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    My year old hen quit laying!!!

    My chickens which aren't even a year old, I got them in August last summer, had stopped laying. She is a gold star that has been laying since January. It's been laying HUGE double yolkers probably 2 to 3 times a day. I've been feeding it plenty of calcium and she free ranges all day. I have also...
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    Is my hen broody?

    I have two red sex link hens... i had them free ranging when one ran back into the coop and sat on top of the eggs. It was hatched off this august so its about 8 months old. It's making odd noises and is not leaving the nest. Is this possible for a hen to go broody without a rooster? All...
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    Is this a roo or a hen?

    pullet :)
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    Do I still need a heat lamp? Please help solve our family argument!!!

    Thanks Everyone! I think since it is just plywood i will just leave it in until like may or something!
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    Production Reds

    I'm pretty sure it is
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    floor or no floor in a walk in coop? why or why not?

    Floor... preferrably because they can exit easier, lay eggs, and be broody
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    Worms

    A worm should be just fine... mine were eating whole grasshoppers. Just make sure they have eaten some grit or rocks before-hand to make digestion easier for the 'lil cuties
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    dog attack

    I'm sorry to hear that... I'm not a vet, but I'd give her a day or two to see if the fluid keeps dripping. I would keep her from eating food for a few hours just to stop the oozing for a while. The last thing you want is for the bowel fluids into her blood, for it could be more serious. For...
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    Do I still need a heat lamp? Please help solve our family argument!!!

    I have 2 chickens that are fully grown and live in a 4x4x4.5 foot coop. Lets just say it was a "quick build", because we just needed a quick something to put our chickens in, and it is quite drafty. It's about 30 degrees during the night and 40 during the day. I think that my chickens are good...
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    Would a rooster take care of my dog problem?

    Well i had 5 chickens and lost three to my dog. My dog is a wimp, and if i got a rooster, I think that would just make her horrified of my chickens. She's a fixed yellow lab. Am I correct to say that roosters will protect the flock from a dog?
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    Gold star

    Yes they are... If you are wanting to buy them, i would highly recomend them!
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    My chickens :)

    Good question... haha!
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    Sand eating chikens!

    Depends on how much they eat They have a digestive organ called a gizzard. It uses rocks, grit, and sand to digest their food. It is ok for them to eat sand. They will soon realise that it has almost no nutrients pretty fast and they will eat their regular feed again. By the way... If you ever...
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    Exciting new babies, and one mystery...any ideas?

    Use MyPetChicken to sort through the breeds... they have pretty good pics of the hens and the chicks
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    The Quivering Chicken?

    well, it could be a number of things... 1) it may be cold or hot 2) you may not have enough protien in your feed 3) it may have a disease 4) Perhaps there's a torn muscle or broken bone from playing or fighting with the others 5) it may have nothing wrong with it... they tend to be very clumsy...
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