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    Pullets Dying from Similar Symptoms Can't Find the Problem

    I’m admittedly new to chickens but this sounds a whole lot like what we’ve just been through which is coccidiosis. Bird won’t eat or drink, lays around, sleepy during the day, very lethargic, diarrhea and sometimes bloody stool. Then bam they drop dead. We lost 4 birds before I found some forums...
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    Hens not laying

    The weather here is still in the low 80s most days, 60s at night.
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    Hens not laying

    As far as I know we do have production breeds. The breeds of all of our hens are listed in the OP for reference. Also we live in sunny florida where there is still PLENTY of daylight.
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    Hens not laying

    The first one to get sick was from the 3mo old batch. The next one to die was another from that batch. The third was from our original set, and the 4th was from a pair that was already laying when we got them (we traded a rooster for 2 hens). They were actually laying when we first got them. We...
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    Hens not laying

    Background: I got 8 chicks in the spring. A straight run from tractor supply. Not sure their exact ages but I think most were hatched in April. 4 ended up being cockerels so we rehomed 3 and kept our roo Hen Solo and 4 pullets. We moved them out to our farm to a spacious henhouse and run...
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    Raising Chickens in FL

    Hi! I’m Noelle. Happy to be here. Look forward to learning lots! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We were given 8 chicks this spring and then we got 15 more pullets over the summer. So we’re brand new. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Our flock has 1...
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