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    Fallen Comb

    her comb looks blue from where the other hen pecked her, like it's bruised. she comes out of the nesting box a little more until the one Buff Orp goes after her. I check her every day and keep food and water just outside the box where she hides.
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    2 yrs old and no eggs!

    even when it's below freezing? I was reading a book that said providing heat for my chickens when it's really cold out is a good thing. they seem to like it as the congregate under the heat.
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    2 yrs old and no eggs!

    Thank you both for your advice. I will try both ideas to see if that helps. I remember the first winter after they started to lay eggs, they laid all the way through winter, non-stop. I used a heat lamp and they loved it. but the past winter wasn't as good then in the spring it got worse. So, I...
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    2 yrs old and no eggs!

    I do occasionally give them some beef as we raise our own beef. so they do get somw protein but I think I need to change their feed. I have been feeding them Dumor from Tractor Supply but maybe Layeena from Purina would be better? any suggestions?
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    2 yrs old and no eggs!

    Ok, thanks. I am not feeding them anything different than what I have all along but maybe I should cut out the scratch grains. I started to free range them but lost 5 to our huskies that we got almost 2 years ago. Very devastating. so now I keep them all in a 15'x15' area and their coop which is...
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    2 yrs old and no eggs!

    I currently have 12 hens. A combo of RIR's, Buff Orps (my faves), Ameraucanas and one Red Range that never made it to the freezer. one the average, I am lucky to get 2 eggs a day. Ten of them are 2-1/2 yo and 2 are 1-1/2 yo. they have been doing this since spring. it's like they never adjusted...
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    Fallen Comb

    I have a RIR whose comb just suddenly flopped over. I noticed when a number of the other hens were jumping on her and pecking at her comb. Now she is petrified to leave the coop and I find her every morning and night in one of the nesting boxes. she doesn't seem sick, she is very docile and lets...
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    injury

    At only 2 years old?
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    injury

    Hello all, its been over a year since I last posted. I guess that means the flock has been well. So, I have some questions, some elementary, one not so much. First, I know that the hens will slow down egg production in the winter but its warm now and it hasn't really picked up. The hens are 2...
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    The area affected is in front of the tail on most. A couple have feather loss around the vent. I gave them a flake of hay to peck at. I observed them for a while and they don't seem to be picking. Also, the Red Rangers were supposed to be meat chickens, harvested at 10 - 12 week, somthey said...
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    All good advise. Even though they are a year old they are too young to molt? When do they typically start?
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    Thank you both. I don't have any roosters and I really don't see the hens picking on each other. I do open their hatch into the yard when the weather allows. As far as free ranging, I would love to but we have red tail hawks and figured my hens would become their next victims.I don't think I...
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    Hello fellow chicken people. I have had my flock for a year now. I have 5 each of RI Reds, Buff Orps, Ameraucanas, and Red Rangers. The RR were for meat but never got fat. They are laying now! So, I have read about some chickens having feather loss with mites being ruled out. I have the same...
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