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    WHOOP! Chicks hatching before I was ready!

    Well, I got a surprise this afternoon! I apparently lost track of the date (stupid COVID) and wasn't expecting my chicks to start hatching until next week. When I looked at the date I had written, it was tomorrow! But the chicks apparently didn't read the calendar, so they started when they were...
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    Niacin deficiency in a “teenage” duck

    You can supplement her feed with nutritional yeast. It's a great source of Niacin (which is the B vitamin they need) by sprinkling it on her food. You can buy it online or at your nearest health food store. Brewer's yeast also works, but is not as high in niacin. I just learned a lot about this...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    I got two duck eggs today and two yesterday, which tells me that I have TWO hens (we weren't sure as only one of the three has been laying and the other is definitely a drake.) Both are now laying!
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    Could this be Marek's Disease?

    Thanks ya'll. We already had a funeral for the chicken (she was my stepdaughter's special favorite, sadly.) I am in Kansas, and I don't know if Marek's is prevalent here. The state ag college doesn't have anything about it on their website, so maybe it's not. Upon further reflection I think she...
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    Could this be Marek's Disease?

    I have a little Silkie hen who is not quite 6 months old. A couple of days ago we noticed that she wasn't moving around much, but didn't see anything wrong with her. Yesterday morning I brought her inside when she refused to go out into the yard with the others, preferring instead to huddle in a...
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    Need a source for good inexpensive egg cartons

    Delete if this is not the correct forum for this question. I am looking for a source for decent quality pulp (cardboard) egg cartons to use when selling my eggs. I don't want to pay $1 a carton, and I'm leery of ordering 250 to get cheap ones, not knowing if they are any good.
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    Did mites kill my hen?

    Thanks, Rainbowhen. I'm headed to town for poultry dust later this morning and then will clean and dust the coop and the birds. It would be nice if something went right in 2020! Hope your situation gets better too.
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    Did mites kill my hen?

    Hello. I went out to feed my flock this morning and found one of my hens dead on the floor inside the coop. She looks as though she just laid down and died. When I examined her body, I found to my horror that she was VERY thin. I was shocked by this because my hens get handled quite a lot, she...
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    Is it safe to use lime in the chicken coop?

    Wow, I wish I had read this BEFORE I sprinkled the lime in my two chicken runs. I asked the feed store for lime for the coops and sure enough, they gave me hydrated lime. Luckily they are all shut in for the night. Guess I'm going to go hose it all out of their runs now.
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    When should I expect Rhode Island Reds to start laying?

    They have a very large fenced yard that they are free to roam about in, and it's nicely shaded. I finally got an egg from one of my older hens this morning, but today is much cooler and rainy. RIR's combs all look fine to me.
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    When should I expect Rhode Island Reds to start laying?

    I purchased 10 RIR hens that were hatched this January. They have been with me about a month and have settled in nicely, but have not yet started to lay eggs. Is this normal? When should I expect them to start? I also have 2 Cinnamon Queens who are over a year old, who I rescued from a laying...
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    Rooster Lost his Swagger

    Thanks for the information. I had read that they generally start crowing around six months, though my bantam rooster has been crowing since he was 8 weeks old! Copper's wing is no longer drooping and he is getting along fine with the hens, even the bossy one. I guess I'll wait and see when he...
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    Behold - Fort Clux

    I spent about a week this month building this coop and run for the chicks I hatched and bought this spring. The run is built from two dog kennels and has been lined with wire to keep the chickens in and the predators OUT. The coop is built on a foundation of treated landscape timbers, fastened...
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    Rooster Lost his Swagger

    Hello there. His wing seems to have fully recovered - it's not drooping anymore and the feathers I clipped are growing back. He's still hasn't ever crowed, and he's just pretty laid-back. The one hen is still the boss of the flock. Maybe that's just his personality. I guess we will wait and see...
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    Rooster Lost his Swagger

    Hi all, I have a rooster who injured his wing a few weeks back. Not broken, we think just bruised or sprained. It has improved but he still seems very tentative. He doesn't flap his wings or strut like he used to. He is only about 6 months old and not crowing yet. We got him a whole bunch of new...
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