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    Speckledhen's Ten Commandments of Good Flock Management

    Before you guilt yourself too much.... Let me set a stage for you. I have had chickens for 10 years now, semi-free range, there's a fenced, muddy bog on the edge of my property (not mine). I give my hens fresh water daily. Clean water. Guess where my hens prefer to drink when ever they find a...
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    Speckledhen's Ten Commandments of Good Flock Management

    Ouch, no I wouldn't ever use rebar. You will eventually have foot problems. I use sanded 2x4's, I sand them to get the rough slivers off but not slick/smooth. Pick up a hen and feel of her feet, the skin of her feet, on the bottom. It's soft, more like human skin. She needs a larger easier to...
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    Speckledhen's Ten Commandments of Good Flock Management

    Except for my stupid featherheads. Yesterday I spent a good 45 minutes taking down waterers and cleaning them all with brushes and cloths. Water clean enough to sip... so, where did the hens go to get their first drink? From the puddle caused from my accidently over filling one of the waterers...
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    Speckledhen's Ten Commandments of Good Flock Management

    One small and to me amusing problem with #3. Provide fresh water, daily. Would you take a sip out of the waterer? If not, clean it. I have a fairly large run for the girls and I live in an area that gets a lot of rain. So, where do my hens prefer to drink? From the sparkling clean waterer? From...
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    Speckledhen's Ten Commandments of Good Flock Management

    Wow so much work to deworm a chicken. All I do is wait til sundown, take a flashlight and pick the chicken I want off the roost. Treat her or do what I need to to her in the light of the back porch security light and stuff her back on the roost if that's where I need her to go. Although, mostly...
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