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    one hen with a change in yolk color.

    Happy Hen-a-kaw for those who celebrate such, and those who don't but need to be happier anyhow. I have 6 hens ranging from 6 years old to 2 years old. Lately one hen, a 3 year old Lavender Orp, has had a dramatic change of yolk color. Her egg yolks have gone from a vibrant orange to a very...
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    I want my porch back!

    It seems I have a long slow solution. Move my "snack area" to inside the run and "keep" snacks in the shed. Maybe they will start associating the shed with snack-man and stay away from the house.
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    Ended BYC Poultry Caption Contest 11-28-25 Pic by Ponypoor

    <sigh> not again ...
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    Open Contest BYC Poultry Caption Contest Photo Submission - Thread #12

    This is Lila. She is a very confident lavender orpington who knows the world deserves to see her.
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    I want my porch back!

    I have a half dozen lovely ladies who lounge about my back yard. They have a run attached to the coop, but I let them wander about the backyard for a few hours a day. Unfortunately, they know that the snack man comes from inside the house. They camp out on the porch and ... do chicken things...
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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    Kiki “the superstar” was kind enough to let me be in her background.
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    The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

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    Not recovering from molt?

    The bag feed is 16%. Plus they snack on black sunflower seeds a few times a week. Other random snacks as well.
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    Not recovering from molt?

    I typically keep 3-4 hens, one of which seem to have never recovered from molt. I have 2 Lavender Orps since chicks. In 2022 they were both beautifully feathered and colored. Then after molt last year one simply never seemed to grow back her feathers. She eats, poops, and lays, but she looks...
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    Hi HippyGardener, Are you still active with chickens in Jacksonville? Blessings, \joe

    Hi HippyGardener, Are you still active with chickens in Jacksonville? Blessings, \joe
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    Prolapsed vent with a hard crust on it (graphic photos)

    Queenie is normally my most reliable layer. Most days she lays 1 egg, occasionally 2 in a day, but also sometimes she skips a day. They have the shell available all the time. The difficult/scary egg was when her vent was out 3 inches and she laid an egg into the prolapsed part. I had her in...
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    Prolapsed vent with a hard crust on it (graphic photos)

    Thank you. That is very encouraging. The prolapse seems to be pulling in buy itself. It pulls in up to the crusty part. I'll keep a daily bath doing with the ointment. I saw some suggestions on calcium. I am going to grind some shell down and sprinkle it on her food. The girls have a...
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    Prolapsed vent EMERGENCY (graphics photos)

    I think I have something similar going on. I can't get the hard stuff off her pushed out part of vent. Did you get any answers?
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    Prolapsed vent with a hard crust on it (graphic photos)

    I have been reading a ton of articles and comments on prolapsed vent and gleet and other things. My 1 year-old Easter Egger, Queenie, has her vent pushed out and what looks like poop on it. Much of it was poop, but that cleaned off. What remains is very hard and crusty. maybe poop/scab...
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    Updates on the last pages: Neighbor is threatening me and my chickens

    go to the meeting and demand that they publish the city code online. Not publishing online restricts access to the law to those who can afford to buy a copy or take a day off from work to go and look something up at the Mayor's pleasure. Ignorance of the law may not be an excuse, but keeping...
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