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    Pecking eggs

    I am having this same problem, pecking the egg but without breaking through the membrane. Anybody know what can be done about it?
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    DIATOMACEOUS not working on lice

    Thanks guys. So aside from Sevin and the Python Dust. Is there any other things I should use? Some kind of medication perhaps? They already have garlic apple cider vinegar in their drinks.
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    DIATOMACEOUS not working on lice

    Hi, My chickens have had lice for about a week now, and it has been 4 days since I dusted them with DE (food grade). I checked them this morning and there are still lice wondering around on them. Am I doing it wrong? Am I even supposed to use DE for lice? I have completely dusted them all...
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    Help with introducing new chickens

    I'm having this same problem. I introduced 2 hybrids into a flock of 3 and they spend their day hiding in a nest box and the older hens take turns going in and attacking them. Would be good to have an update on how yours are doing. I withdrew the 2 and put them in a run along side the other run...
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    Greetings from Norfolk(UK)

    haha, thats awesome, I was going to ask what made you decide to get chickens until I read to the end of your description and now you have 30!
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    New coop, no eggs

    Thank you, this puts my mind at rest. First time I moved coops, they laid straight away so that was why I was a bit worried. But this new coops is much bigger so they probably arent used to the space and I haven't introduced the new hens yet.
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    Hello!

    Hi! Where are you from?
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    New coop, no eggs

    Hi everybody at BYC, I am new, so please forward me to an appropriate thread if this has been asked before. I just upgraded my coop to a larger coop and my chickens normally lay in the morning. But it is midday now and they still haven't laid and egg. Is this due to the new environment (even...
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    Raising Chickens in London

    Hi Redsox, Thanks for having me! You look like a seasoned member, I've just tried searching but I can't find anything that is accurate enough, I think I need to learn the search function slightly better. I have just upgraded my coop and my hens didn't lay any eggs this morning (they usually...
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    Raising Chickens in London

    Hi everybody, I am a really urban chicken farmer. I've had chickens for about a year and I have started helping out new urban chicken farmers in London. Aside from that, I have been a lurker at BYC for a long while and I think its about time I start an account and contribute more back to the...
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