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    Australorp hen tail down and laying yolks

    Just an update, we changed their food they were on and have given them yogurt to help and both of them are laying an egg a day now :)
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    Australorp hen tail down and laying yolks

    I will keep an eye on her and hopefully she starts laying again soon. Once they start laying how often should they lay, obviously this will vary but just to give me an idea.
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    Australorp hen tail down and laying yolks

    Not long after she laid those yolks she perked up again and her tail went back up. We believe both hens have been laying, when they first started we were finding eggs down on the ground near their food. Our other hen has been laying them in the nest box.
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    Australorp hen tail down and laying yolks

    Hi there, We have 2 australorp hens which have recently started laying, although we haven't had any eggs in about a week however we have noticed they have been laying yolks or soft shelled eggs. We have put shell grit in their coop and have recently changed them onto layer feed. Today we...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    I realise there is a for sale section but unsure how many perth/australian people actually check it considering a majority of the people on here are from the US. So i apologise if this is against the rules. I have a lovely young australorp rooster which i need to find a new home for as we...
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    Chickens won't use ladder

    Thanks for the suggestions :) This afternoon i placed each chicken near the bottom of the ladder and they all walked up fine. Left them for a while and came back to one of the chickens sitting half way down the ladder. Woohoo! We have made progress.
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    Chickens won't use ladder

    Anyone else have any suggestions? Have tried covering the back and the still aren't open to the idea of using it.
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    Chickens won't use ladder

    I will give that a go. It does have chicken wire on the back so they cant fall through, but it's obviously still see through.
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    Chickens won't use ladder

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    Chickens won't use ladder

    As the title states my chickens won't go up or down their ladder. I've tried putting their food at the bottom to try encourage them but they won't budge. We have placed them on the ladder and they can definitely climb it. Any suggestions would be helpful.
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    Termites

    Apparently you can still get CCA here... I did however find some arsenic free treated pine. Thanks for your help :)
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    Termites

    Anyone?
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    Termites

    We are going to be building a coop soon and have started buying supplies, however we are unsure what type of wood we should be using. I was thinking treated pine would be fine but my husband is worried about the treated pine being poisonous to the chickens. We have termites near by in a big tree...
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    Hens or Roosters - New Pictures

    Oops double post.
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    Hens or Roosters - New Pictures

    Any one else??
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