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I'd look for who has the best looking feathers, and weight and then separate her from the others for a week and see if things start to get better. You will have your answer.

They maybe coming into their molting season. A period of time when laying of eggs slows or ceases within the flock and they loose and replace many feathers. Often a higher protein diet is reccommended during this time and a week following until all hens are laying once again.

IT Depends on your construction. If it creates spaces where bugs and rats etc can hide then no. If you are talking about the interior side of a board that forms the wall then yes painting it will make it easier to clean.

A Question for the more experienced beeks: Is there a minimal size that bees find acceptable in the TB design? I live in an area that rarely sees less than 30 degree nights and was wondering. Thank you in advance for your help.

OMG that is great! I knew a young man that had that type of shunt and its very functional and depending on how much growing she has to do it may be last one needed for years!

Hey guys and Gals, If you know someone just starting down the chicken path, and would like to own layers NOW, along with a coop and run, and are willing to come to the tampa bay area to get all this and more for an unbelievably low price, just tell them to IM me on this forem. First come First...

lebentier OMG, that is so cute! I wished mine had come out "cute or pretty", heck I would have settled for "not ugly" .

Okay People, We want Pictures, Pictures please.

Hey now, that is a great little, use what I got on hand, indoor coop/brooder. I might have to keep those plans in mind for the upcoming hurricane season and since I am in an evacuation area I would be required to leave and with your set up, the girls could follow me any where. Thanks for...

Funny, you should mention that because I have collected enugh shutters to create a small outdoor shower area. I decided that on some days if I could at least rinse the dirt off of me, it would be that much less of a mess to clean inside. But being in an urban enviroment, I had to have private...

I keep seeing references to the gold in Fort Knox. When the US decided to remove itself from the "gold standard" here was no more reason to keep gold at Fort Knox or any where else for that matter.

They are indeed a beautiful sprouting set you have there! Heck, I grew a mighty fine group of sweet potatoes from one my neighbor was gonna just throw out because it had started to sprout! And they were yummy! I like to use the tops that grow from my onions in my soups, in addition to my...

I have a roughly 4' x 2.5' open air coop with an externally attached 3' x 2' community rollaway nest box (nest box does not take room away from coop). This coop and nest box is connected via the coop's side to a 4' x 8' run which is assessible to them always, because the run is predator proof...

During the 4 months that I attemted to integrate a single hen into an established flock, the hen hid in the nest box all night because the others would peck at her but during the day she would just run from them, I didn't clip her wings like I did the others. and I agree that thing is the oil...

I have used a roll type vinyl flooring on an 4' x 8' plywood as an attached run to the coop and on the poop board inside the coop. The only problems I had were that the roll stretched in some places which made it difficult to get all the air out as I used contact cement to attach it. I...