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    Ended Official BYC Caption Contest 12/30/13 - Picture by Ruby Mia

    Darn it! I thought I was a rooster... Now I have to look forward to shooting eggs out of my butt! Grrreeeaaaaaat!
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    The feathers around the egg duct have all fallen out!

    Thanks for your advice Viollettt... I appreciate the site. I actually got a chance to look at them last night. I didn't see any mites at all. It does look like molting. But would they molt in the dead of winter? Yikes. My daughter said that I have to put something on that hen to keep it...
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    The feathers around the egg duct have all fallen out!

    My coop is 3X6 and 3 high in front and 4 in back. I've got one roost for them going lengthwise and 6 boxes in the back. Two started laying in the same box but after a while, they made a cute little indentation under the boxes in a corner in the hay and shavings. 4 of the 6 lay there now, the...
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    The feathers around the egg duct have all fallen out!

    So what do I need to do. Again, this is my first time with chickens. Do I treat all of them and what do I treat with?
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    The feathers around the egg duct have all fallen out!

    I didn't notice this yesterday but when I checked on my 6 chickens this moring, as I do a couple times per day anyways, I noticed my first year egg laying australorp chicken had lost all of it's feathers around it's bum. Maybe 3 inches in diameter. It's red looking and I couldn't get a good...
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    new member needs to know

    Welcome. I'm new at this too but this site is the best by far for information! So, something to consider about cat food and eggs... I've heard, on here, that if you feed the chickens fishy stuff, the eggs will take on that flavor. So just be aware of what's going in will also, come out in...
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    Ended Official BYC Caption Contest 11/4/2013 - Picture by pipdzipdnreadytogo

    Yes Daniel San. You have mastered the crane... now, you are ready.
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    New and Antsy

    HI. I'm a new chicken farmer and absolutely love my girls. They were purchased from Agway and from what I understand, they got them from the hatchery. I got the day old chicken in a box. I had only wanted 3 then was talked into 4 then when they called to say that my babies had arrived... I...
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