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    Meyer Hatchery and Yolk Sac Infections

    We received 20 chicks from Meyer Hatchery on May 3rd. They all arrived viable but within two days time, we lost 10. We lost 2 Partridge Cochin, 4 New Hampshire Reds, 4 Welsummers I contacted Meyer and they replaced all of them. We received another order of 20 chicks a week ago today. Within the...
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    Keeping Chickens Free Range

    I had thought of that, but somehow never remember to leave a few! Since someone else thinks this might be the reason, I'll have to try to remember to leave a few.
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    Keeping Chickens Free Range

    I am curious as whether any others have noticed that when you find the "hidden" nest, they never lay there again. Every time I have found one, that is the last time my hens will use that spot. Usually, there are at least 17+ eggs in there before we find it. Is there a reason, or is it just my...
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    Keeping Chickens Free Range

    We have 36 chickens. Two full grown roosters, and 34 hens. Some are 2 1/2, some 1 1/2, some 8 months and some chicks that are 6wks. We have free ranged ours since getting the first, 2 1/2 years ago. We have family land, which means that between three families, we have about 8 acres. They range...
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    Free Range and egg laying.

    We thought about other vermin eating the feed. We have the PVC tubes with a cap that feed down with gravity, no spillage. The hen house is pretty tight, so we don't think it is wild birds or squirrels. Maybe mice. How much light are we talking here? Really bright or dim? Will this hurt the...
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    Free Range and egg laying.

    8 are 1 1/2 yr old buffs-three are 6 mo EE, and three were given to us by the boy scout camp down the road after the summer camping season. No idea of breed or age, but they usually lay. The EE usually give us 2-3 eggs a day. After reading some of the other threads, I'm beginning to wonder if it...
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    Free Range and egg laying.

    We have 14 hens that are laying. How many eggs should we be getting a day? Some days we will get 4/5 and some days 7/8. We never get more. Also, we free range our hens plus feed organic laying pellets freely. I feel like we should be getting more eggs and have looked for them everywhere. Once we...
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    Why did my chickens stop laying?!

    I also have nine chickens that have almost stopped laying. They just turned one and are Buff's. The time has changed, so there is plenty of light. They were laying about an egg a day. Now for the past four days, I have only gotten 1-3 a day. Three weeks ago, we brought home two day old chicks...
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    When do Buff Orpingtons start laying?

    We have 10 buffs. One started laying at 18 weeks and two others at 19 weeks. The first one was a week ago Sunday and the other two this Sunday. The eggs are still pretty small. They have been laying almost two weeks now and we have gotten 16 eggs. When will the eggs start to get bigger?
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    Best wheels for chicken tractor? Where to look?

    Thanks Notiones. My husband thinks it is the way he has them attached and has plans to redo. We did purchase the wheels from Harbor Freight and they were the least expensive of everywhere we checked even with shipping, plus....they were on sale!
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    Newbie

    I too am new to raising chickens. We have 11 buff orphingtons. One Rooster and 10 pullets. We have gotten so many ideas and help from this site. We've used a lot of suggestions for building our first chicken tractor, automatic feeders and water nipples on buckets. Our ladies and gent are four...
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    Best wheels for chicken tractor? Where to look?

    Notiones....What size bolts did you use for the tires? We have done this and although it works well, the tires bow out and we're thinking the bolts are the wrong type. We have finished the tractor and placed the girls in it. This site has been so helpful to us. A big thank you to all.
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