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    Hen puffed up, comb disappearing

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) She's an ISA brown and is either 2-1/2 yrs old or 4-1/2 yrs old. (Two batches and they all look alike.) She has rapidly become larger than the other hens. It's not just feathers, she feels...
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    Thin shells

    We have six ISA brown chickens. Four are two years old and two are new this year. It took some doing to get them together but after several weeks of introduction, they all are in the same coop. The two new girls are laying every day. The older girls stopped laying almost completely for several...
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    Have you had this happen to you?

    Oh yes. Unless you have a "hot" compost pile that kills the seeds, you'll have lots of volunteers in the compost.
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    Inroducing New Girls to Old Girls

    OK, I was wrong about their ages. The New Girls are now almost 19 weeks old. They are only slightly smaller than the Old Girls. When they're all out of the coop they're in our front yard. Tomorrow I'm going let them all out at once. They have plenty of shrubs and trees to hide behind. My...
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    Creative Coop Names

    The Taj Mahen
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    Inroducing New Girls to Old Girls

    We have four hens who are two years old. We have two new girls that just arrived 10 days ago. (They're about 12-14 weeks.) We built an an "apartment" for the new girls adjoining the coop. They are separated by wire and can see each other. I have let them all out at the same time and there's a...
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    Canadians check in here....

    Of course!! Olympics come and go -- chickens are forever.
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    Canadians check in here....

    Greetings fromm the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. Basking in sunshine. Not great for the Olympics but GREAT for my chickens.
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