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junebuggena, what are your suggestions for feed? We are considering making major changes here, if need be. Thank you!!!

Thank you junebuggena, I am so grateful for your wisdom!!!

Interesting. Thank you so much! I wonder though why we lost a hen in the same time frame. Our plan is to do a necropsy if we lose any more.

They have been eating layer pellets for over a year. We were told by the feed store that it would be fine. I was told differently yesterday. Its possible that they had too much fat and protein etc. I feel terrible! We had no idea.

lonestar laying pellets

I am really sorry for the wordiness of my post, but I know sometimes the more information the better as one little detail might be the clue. Thank you in advance!!!

I am at a complete loss. I have discussed our situation with our feed store, a poultry major from TX A&M and now her professor. I am still scratching my head and would love some feedback. Our string of dead birds stared several weeks ago with a hen who was attacked by a hawk and 3 crows. Its...

6 are 18 or so months, the rest are a year

Hello We have been having a HUGE depletion in our egg count all summer... its TX so I get the heat, but we have gone from nearly a dozen a day this time last year to the following this past week: Sep 8th- 4 eggs Sep 9th- 3 Sep 10th- 0 Sep 11th- 1 Sep 12th- 0 Sep 13th- 0 Today we had 1 :( They...

so far so good! It is so windy today so they might just blow instead of fly away ;)

Well its nearly done, looks a bit like a prison yard ;) we took 1 1/2 inch pvc with an elbo and slipped it down on the tposts then attached more welded wire at an angle. I sure hope this does the trick. Makes me think of that chicken run movie! Potpie for dinner :)

Hello guys We have been having some trouble keeping our feathered friends in the chicken yard, its like chicken run part 2 :) The chicken yard is nearly half an acre, the fence is 4ft. They all have clipped wings but this does not seem to be an issue to our polish and orpington roosters. Any...

- we purchased buff orpingtons because we were told by friends that they were very docile. We have children so this was very important to us! For the most part they are, though our rooster gets a bit pecky from time to time :) -We purchased our buffs for egg laying purposes. -I like the...

what symptoms would the ladies show if they were being mistreated? loss of feathers? they are just now coming to maturity.

Hello I am wondering how many roosters would be smart for our flock of 21. We ordered 1 but were sent 3 :) Many thanks Katie

thanks guys, its so good to know i'm not the only crazy person :)

we are crazy excited... we got our first egg yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so thrilled and praised the laddies for a job well done, wish i knew who it was but I could not be more pleased :)

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i really appreciate all your responses! we have been so long in wanting to raise hens, so we are desperate to make sure we have super happy ladies!!! no, we can go double the height. would you do a little ramp to allow them to get up there? their wings are clipped. they use different things...

the shelf is much higher, the freezer is the same height as the middle rung of the roost, and the roof of the nesting box is about 12-18 in higher than the top rung. do you think its a height thing? i have been reading this evening and am wondering if its an issue with the branches vs. a flat...