging flock?

    I did end up drawing up plans for a smaller 8x24ft run. It's not technically big enough for what my 2 flocks add up to, but it will mainly only be actually shut at night or when we are on vacation. The run will also be made as separate 8x8 "panels", so I can move and reconfigure it to either...
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    Do I need a run for free ranging flock?

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    Do I need a run for free ranging flock?

    Do you happen to have a picture of your run? I'm a visual person, and the separation and ability to close off certain areas is intriguing and would be perfect!
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    Do I need a run for free ranging flock?

    I currently am revamping EVERYTHING in our yard and my chickens included! So we live on a small ~5 acre property that is half wooded that backs into the river and a small man made channel. I have a current flock of 18 chickens, along with my goats, horses, and geese all living alongside each...
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    Do I Cull or Treat This Frostbite?

    I lived outside of San Antonio before living here......anything below 70 and I was wearing a winter coat 😄😄 now it feels wonderful to hit 40 degrees in February! Winter is brutal with outdoor pets
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    Do I Cull or Treat This Frostbite?

    He is doing just fine! It looked really awful for about a week, then turned black and fell off several weeks later. Healed up surprisingly nice! But he has absolutely zero comb anymore. Thank goodness he recovered from it though, Oscar is my favorite 😍 although the experience has finally pushed...
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    Chick hatched with twisted neck and can’t walk

    It sorta looks like wry neck. I had a Bantam Chick last spring come from the hatchery with wry neck(SO TINY!). I gave her poly-vi-sol liquid toddler vitamin(without iron) and crushed vitamin b12 and liquid vitamin E in a mash for 2 days before she was able to stand up straight at all, and I gave...
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    Do I Cull or Treat This Frostbite?

    We fortunately are having unusually warm Temps for the next week-in the high 30s and 40s! So he will have a small reprieve from the freezing cold at least. I will try the baby aspirin!
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    Do I Cull or Treat This Frostbite?

    I thought I had enough ventilation, but now I believe I don't. They all prefer to roost outside if it's above 35F, so I have always left my coop door propped open at night until we had this cold spell. Closed it up for night and all my single comb chickens got some frostbite, although nothing...
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    Do I Cull or Treat This Frostbite?

    I made him some scrambled Eggs and leftover honeydew Melon and he gobbled it up. Outside again now. Hes showing preference to staying in the coop, but he's eating and drinking fine so I'm hopeful he'll be OK! Thank you for the advice!
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    Do I Cull or Treat This Frostbite?

    He's in the spare bedroom which is probably 60 degrees F, but I only brought him in as of an hour ago. It's around 32 degrees outside right now. And I have 2 other roosters, but they are both Bantams with rose combs
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    Do I Cull or Treat This Frostbite?

    It just smells "off". Not quite the smell of infection, more like the smell you get from an open wound. So it's not infected as of yet.
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    Do I Cull or Treat This Frostbite?

    Ok, that makes me feel better. And yes it sounds horrible lol but I kind of figure at least he won't have a huge comb to worry about next winter if he heals. Do you bring them in at that point or leave them with the flock? I hate to separate him and would like him to stay with everyone else if...
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    Do I Cull or Treat This Frostbite?

    My beloved salmon faverolle rooster succumbed to the -40 windchill we had a few nights ago, and his crown is severely frostbitten and smelly:( I've been treating Oscar's crown with banixx and vetricyn, and he is now in the spare bedroom until spring😬 but with how severe it is, and all the way...
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