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rennyheff said:
My goal currently is to have the brooder, coop, and feeding/watering systems in place before bringing them home.
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Yes, it's always best to have things set up before you get the animals. :thumbsup

rennyheff said:
I'm also wondering if I should be looking into a certain kind of vet for chickens other than the one we use for our cats and dogs.
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Call your vet and ask if they treat chickens. The answer is usually no.
You can call every vet in the area and ask, and you might get lucky, but most vets just will not treat chickens.

Chickens are usually pretty healthy, so most of them never need a vet.

A few of the most common problems can be treated at home (examples: coccidiosis is treated with a readily available medicine, and injuries to a chicken's comb can bleed heavily but usually heal fine on their own).

For more serious problems, my personal solution is a sharp hatchet: behead the chicken, then decide whether to eat it or bury it. The beloved hen who was badly injured by a predator got a nice burial, but the escape artist and the bully made tasty chicken soup ;)

rennyheff said:
I've heard it said that chicken coops smell and it has been advised to keep the coop away from the house or immediate backyard, but there is a perfect spot under our almond tree right outside our backdoor that I think they would love, and if I'm correct, I think properly maintaining the coop should keep smells at bay?
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Chicken coops certainly can smell, but that's not good for the chickens either.

Yes, it is possible to avoid smells with good design and good management.
 
NatJ said:
Yes, it's always best to have things set up before you get the animals. :thumbsup


Call your vet and ask if they treat chickens. The answer is usually no.
You can call every vet in the area and ask, and you might get lucky, but most vets just will not treat chickens.

Chickens are usually pretty healthy, so most of them never need a vet.

A few of the most common problems can be treated at home (examples: coccidiosis is treated with a readily available medicine, and injuries to a chicken's comb can bleed heavily but usually heal fine on their own).

For more serious problems, my personal solution is a sharp hatchet: behead the chicken, then decide whether to eat it or bury it. The beloved hen who was badly injured by a predator got a nice burial, but the escape artist and the bully made tasty chicken soup ;)


Chicken coops certainly can smell, but that's not good for the chickens either.

Yes, it is possible to avoid smells with good design and good management.
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Thank you for all the great info!!
 
Welcome to the community of chicken fans. My coop is only 10 foot out my back door. I love it being close as they're so much fun to watch and they become quite the "pets" I don't notice the smell until I'm in coop and it's time to clean for weekly poop. I use the deep bedding method with little smell. Check out the "how to "forums from experienced chicken keepers. I did a lot of research and coop designing before we came up with our final one. Make it oversized if you can makes for happier birds which equals less sickness. Get your chicks from reliable hatchery not off FB etc. too many sketchy things to go wrong. In my opinion
How was your garden this summer?
 
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Happy hen lover said:
Welcome to the community of chicken fans. My coop is only 10 foot out my back door. I love it being close as they're so much fun to watch and they become quite the "pets" I don't notice the smell until I'm in coop and it's time to clean for weekly poop. I use the deep bedding method with little smell. Check out the "how to "forums from experienced chicken keepers. I did a lot of research and coop designing before we came up with our final one. Make it oversized if you can makes for happier birds which equals less sickness. Get your chicks from reliable hatchery not off FB etc. too many sketchy things to go wrong. In my opinion
How was your garden this summer?
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Thank you I will check it out!! The garden was such a dream come true this summer trying all kinds of varieties!
 
rennyheff said:
Thank you I will check it out!! The garden was such a dream come true this summer trying all kinds of varieties!
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If you look at too of screen there's an icon that looks like a paper with folded corner . That's learning center there's an article that's called deep litter method. Great article. When they're little they poop everywhere but when they're older hens they mostly poop under roosts ( the bar they sleep on) Good luck and enjoy
 
Happy hen lover said:
If you look at too of screen there's an icon that looks like a paper with folded corner . That's learning center there's an article that's called deep litter method. Great article. When they're little they poop everywhere but when they're older hens they mostly poop under roosts ( the bar they sleep on) Good luck and enjoy
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That is perfect. Thanks so much!
 

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