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    feather loss

    I have Two Black stars that are losing neck feathers at an alarming rate, and one is disorientated, and walking like it is drunk. They are in a flock of 29 birds, consisting of red stars and black stars with a half dozen wyandotes. They have a large yard and pen, plenty of coop room. They are...
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    What time do your hens lay?

    I have 24 birds. I get 75% of what ever they are going to lay that day before noon. sometimes there will be an egg or two when I let them out just after the sun hits the coop. cousin dave
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    I've got 24 hens, 4blk australorps, 5 buff orps, 5 N. H. reds, 5 barred rocks, 5 light bramas. during the month of january, they averaged 70% laying. during feburary, they averaged 75%. I keep pretty close records on a daily basis. They generally average 18 per day, with lows of 13. One day a...
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    Best way to sell eggs?

    I am in st. louis, just ouside the city limit
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    Best way to sell eggs?

    I have the opposite problem. I cant get enough eggs to fill all the orders from friends and family. I have24 birds, 5 N H reds, 5 buff orps, 5 lt bramahs, 4 blk australorps, 5 barred rocks. We are at 37 weeks old, and average about 125 eggs a week. We just keep a list and fill it according...
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    Missouri Gardening - Help Please?

    This is late reply but hopefully still in time. Some things I have learned.... Corn needs about six rows at least eight feet long to self pollinate. carrots need a bit of sandy or looser soil than what occurs where I live in eastern MO. however mixing radish seed in with your carrot seed...
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    cracked eggs

    thanks. love the welcome mat idea. feeding Layena. does that need supliment?
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    cracked eggs

    not all laying yet. 24 birds, 9 or ten laying, only two cracked so far but cracked on the pointed end
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    cracked eggs

    My chickens are starting to lay, and they consistintly kick or scratch most of the straw out of the nest box. A few birds must be standing up to lay, and the egg falls to the plywood floor of the nest box and cracks. Anyone have a solution? I thought about a carpet pad under the straw, but...
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    When will my hens start laying? What will there production be?

    Hi there, a quick question, Should we be concerned that one of our 24 chickens, a barred rock, is laying earlier than the rest, and is working on her sixth half sized egg? When should the eggs begin to get bigger?
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    When will my hens start laying? What will there production be?

    Hi there, a quick question, Should we be concerned that one of our 24 chickens, a barred rock, is laying earlier than the rest, and is working on her sixth half sized egg? When should the eggs begin to get bigger?
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    scratch

    how old should the chicks be to get scratch?
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