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  1. holderh

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    MF: thanks for posting that picture. hope u had fun in NYC! Bluebirdnanny: no she isn't bald ...she may be missy a few feathers due to rooster tho. sally8:bless your heart! My sh wants a tom turkey but I don't just for that very reason. i hope you can come up with a solution he is very pretty...
  2. holderh

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    Since I have done alot of talking about my girls I thought I would share a picture that I took yesterday...The white one on the 2nd step is Olive...she is my absolute fav. right now...so friendly and sweet.
  3. holderh

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    AOXA: I love your plan for your coop...That really is nice....are you worried about how to get water out there or just to keep it from freezing during winter? If your worried about getting water out there so as you dont have to carry it to them daily could you put in a water hydren (sorry for...
  4. holderh

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    Thats a great idea!! I was planning on moving the coop and run closer to the house but was worried about the smell and look once it became dirt agian...this should help with the smell and look. We have a lot of trees that have fallen in our woods and my dh wanted to chip them all up this year...
  5. holderh

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    How old is your main flock? The way I have it set up when I have chicks is I have a pen attached to the main pen but seperated by a cattle pannel...they can see each other but cant get to each other. So by the time they are 8 weeks old when i put them together they do just fine...aside from a...
  6. holderh

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    thanks! LOL thats why I use hay...my dh makes hay so its free for me! I do believe i will rake up some leaves in the woods and scatter around the pen though...maybe it will encourage bugs?
  7. holderh

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    Thanks bulldogma! That is a great example. None of my girls legs look like that but I will rub them all down with nustock anyway. How often do you keep there legs rubbed down to prevent leg mites? Our roosts are pvc pipe...will the neem oil work on that type of a roost? Also those of you...
  8. holderh

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    It nice to get suggestions from others who have been there before...I do try hard to let them be chickens, do their own thing. I try to look them over good once a month....the bumble foot and leg mites are new but the gleet issues have been going on for a while....LOL I sure appreciate everyones...
  9. holderh

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    Oh they are precious!!! I love the SFH!! and the polish ones!
  10. holderh

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    Oh that is what I was afraid of....Thanks for letting me know what to do!! this is the first time I have experianced this!
  11. holderh

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    Leahs mom: I finished reading it all today...it was very encouraging. I have feed fermenting now and i have the nustock ordered as well....okay...my chickens have a coop with a 16x32 attached pen Its 4 ft tall with netting over it. I let them out in the morinings at about 6 to free...
  12. holderh

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    I guess he will need a coating of anti fungal cream too...What exactly do the leg mites look like and how often do you oil there legs to prevent?
  13. holderh

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    Thanks! ...Its just definatly frustrating! I will keep doing what you all suggested.
  14. holderh

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    Oohlala: I love love love your coop! I want to do something similar in the next week or two with my run. Delisha: thanks for all of the help! I thought I was doing what they needed by providing food, water and free ranging.....and letting them be chickens ..i do try to keep it natural ...my dh...
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    Oohlala: I love love love your coop! I want to do something similar in the next week or two with my run. Delisha: thanks for all of the help! I thought I was doing what they needed by providing food, water and free ranging.....and letting them be chickens ..i do try to keep it natural ...my dh...
  16. holderh

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    Ok! So I bathed everybody and for the time being the ones with the vent gleet got some antifungal cream.....i found about 7 that I think may have it...but only 2 look like the picture i posted. I will keep treating like you said. I plan to seperate them to make things easier on me and to get...
  17. holderh

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    Eggsesive: they are so cute! leahs mom/delisha One more question about this vent gleet....is it a problem to eat the eggs? Obviously I didn't know what was wrong with them so we have eaten them with no problems however is it wise? What about after putting the antifungal creams and nustock on them?
  18. holderh

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    Thanks everyone, Sounds like I was doing somethings right already but maybe not long enough or maybe it was not having a waterer that is the problem...thats the only thing I know it could be. I will buy 2 new wateres...i will put UPAV into one and probiotics that you can mix into water into...
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    Leah mom anf delish Do you think this can be turned around? I've ordered Nustock but until it gets here could I try monostate cream? Should I wipe them daily and then put/monostate/nustock on them every day? What has caused this in the first place so I can prevent it? This is our set up.maybe...
  20. holderh

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    Well "righty" seems to be doing ok for now. I have cleaned her up agian and I didn't see any maggots on her ..she was more vocal too about not wanting to be picked up....will give it a few more days but she does seem more alert. Ok you asked for it.....heres a picture of one if the other hens...
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