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    Potentially egg binding?

    So I inserted my pinkie finger inside her vent almost 2.5 inches and I didn't feel an egg, she didn't struggle, which I felt was a little odd, I actually expected a struggle. When giving her some vitamins, she was in absolute refusal to let me place the syringe in her mouth. Absolutely DID NOT...
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    Potentially egg binding?

    hi guys, my largest BCM appears to have some egg binding. Her energy is low, crop isnt swelling. She is having a difficult time standing, has interest in food when presented to her, especially berries from my Hawthorne berry bush, garlic, and wheat seeds. I also gave her a small amount of...
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    Is she ok?

    Yeah I'm a new chicken keeper, and new member. However, since I began keeping chickens, I have gobbled up every piece of info that would help me keep my birbs alive, and feed them nearly for free. At my current estimated costs, I think I'm feeding my chickens at about maybe 2 cents per bird, per...
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    Is she ok?

    Well yes, you are correct. Brahmas are dual purpose birds, but they only lay about 150 eggs per year, so they would definitely not be considered a production breed. Youre also right that they tend to have substantial carcasses, and Brahmas are certainly considered to be winter birds, they have...
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    Is she ok?

    I checked her last night, she was panting just a little bit, but not like she was too nights ago, and she was too deep in the coup to try to scoop her out and check her so I just let her be. This morning I checked her out, and her crop was totally flat, in no need of massaging. So I think she is...
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    Is she ok?

    I checked her crop before work yesterday, when I returned home yesterday, and this morning, all three times she appears to have a hard crop, she wad also panting last night despite it being not that terribly hot, and her panting appeared to subside a little bit after I massaged her crop. The day...
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    Is she ok?

    Two questions, somewhat related, but not completely. First, my Brahma: Baise, seems kind of a trooper, unusual for Brahmas, she nearly a daily layer, but that could also be because she is at POL age. What concerns me however is the amount of time it takes for her to lay eggs. Being at POL age...
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    Something you wish had been invented in chicken keeping.

    I wouldn't use shavings, I tried several different shavings from various places, which were intended for coups, and yet they would still mat up, weren't particularly great at wicking moisture, and always created an inane amount of dust. Straw is an incredibly good option for bedding because it...
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    Odd behavior still

    I've written about this chicken before, and while I was assured that her behavior isn't uncommon, I am still not convinced. The difference now being that the girls have begun laying and relatively regularly. Im averaging about 3 to 4 pullet eggs per day now. However the BlueCM strange behavior...
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    Odd behavior

    I just thought it was weird that the younger pullets have begun laying, and the older, much larger pullets aren't; especially since this has been an ongoing trend for about 2 weeks. At any rate, I looked all over er the net and couldn't find any explanation or even mention of such a behavior, so...
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    Odd behavior

    Good afternoon everyone! I have a question regarding new chicken egg laying. I have a flock of 16, 9 of whom were the original and the eldest, sitting at around 20 weeks old. The other 7 range from 14-18 weeks old. The other 7 are part of the original flock but not quite in the "click" so to...
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    Hello everyone

    This is the most recent photo of majority of flock! Thanks for the welcome everyone!
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    Hello everyone

    Hi sourland, thanks for the reply! Some of these photos are a little older. The most recent are the two photos of the chickens inside the coup inspecting the nesting boxes. That photos is maybe one week old or so. Oh I also forgot! I also have 2 Black Australorps! I expect those two, and the LS...
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    Hello everyone

    Hello everyone! I'm Aaron. I've been a backyard chicken owner since March, I hand tamed my chickens myself, with a lot of love, and built them their own coup, pen, and run. I have 2 asian blacks, 2 silver laced Wyandottes, 2 lavender orps, 3 RIR, 2 BlackCM, 1 BlueCM, 1 Lakeshore Egger, and 1...
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