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    Hens are 8 months and still not laying

    Hello all, I have not been on in a while, but I am concerned about my hens. I have had them for 8 months and they have not laid any eggs. I bought 7 chicks in April of this year, two of them ended up being roosters. I have recently added a daylight bulb to their coop to try and encourage them...
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    bedding for chickens

    Thank you that was very helpful, I did not even think about the chance of mites being in the straw.
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    New Member

    Thanks for having me first of all, but I have not decided to get rid of the rooster yet. He is young and still has not become a nuisance to my neighbors, plus I have grown quite fond of the little fellar. I am sure I will still get rid of him at a later date, but for now I am holding onto him...
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    bedding for chickens

    What does sand do to help?
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    bedding for chickens

    I will give it a shot, thank you.
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    New Member

    Hello all, my name is Austin and I live in SW Washington. I decide last spring that it was time I knew what was going into the eggs I consume, so my family and I purchased 7 day old chicks. We bought 4 Americaunas, a Rhode island red, black australorp and one other. Now that they are 6 months we...
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    bedding for chickens

    I have been using shavings up until a couple of days ago.my hens are 6 months and I just started using straw for bedding, but they keep kicking it out of nesting boxes. I am new to raising chickens and I was just wondering if one type of bedding is better than the other. I live in western WA...
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