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    Fine mesh strainer for sifting PDZ off my trays

    Amazon has full size shovels with mesh insert in the scoop. Used by treasure hunters to filter sand/loose dirt.
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    Scaly leg mites

    Thank you! I ordered some NuStock (from Walmart oddly) and will begin leg massages soonest...
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    Starlight Green Eggers Progress Pics and Breed Discussion

    I ordered 2 Starlight Green, ( AND 2 Prairie Bluebells and 3 Easter Egger, Aspen Spitzenhauser, Buckeye, ISA Brown, etc.) from Hoover Hatchery. When they came yesterday, I was really surprised to see wing feathers on them (clearly 1-2 day old chicks). Previous chicks from other breeds have been...
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    Scaly leg mites

    I have spent too much time reading up on S&S, treatment, etc. BUT DO THEY HAVE Scaly Leg Disease at all? Both are 4 years old. They don't seem to be in pain....
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    A different take on ventilation

    I will look at that too! Apparently, our coop is a fair weather model!
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    A different take on ventilation

    That id a gr8 idea! I ordered a copy of the Woods book for reference! TY!
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    Uncovered run floor covering

    Oh, they love those rubber chips! I got a bunch free from older couple taking down swingset. Removed wood bark mulch from my peony and rose beds, loosened soil, fertilized, watered, put down new landscape cloth and laid down 4 inches of black rubber mulch. My front yard looked great! 3 days...
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    A different take on ventilation

    I need the perfect hot and cold climate coop. Kansas 111 high last summer and I think -12 the low with a howling 40 mph wind so far this winter. Wait..... do I need TWO coops?? One at each end of the hoop run??? I am all about it, but will require hard evidence to convince DH! Seriously, Woods...
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    Easy way to check for drafts?

    This seems to work for me...head lamp with a red light option. It doesn't seem to bother them in the coop and it doesn't seem to draw as many bugs to me during the summers.
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    My Hoop Coop

    We built a very similar hoop coop several years ago with an easy clean drop door in the wooden sleeping quarters, a storage compartment that holds the water tank for the nipple system and misc. stuff. We borrowed heavily from Carolina Coops and a YouTube version we really admired. It moved as a...
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    My Hoop Coop

    I have never seen a chicken house that didn't have a preferred box!! And I don't know how they pick the "good" one...I watch them run back and forth from the blackberry bushes all day with their knees together hoping the nest on the far right is finally available!! Some of the younger layers...
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    |~Best Poultry Pictures Contest- Ends July 5, 2022 -PRIZES~|

    Oh well, I just won't tell her she didn't win!
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    |~Best Poultry Pictures Contest- Ends July 5, 2022 -PRIZES~|

    our favorite chicken, Muffy, Americauna
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    Adventures with day-old-mail-chicks and broody hen (& pictures & a chigger question)

    I think chickens can bebtitten as well. I am always looking for best prevention!
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    Adventures with day-old-mail-chicks and broody hen (& pictures & a chigger question)

    We have terrible chiggers, I feel your itch! About 4 years, ago we switched to Insect Shield socks for the spring and summer (ordered from Walmart, Amazon, Ebay, Insect Shield, etc. depending on best price/individuals sock preference). Also use permethrin spray tx (Sawyer, Insect Shield, etc.)...
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