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    Should we suppress laying in this Orpie?

    I have a Buff Orpington that is going through her second (possibly third) round of being what I'd guess is egg bound. We give warm baths, ky jelly treatments and antibiotics after she passes a yolk and we find white, soft eggshell lining hanging from her cloaca. She is on the porch with me...
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    Getting hens to use a nest box?

    It's hotter than Hades today, so I moved my ladies to the shaded chicken tractor early. I usually wait until they are done laying. I created a dark, quiet, secluded area with nesting material (same as the coop) in the tractor. Well, one at a time, they made a jail break and a b-line to the...
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    Finally joined!

    Good morning! I have been lurking on this site for a year now and finally decided to join in. My husband, Dan, and daughters Emilie (17) and Eden (15) have been raising chickens for a year now. I grew up on a farm with chickens, but they were FARM chickens. Chickens as pets is really a...
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