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    My chicken laid a sack/bag with an egg inside??

    Hello, Well a similar thing has been happening to me. I have four chickens in all. One of them a Sussex Star is laying eggs or misfires at the moment. I have been finding lots of soft shell or cracked eggs around the garden. Today she was in the coop for about 40 minutes while i dropped my...
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    Miserable start to having backyard chickens

    Well a big thank you to everyone who contributed to this thread with lots of information, tips and tricks that have really helped. As a result I have removed the majority of the wood shavings leaving on some in the nesting boxes. I have removed the DE and have started to use essential oils...
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    Miserable start to having backyard chickens

    Thanks. Oh I had no intention of using anything now. Just so I don't need to ask in the future. I like to plan ahead. But it's clean living all the way for my birds now. No powders or chemicals or anything. Just fresh air, clean water and good food. Maybe even the occasional bit of sunshine...
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    New additions to the flock

    Had a bit of nightmare yesterday with all birds sick after using DE powder. Sneezing, coughing, struggling to breathe. Anyway cleaned out the coop and removed all DE. Hens are happier now. Another learning curve. The lights also became a bit of an issue. The hens don't seem to like knowing where...
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    Miserable start to having backyard chickens

    Removed the DE, cleaned and disenfected the coop. Removed most wood shavings (just two best boxes still covered) aired out the coop all day. I'll start to use front line spray. Can you let me know what kind of frontline spray you use and average dosage. No sneezing or coughing tonight. Many...
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    Miserable start to having backyard chickens

    Thanks. What alternative to wood shavings did you use? I'm definitely up for using that.
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    Miserable start to having backyard chickens

    Thanks for the advice on symptoms and also use of DE. It's all very confusing when people are saying cover them in DE and then I'm being told it's so bad for them. I will remove the DE and do another full clean of the coop. I use a little wood shavings in the tray and a few handfuls of wood...
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    Miserable start to having backyard chickens

    Well 4 weeks into owning my new chickens all 4 of them are coughing, sneezing and gurgling. I owned some Warren Babcocks many years ago and had no trouble with them whatsoever. This time round I have done nothing but spend money on them, research and learn on BYC and care for them nearly as...
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    New additions to the flock

    Yep the new coop is up and running. Got some lights delivered from Amazon today. It gets dark here at about 4.30pm at the moment and they struggle a bit in the new house to find there way around because they are new to it. Just got some battery powered cheap click on LED lights to put on around...
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    New additions to the flock

    Not a great photo as I could only take it through the window. But evidence that the older girls allowed the younger ones to chill out and clean themselves in their favourite chill out spot. It's an empty herb planter right outside one of our living rooms. They sit there for ages just watching us...
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    New additions to the flock

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    New additions to the flock

    So the new coop arrive today. It's a pretty little thing. 4 rows of perches, and 3 nesting boxes on either side. A mansion for the 4 girls. It arrived this morning while my daughter was at nursery. So I had enough time to dismantle the other one and remove it from the walk in run. Build the new...
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    New additions to the flock

    Ha ha that's hilarious..... I've just left mine to do their thing again today. I constantly loose Wilma all day long. Every time I look outside I see 3 chickens. Then after wondering around the garden I find her sat on top of a bin round the side of the house or hidden in the bushes at the back...
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    Hi and welcome. Its the best site / forum for everything you want / need to know about keeping happy hens.
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    New additions to the flock

    Excellent work. Nice to be sharing the journey with you. So today I worked on the original, expensive but smallish coop. Made a bigger perch, crafted a rather nice slide in divider and made an external play perch for them in there walk in run. The run is only 2m X 4m but has a solid roof and is...
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