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    Space? They mailed us too many!!

    Maybe parroting talking points is a better descriptive than dreamed up. However, there are far too many factor in play to repeat minimum standards. There are tons of birds that never leave a 2x2 cage. So to shame someone into these standards isn't fair. Most take this position from a place of...
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    Prolapsed Vent HELP

    Keep up the good work. She should come around, just keep at it.
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    Space? They mailed us too many!!

    This is far less than 10 sq ft per bird. I agree that this is disgusting, and I can smell this pic through my phone, but these people produce as much as possible in their $400,000 chicken house. Is it "best"? For production it is but not for the food I want to eat. I'm just pointing out that...
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    Space? They mailed us too many!!

    I mentioned most of what you said. Yes, I understand. I also agree with ventilation being one of the biggest issues, especially for us in the swamps. Most of our issues come from not having a roo in the flock as we're not allowed by our city. This solves more squabbles than space with a boss on...
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    Thoughts on our coop/run?

    A hard corner is one that has something like paneling or plywood to offer some protection. This way, if they have a predator prowling outside, they can hide there instead of the predator chasing them around nonstop until they are worn out.
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    Prolapsed Vent HELP

    I'd worry about the soaks to reduce the swelling before trying. The other thing is to try and prevent her from drying out and getting crusty. The soaks in warm Epsom salt helped with that, as well as slathering her vent with RAW honey. It was literally the only thing that helped. After the...
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    Best way to attach chicken wire to hardware cloth.

    Hog rings. Lot and lots of hog rings.
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    Prolapsed Vent HELP

    We had a hen that had a Prolapsed vent for I think 5 days before she held it in after putting it back dozens of times. The biggest thing is to reduce the swelling. We did Epsom salt soaks of her bum and hydrocortisone cream. It's best to seperate her from the rest so she doesn't get pecked...
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    Space? They mailed us too many!!

    You're fine. Most of these "standards" are dreamed up by people that keep chickens as pets. I get making them happy and healthy, but most of the minimums are way overstated. For instance, I have 2 roost bars that are 4 foot. 7 or 8 chickens will cram onto one bar and leave the other one with...
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    Thoughts on our coop/run?

    Very nice. My only critique would be to add a hard corner. Some kind of paneling in a corner so that if a predator chases the chickens around, they have a corner to hide in with protection. Otherwise, they will run back and forth until exhausted and can be grabbed in one of the corners. 1/2"...
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    Indoor Rex rabbitry build

    Oreo had her first litter tonight of 7 healthy babies!
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    Is this a whip worm? (Gross picture)

    I'd say plastic or something else they shouldn't have eaten.
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    Duck injury

    Hoping for the best for your pekin! Ours was attacked by a bobcat as she reached outside her pen and we had noone to turn to. I found an app called Airvet and they paired us up with an avian vet that gave us all the info we needed in multiple video chats and we got her to pull through. It's a...
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    Coop Cam!

    We use the Wyze OGs for all our critters. The app is simple and easy. We have 1 in our hen house, one on the younger birds, a PTZ camera for our bunnies in the chicken run, 2 inside the indoor bunny nursery and one in our duck hut.
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    My ducks killed a snake!

    Never underestimate a broody duck. Ours messed up a rat that got in our duck hut to the point that he couldn't walk. Lol 🤣
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