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I love this idea especially with the metal cans. Sadly, the PVC feeder doesn’t deter the rats here. They crawl right in through the PVC. We currently have these setup.

Thank you for sharing this!

I should add that I’ve also tried cayenne and although it seemed to work in the past, these rats are more persistent or maybe I need to add a larger dose to the feed. That also gets pricey adding cayenne to every 50lb bag of feed. 😭

They are getting in through the roof which is chicken wire. They climb the trees!😩 The chicken run is mostly hardwire cloth but 1/3 is still chicken wire. Unfortunately, we can’t replace it all right now. The large chicken coop/run was inherited from the previous property owner so we’ve tried to...

The other night I found two large, glossy coated rats enjoying our expensive organic chicken feed. I’d estimate rats have been eating almost half of our feed. After researching treadle feeders, it seems like the Ratproof feeder would be a great option. Unfortunately, I have two hens (brabanter...

I think so. After I removed another round of gunk, it seemed able to help draw out the rest. 😁

Thank you for asking! She is doing much better. I had to remove a lot more infection from the foot and dose another round of antibiotics, but I believe she is going to fully recover!

This is encouraging. Thank you. I feel so bad for her. She is the sweetest chicken and was hatched with a defect where her hips are crooked so she limps slightly, but I do not believe she’s in pain and she is able to even lay eggs.... and now to realize she is blind in one eye. 😩😭 I will...

I noticed this young hen (8 months old) had a cloudy pupil when you shine a light toward her. She originally hatched from a shipped egg. I’m not sure if she was hatched this way or if it is some kind of sickness? That pupil does not dilate. Her other eye appears to be normal. Am I dealing with...

I have some of this. Thank you. Will give it a try for her.

She’s had one round of oxytetracycline. I removed one large kernel on 9/12. I could not find any other kernels though did remove some stringy bits today and last week. The swelling is not going down, which makes me think something is still in there. Someone advised me to cut her foot and try to...

The scab on the most swollen foot came off today and I saw a splinter inside. I pulled that out along with some stringy white stuff. It left a deep hole/cavity. There was not much bleeding. I packed the “cavity” with Polysporin and wrapped well. I’m not sure if I was able to get all the infection.

I checked all the surfaces this morning , perches are totally smooth…. But I found a rough splintery bottom on their new auto door frame that was installed a few months ago. That combined with misting the coop during 105 weather might have caused this. Normally the coop is not wet but it was wet...

Thank you everyone for the excellent advice! Discovered ten of my hens have bumblefoot. Most very mild but a couple are more severe.

My hen was bitten by a Texas rate snake last week and this week she has a nasty case of bumblefoot. Not sure if it’s related to the snake bite on her leg. This is the first time I’ve dealt with bumble foot so feeling overwhelmed. I was told to NOT treat surgically, but to use Prid and wrap daily...

Awesome. That helps so much! Thank you. I’ve arranged to drop him off at a farm this week. They had one Spitzhauben pullet and had been looking for a Spitz roo. Hopefully he will be happy there with more room to fly around. 😂

Thank you so much!

Thank you!

I think you are right. Definitely seems very masculine.

This has been the most difficult chick to figure out gender. Fourteen weeks and no crowing yet, but we have quite the fancy hairdo going on. Thoughts? I was hoping by 14 weeks, I would know for certain boy or girl. I’m still unsure. 🥴