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    Possible insecticide poisoning...

    I have a pullet that appears to have been exposed to insecticide. She has become lethargic, stopped laying over a week ago, reduced appetite. She isn't egg bound as her body has become very thin and I don't feel any eggs in there. I gave her some yogurt with scratch mixed in yesterday. Today...
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    Converting a dog/goat pen to chicken coop

    We have a 10x6x6 dog pen with 2 doors that I will be converting into a chicken pen. Both dogs and goats were in the pen, but that was more than 2 years ago. I heard someone say that I need to treat the ground, if the pen isn't moved, to make sure there are no worms or other parasites that could...
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    Bikerchicky's second try with chickens....

    Over 20 years ago I had a pair of RIR's in a small coop they never left. There weren't any forums, chat groups, or books about urban chickens. I got all my info from the local grange, and hoped for the best. My girls did great, with almost a dozen eggs a week from 2 hens. Then came a horrible...
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    Best location for a coop?

    I am in the process of creating a coop out of an old chain link dog pen and wanted to locate it next to the pump house. With 3-5 chickens I figued that would be a good location as the pump house would protect them on one side from weather and wind, and it's rather close to trees for shade in the...
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