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    Need help

    Hadn’t thought about that! I certainly will grab a dog kennel and see what happens then! Thank you!
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    Need Advice- possible roosters and reintroducing healed chick to flock

    I have a similar issue also! My hen attacked by dog, is now blind in one all flock keep attacking her! Need to rehome or cull the later is not what I want to do!
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    Need help

    I have a hen seriously damaged by a dog. She recovered, but I cannot reintroduce her to flock! The flock keeps attacking her. I have tried lots of ways, but the attacks continue. She cannot continue living in my shop what can I do? She is blind in one eye so she is newly disabled too. I have no...
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    Deep litter question!

    I live in desert Southwest where it gets to 118 or higher in summer (about 7 months of heat) I found wash bottom sand works in my run and only shavings in nesting areas. We were blessed with a infestation of chicken ticks that was so bad we burned two coops to ground and started over (spared...
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    My babies ate and killed a mouse?

    Love our mini Dino 🦕 kids!!
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    My babies ate and killed a mouse?

    Well your little group sounds just like mine! We have 6 babies and 2 ducklings which my daughter and granddaughter thought cute to slip in with chickens! Chickens are omnivores so….mice are protein….yep eat them nicely. My daughter tells me that the ducks eat mice whole 😱🤢 not looking forward to...
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    Reconsidering my chicken dreams....

    My experience…now going on 9 years…predators have removed a few, chicken ticks took out half a flock (25), heat takes a few every summer(time to buy again) and winter is no problem they quit laying then mostly anyway, then I get to experience a crazy broody beast..let her hatch 90% roosters from...
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    Should I let my broody 23 wk old pullet sit on a clutch????

    Sounds a bit young...I probably would keep tossing her out of nest and not let her sit on anything...she needs to be a bit older..it got warm for a bit but will get cold..she will quit behavior when it gets colder..take all eggs out from under her....next broody cycle she will probably do it in...
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    Disappeared without a trace

    I am thinking Owl...they pick a chicken out of enclosure without a trace..
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    Buy? Or Build? Heeeeellllllppppp!!

    Well...we did cute and the wind blew and the door and window (small one) opened and a coyote took advantage and we lost one of our two that day....I believe the best strongest is made by me....2x4 paint and bricks...construction mesh all around and under....I have built four....two had to be...
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    What to do if you have two Cockerels

    We have two, one is a special needs guy...he had a problem hatching and he has a limp, matured very slowly and is probably the most clumsy Roo ever ☺️ The boys did fight and Ivan (was Ivy til he crowed) did submit..his wounds have healed and yes they will fight to the death..
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    What to do if you have two Cockerels

    Well wait a while rehoming one is hard on That chicken even if it is a roo....that one looks like a hen tho?
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    Comment by 'plm6846' in article 'Trictle's Chicken Coop With Plans'

    I built this coop...we had 7+ hens in it and all I did was attach a long run to join our (then) two coops..worked well and is quite strong..has stood two years of Arizona heat, dust storms, weird wind and rain storms..we are building another coop and will abandon this one Due to last summers...
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    Sour crop & Monistat -- cream ok? or suppositories only?

    We lost our oldest hen today, she was hugging 5...called the crew in for night and Curious was a no show...found her by water trough just standing there...so I picked her up without a feather flying..and her crop felt full so upside down she went and..EEWWWW..Really nasty goobers came...
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    Value in chicken coop height?

    I have a dog run I am going to use..I really like your coop deign. We are abandoning our coop that I built 3 yr ago due to a chicken tick problem, hence the dog run. Do you have plans for your coop? I need to use as little wood as possible and will probably use milk crates for nest boxes, but...
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    Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

    Yes she can..keep,her warm put her with her flock when she starts to move about, fix her wounds so others won't pick at them..poor girl!
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    Keeping Chickens Free Range

    No problem as we aim to help each other I am getting the itch to build yet again..think my family will kill me
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    Comment by 'plm6846' in article 'by the night or week'

    Wow! I envy your skills! I love building coops and have built three, each better than the prior as I learn from my many errors Now I am down one coop and need to really make a run so my one coop can handle the 9 hens should be only 7 that are in there. A good run may help them stay away from...
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    Keeping Chickens Free Range

    My new coop is clean too. I haven't heard of DE whitewash..I did hear that rain neutralizes its effect, so maybe not a good idea..keep it as a powder. It helps with odor as well as aid in protecting the hens/Roos. Some folks just dust all their hens directly. Here in the desert we get very...
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    Keeping Chickens Free Range

    Oh you will see them! Grayish in color, stealthily crawling up the chickens legs...you will see them if you have them. Indications that you do have them is black on edges of roost where wood meets wood, any area within a foot of the roost may have black debris on the wood. This is old blood...
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