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    Messy birds?

    No, I do not mix anything in with their feed. They get scratch most every day (usually just plain old corn - or table scraps), but that I just throw out to them, to keep them friendly, so they run towards me most of time instead of shying away. But, good thoughts on that part. Oyster shell is...
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    Messy birds?

    Thank you so much!
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    Messy birds?

    DigMyChicks what does that baby pig feeder look like? Thanks
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    Messy birds?

    How do i stop my chickens from doing this? They now spread their feed all over floor of their coop, then will not eat it from the floor! They are now wasting about 10-20 lbs every week, it has gotten ridiculous. I have even left dish empty for day or two after they do this, and datn thing...
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    My girls are not laying?

    They were hatched, by us - using our very own eggs, on Easter day 2014. Doesn't appear that any of them are laying? Is it possible that they are somehow sterile? We have 1 rooster, and 14 hens (of several ages and types). And 3 hens that are "Easter Eggers" for the blue/green eggs. We are...
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    Help.... My girls are not laying?

    Thank you Ravennest! I will cull my flock yet this weekend. JUST HATE that part, but sounds like i must do what is best for the group. I guess it was about the time that the 2 younger roos became mature that all this started... they too were born on Easter. Thank You.
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    Help.... My girls are not laying?

    Should i drop down to just 1 or 2 Roosters from my 3 now?? If 3 roos to 14 hens is too many?
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    Help.... My girls are not laying?

    We had 7 adult layers early summer when we were getting 5 to 7 eggs each day. Had 4 that we hatched ourselves that hatched on easter day, so they should be laying by now (?). And we have 3 Easter Eggers that are about 1 month older than the ones hatched on Easter. These ones started laying...
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    Help.... My girls are not laying?

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    Help.... My girls are not laying?

    Woody1.... have no idea on the breeds, sorry! 4 of our newest hens are ones that we actually hatched ourselves, from our own eggs earlier this year, 3 are are the "Easter Eggers" we bought from Family Farm and Home here in Holland... the others.... my daughters picked out based on being...
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    Help.... My girls are not laying?

    Good point - I was not at all clear.... we were up to 5-7 eggs per day early this summer. And about the time that the younger ones should've kicked in.... we went almost to zero eggs. Since we did find a couple of old nests on edges of our fields, we thought they had another secret spot, so my...
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    Help.... My girls are not laying?

    MY girls are not laying eggs, we are getting only 1-3 eggs per day from 14 layers. It is true we have two that are getting older, about 4 years now, but they all stopped about the same time this past summer. Roughly mid-august is when we noticed something wrong. Thought they were laying...
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