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    Same age pullets, one not laying yet

    Oh my goodness. Chickens are just like children who suddenly are fine the second you take them to the doctor. She layed this am! white egg plus the kids saw her in the nesting box "wiggling her bum."
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    Same age pullets, one not laying yet

    We have 5 hens. 2 Rhode Island reds, 2 Easter eggers and one white leghorn. All but the white leghorn started laying within 3 days of each other and we get 3-4 eggs a day. Usually 4. 2 green and 2 brown. I know the leghorn isn't laying as her eggs would be white. We got them as day old October...
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    Having trouble with dirt run(smell)

    Will the deep liter method work in the large run? It is what I'm using in the coop.
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    Having trouble with dirt run(smell)

    I have 5 16 week old hens (no eggs yet!). They have been outdoors in their coop/run since the first week of December. Up until now the dirt run has been ok. No smell. It is 16x10 feet and enclosed but not covered. I am in southern Nevada with clay type soil and we are on 1/2 acre city lot. They...
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    Neighbors have a rat problem

    Yeah I feel so stupid. i knew other birds would eat it but they can't get in. I don't know why I didn't think about mice as I knew those were around. I had no idea about the rats but apparently they've become a problem in our valley recently.
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    Neighbors have a rat problem

    My run is 6 feet tall and 10x16 feet. Would the hardware cloth need to cover the entire thing? Everywhere the wire is now? The exterminator did say they will eat dog poo too and almost all the neighbors have dogs. It seems a futile effort to eliminate all source of food for them. I still need...
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    Neighbors have a rat problem

    Yeah I suppose. It is a very nice well maintained home. Seems like just really really bad luck. I am really hoping we aren't next.
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    Neighbors have a rat problem

    Will the rats not still come for the scratch or anything they spilled? Or what about hay? I don't have hay out there now but was planning on it. Would the rats come for hay(or straw?)
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    Neighbors have a rat problem

    Thank you. Our outdoor cat did just die as well as one of the neighbors cat got hit by a car but we have lots of (fixed and released) feral cats. I am not wanting to commit to feeding them 2x a day. There are days we are gone all day and I just can't see that being a good long term solution...
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    Neighbors have a rat problem

    They chewed some pipes and flooded their kitchen. A big problem. Exterminator possibly blamed the chickens that 2 of the bordering houses have (myself included) but the other chicken family says they wouldn't have caused them but that they of course will eat the feed. Mine have only been...
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    5 week old chicks, what treats?

    Our coop is finished and our chicks are doing great in it. They are almost 6 weeks and fully feathered and weather is very mild here. So far they have only been eating commercial feed but I would like to scatter something for them today when they go out to the run. I have lots of wheat berries...
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    Rooster?

    My kids think he acts a bit bossy but this is our first experience with chickens and so we don't know a lot. I think they are paranoid as they don't want to get rid of any of them I haven't seen anything with that one that makes me think anything
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    Rooster?

    More info as I see the pic isn't all that clear. The one we will have had them 5 weeks this Friday and they were "day old" when we got them but they couldn't tell me exactly when they hatched. So coming up on 5 weeks.
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    Rooster?

    More info as I see the pic isn't all that clear. The one on the left has no noticable comb at all and the other one has been growing one for a couple weeks. I'm also noticing that their legs look different. Maybe this new pic is better
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    Rooster?

    these two white leghorns are the same age. I think the one on the right is a rooster. Am I right? we can't keep him if I am.:(
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