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    Not a good day

    Today I checked on a hen I found just laying under the coop kind of cooing. I had no idea what was wrong with her. I jumped on this site and read some threads and decided I needed to check to see if she was egg bound. When I went to check, her rear end was covered in hard poop. I couldn't even...
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    Chicken math

    My mom bought us 4 and I wanted more, so my husband told me I could have no more than 10. But when I went to buy some black sex links, there were only 8 left so I bought all of them. One of my leghorns died so we got 6 more leghorns about a month ago! So now I am up to 17! Once we get the...
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    Dead chicken

    Today I found one of my leghorns dead in the run. I have no idea what happened to her. There was blood all over her rear end. She was already stiff when I found her but it didn't look like anything attacked her. If it was a fox or skunk I figure they would have eaten her. Our run is covered so I...
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    Roo attacked me!

    My 2 leghorns and 2 older black sex links have not been laying for over a week. The younger ones aren't consistent yet so I am lucky if I get 2 eggs a day. Yesterday when I checked for eggs I had 5! 4 of them were from the older hens that haven't been laying! Guess that rooster was stressing...
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    Roo attacked me!

    Well...he attacked me again today and he attacked my two leghorns about 6 or 7 times while I was picking my garden. He is now dead and being prepared to eat for supper tomorrow. I'll let you know how he tastes!
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    Roo attacked me!

    Looks like we'll be having chicken this week! Thanks everyone!
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    Roo attacked me!

    You have a good point, Blooie!!! Believe me I have no problem eating him. I bought him about 2 months ago. I told my mom a whole chicken for $5 is pretty dang cheap!
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    Roo attacked me!

    So I went out to the coop to get eggs today, and I squatted down to pick up Red and sat her on my knee. Boliver, my 10 month old rooster, came through the door and attacked me. Drew blood on my belly. I stood up and he did it again and got me in the hand, so I kicked him. But apparently I didn't...
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    Texas

    My 4 hens that have been laying everyday for 3 weeks, recently stopped laying. I went from 4 eggs everyday to maybe 2 if I'm lucky. Today they didn't lay any. We got a roo almost 2 weeks ago so I don't know if it is that, or the days getting shorter or the little cold snap we just had. (it...
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    Texas

    Got three eggs in 1 day! But I think the one I found in the poop board had been there for a couple days. Next day I went outside and one of my leg horns was in the nesting box. Went out later and found an egg! The 4 that are laying are about 17 weeks! So excited to he getting eggs everyday![/IMG]
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    Texas

    My neighbor's chickens had mites and they looked awful. I told her to put the DE on them and after about a week they were much better. You can also put the DE on your animals coat and it will kill fleas and ticks. There was a centipede in my sink the other day and I caught it in a jar and put...
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    Texas

    Ugh! That is awful! I think the DE will work. You can just sprinkle it on the ground and if the animals eat it, it won't hurt them at all! It's pretty good stuff! Let me know how it works out for you!
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    Texas

    I wouldn't put poison down. I would be afraid the chicks and others may get into it. I use DE (diatomaceous earth). It will kill almost any insects. My cousin rented a house and ended up getting bed bugs. I gave her some DE and it killed them. She hasn't had any more problems with bed bugs. My...
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    Black sex link?

    The hackles are not red. They are sort of an off white color and only the one hen has them. The other one is all black. Both have a shimmery green tint to their feathers. And I believe they have pea combs. Wish they were laying so I could tell you what color eggs they have, but alas I must...
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    Black sex link?

    TwoCrows told me to check their feet. She said if they had yellow feet pad then they are Jersey Giants butifi they have white feet pads they are Austrolorps. I looked at their feet and they looked to be yellow. She did say they are a bit big for their age, so they may be Jersey Giants. Here are...
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