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    7-month Welsummer not laying?

    Thank you! I know about the daylight, but since I'm in Texas, it's not like it gets dark at 4 pm like the north. But the sunlight is still shorter, so maybe she's waiting until spring.
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    7-month Welsummer not laying?

    I have a few backyard chickens that I got as chicks in May. My Welsummer, who looked to be the first to mature with her waddle and comb, has still not gifted me with an egg. My two Easter Eggers and my Spitzhauben are all laying. I live in central texas so it isn't very cold here (usually highs...
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    Hawk deterrent?

    Hi! I live have a fenced-in yard in the city limits. I have my five hens in an enclosed run and let them out in the yard when I am out there with them. My neighborhood is built around a green space, so there are a lot of hawks, which is my only safety concern for my hens when they are in the...
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    Stumbling Silkie - a recovery story (link to podcast about her)

    I am a new chicken owner. I posted a few weeks ago about one of my silkies, who was stumbling around like she was drunk. Here's the original post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-weak-silkie-link-to-videos.1670377/#post-28700726 Here's a link to a podcost from The Poultry Doc, who...
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    They've been in the run for three days, and the FLIES!!

    Thank you!! I had the fly traps and my dog jumped up and knocked one over and it may have been the worst smell I've ever experienced! It's getting better now that we had a few dry days. Thanks for the PDZ tip - I use it in their droppings tray in the coop (which does not have a fly problem) so...
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    Wood chips or pine pellets?

    I am a new chicken owner. They have been in their outdoor run and coop for a little over a week. And, of course, they have eaten all of the grass that was in the run, so it's time to put something else down. In their coop, I have a mix of hemp and pine shavings and PDZ in a poop tray. I am in...
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    HELP! Weak silkie (link to videos)

    I took her out of the run and put her inside with egg yolk mixed with the B-complex and water with nutridrench. But she is so stubborn, she won't eat or drink any of it. But she eats eagerly when out in the run. I'll keep her inside for the day because she'll have to get hungry and thirsty...
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    HELP! Weak silkie (link to videos)

    Thank you so much for your help. I will make her some scrambled eggs and put in some crushed B-complex.
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    HELP! Weak silkie (link to videos)

    Thank you! I have a Kirkland brand Super B complex? Can I give her that?
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    They've been in the run for three days, and the FLIES!!

    It's still pretty much grass because they've only been out there for a few days. And, there aren't flies in the actual coop. I wasn't going to put anything down in the run until they ate all the greenery in there. But I can put in some pine shavings or hemp shavings. I sprinkled DE and PDZ in...
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    HELP! Weak silkie (link to videos)

    No, not B complex. What and how should I administer that? I would think failure to thrive if she weren't eagerly eating, scratching, etc. Other than her drunken stupor, she seems fine.
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    HELP! Weak silkie (link to videos)

    Hello! New Chicken Mama! I have two eight-week-old silkies and another four 8-week old standards (EE, Welsummer, Spitzhauben). The one silkie is very small and seems unstable on her feet. She walks like she's top-heavy. She eats, she drinks, she happily pecks around, she keeps up with the other...
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    They've been in the run for three days, and the FLIES!!

    I moved my 6 eight week old chicks into their run and coop on Friday. They have transitioned very well! BUT, I can't believe how many flies are in their run already. Their coop is fly-free. We are in Central Texas, and it was a very wet weekend, to say the least. And, it's Texas, so it's hot...
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    Please critique my coop

    I could probably remove a wall, or a section of it, and cover it with hardcloth. Is that for more ventilation? I am in Austin, TX, and a winter wind rarely comes. We have maybe 5 cold days a winter. They were outside in the run for a while today and then it started to rain so I moved them into...
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    Please critique my coop

    Thank you so much for this! I will keep a close eye on them to make sure they aren't overcrowded. And, I can move their nesting boxes out if I need to. None of them are very big breeds and two are bantams. I just ordered some shade cloth to go over the whole run. Thank you for the suggestion...
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