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    1 year old sex-links not laying?

    Are they getting plenty water, & layena? They will not lay well without. It would be very unusual for red sex links not to be laying. Have you ruled out predators that might be getting the eggs? At a year old I would think they would be laying well.
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    How to get rid of hawks?

    I put a large tarp over their area. This not only gives them shade, but protects them from view above from preditors.
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    Three little rescues!

    Dark legged looks like a French copper Mayan, you have an Easter egger or Americauna, and Dominque it appears to me. All really good ones for eggs. My Dominique looks like the one with yellow legs, Mayan has the dark legs, and the Easter egger has the green legs.
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    Do I really have to keep chicks in brooder for 6 weeks?

    I had mine in the bath tub with doggy pads til about 2 weeks then in the outside coop with heat lamps until they feathered out. I also tarp with bungee cords to avoid rain and wind. Didn't lose any of the 14. They are 2 months now.
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    How many chickens to start with?

    If you order from a hatchery, like McMurray, minimum is 25, I believe; if you order from other places, sometimes they have a minimum order, say tractor supply won't let you purchase less than 6. Keep receipts & take pics of any you lose for free replacement., otherwise you will be out of luck...
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    Sponsored Post Why should you care about worms in your birds? What can you do about them?

    I have not seen them I just started off doing that to prevent getting them in the first place. I have a lot of wild birds that eat from my chicken area as well, and they all get DE every so often, if they decide they to eat here. I do it regularly every few months. Maybe I have been lucky...
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    Sponsored Post Why should you care about worms in your birds? What can you do about them?

    I haven't posted in a long time, but concerning parasites in chickens, I use DE (Diathimatious Earth) (sp)....I have a 50# bag and I use it to sprinkle for mites & I also add to their feed and put water in their feed to make sure they eat it. I worms them and keeps the mites away. I also put...
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    My first chicken coop build with pics. suggestions, advice, critique requested please.

    Where are you? Looks like in PA..or the NE. Coop looks like adequate size for the chickens you are planning on housing. I don't know if you have looked into this, but have you checked your local 'craigslist' for some lumber/supplies? Sometimes people have stuff posted..for free with your...
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    Welsummer

    She is old and wore out.
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    Egg Eaters

    Chop off their heads. Mustard definately didn't work for me.
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    Winter laying?

    My girlfriend here in Washington state got a late start on purchase of her chicks and hers started laying a couple of weeks ago. If they are due to start, say 18-22 weeks, you can start feeding layer food and they should start laying. I was really surprised that hers started laying this late...
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