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    How to clean potentially toxic barrel that will become waterer

    I ended up finding a different barrel on Facebook that held vinegar in it, and have talked to my father about using that one and reusing the other barrels in a different way, but it’s been very helpful to read everyone advice on cleaning and perspectives on how to deal with chicken keeping...
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    How to clean potentially toxic barrel that will become waterer

    Thank you!
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    How to clean potentially toxic barrel that will become waterer

    I’m planning on it, I’ve found one for $20
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    How to clean potentially toxic barrel that will become waterer

    I’ll try to convince him to use a different one but he’s really stubborn and hell bent on being right. I’ll clean it the way you described and hope for the best
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    How to clean potentially toxic barrel that will become waterer

    My dad is making a chicken watering system with a barrel and asked me to clean out a barrel. He has two and told me to clean whichever one seemed less “dangerous” which is a wierd thing to say. From the labels the barrels used to have phosphoric acid and potassium and sodium carbonate in them, I...
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    Limping chicken with twisted? Leg and potential SLM

    Me too!
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    Limping chicken with twisted? Leg and potential SLM

    Update, I am home and she’s limping a lot less, and she’s roosting. I’m still planning to treat my flock for slm this week but she’s doing really good!
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    Limping chicken with twisted? Leg and potential SLM

    I will! I’ll also be treating the whole flock when it gets warm. I’ve noticed a couple other chickens getting swollen feet again.
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    Chicken with abdomen sticking out.

    That’s good to hear, I’ve been very paranoid lately, I’ve lost almost half of my flock from a dog attack and have had a some water belly and mystery illnesses take out others so I’m trying to be really cautious for the rest of them.
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    Limping chicken with twisted? Leg and potential SLM

    I don’t have ivermectin right now but my weather will warm up by Wednesday so I should be able to treat her for slm then.
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    Limping chicken with twisted? Leg and potential SLM

    My hen is limping and her foot looks a bit twisted so I think she landed on it wierd or twisted it. Normally I’d seperate her for a day or two in a kennel but I’m leaving until tomorrow night so I can’t do much for her until then. She is still walking around and eating, I saw her foraging so she...
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    Chicken with abdomen sticking out.

    Tonight I noticed my hens abdomen is sticking out at a weird angle, my first though was that she’s egg bound but I don’t feel and egg in there and I’m pretty sure she’s laid in the last couple days. She’s eating and drinking well, and I saw her poop it was solid and very healthy. I do think I...
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    Am I a bad chicken mom for this.

    yea I’ve had a couple cases like that, it makes it easier to make the decision when you know what happens when you don’t.
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    Am I a bad chicken mom for this.

    It was done on a hard surface, and she didn’t flap because he was holding her still after the blow while she died. I’ve had to dispatch a couple raccoons too but weirdly they never flopped around for me.
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    Am I a bad chicken mom for this.

    Thank you, I really wasn’t sure where to put it.
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