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    Chicken not laying

    My family had added 7 pullets to our flock in April or May. Gradually they started laying over the last couple months. But we have an Easter eager that hasn’t laid at all yet. She’s a bit smaller than the other 3 Easter’s. She is not laying anywhere at all, we’ve looked. Anyone have any...
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    Chickens keep sleeping in nesting box

    Hello, We had gotten new Pullets a bit ago to mix in with our already laying chickens. We noticed on the first night that the 7 new chickens were all crowded into one single nesting box to sleep in. We have 6 nesting boxes in total but now the new chickens use 2 of them to sleep in. We’ve added...
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    Chickens not laying for 3 days

    We noticed within the last few days we are getting 4 eggs out of 10 chickens..when we usually got 9 a day. We thought maybe they were laying somewhere else so we blocked them off closer to their coop and still have only gotten 4 eggs. They are a year old. 3 weeks ago we got Pullets and added...
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    Starter/grower or grower/finisher?

    So my family and I are getting pullets however we cannot find any grower/finisher feed. We found chick starter/grower but are concerned if that would be ok. They’re about 13-17 weeks.
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    Introducing new chickens to a flock

    So my family and I are thinking of getting 5 or so started Easter Egger pullers to add to our flock of 10. We don’t want them to be shipped and are going to get them from Craigslist. The breeder doesn’t vaccinate the chickens. Is it a concern when they’re not vaccinate when we’re adding them to...
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    Broody behavior

    My family and I are new to chicken keeping and recently a Black split Orpington hen that’s a year old has been acting unusual. On Friday night she stayed in the nesting box all night long while the other hens roosted. She hasn’t left the box Saturday either. She appears healthy, and eats a...
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