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    Chicken egg production dropping off... in March?!

    I have 4 RIR hens that are about 8-9 months old now. This december, they laid their first eggs, and strangely enough, laid about 4 eggs a day until about a month ago. Then it was about 3 or 4, then 3, now sometimes I'm only getting 2. Can someone explain what might be going on? Winter is over...
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    My chickens are spoiled!

    No, they don't even eat strawberries. One of my hens picked a bit at one just this evening, then left it. I don't know what to do, except basically starve them until they get hungry enough to accept whatever I give them. That doesn't seem very kind though. The chicken book I have...
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    My chickens are spoiled!

    Hello everyone, My family just got our first backyard flock. We have 4 Rhode Island Red hens living free range in our backyard with a small coop. My dad always told me his chickens ate anything, but mine are really fussy- they only want to eat the commercial crumble feed! What we usually do...
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