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    Chickens won't lay eggs

    Well I have a question too. I have 15 layers and haven't had more than 1 egg a day since last week. Half of them are getting very bald on their backs and around their necks. I am guessing that is molting (very new to this). I thought the rooster was doing the damage but haven't caught him in...
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    dead bird and one with a pecked eye

    No we are feeding them whole grain chicken feed as well as table scraps. How much do you think I should be feeding them? Their are 38 17 week olds.
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    running noses and lost 2 already

    I have 38 17 week old RIRs. I lost one Sunday Am and one yesterday AM. Today all were alive YEAH but ..... The 2 that diead looked perfectly normal. They did not show any signs of distress or that they had been pecked or anything like that. Thay are in a portable coop (10 ft by 12 ft)that...
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    dead bird and one with a pecked eye

    I could take pictures but I don't see any evidence of any trauma. They have all their feathers, aren't tattered at all. They seem happy when I go to check them throughout the day and as I said before no other signs of disease. The only thing I wonder is do they get easily stressed? My...
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    dead bird and one with a pecked eye

    Quote: The portable coop is 12ft by 10 ft. They have plenty of room to walk and run around. Part is wire for sun and the back half with the nests is closed in for wind protection and shade. Since it is moved everyday they are not exposed to more than 1 day of their own poop and they are on...
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    Do-it-yourself crushed shells for calcium?

    Will giving them eggshells encourage them to peck their own eggs? I have noticed that in the last week we have had 2 eggs get eaten. Does that mean they need more calcium? Or have i encouraged it by giving them eggshells? I was told to bake the eggshells so they wouldn't associate them with...
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    dead bird and one with a pecked eye

    We bought 40 pullets last weekend and all seem fine. We followed Joel Salatin's teaching about free ranging with a portable coop. They live in a 2 ft high coop that we move everyday to new grass. They have seemed very happy and healthy but this morning we went out to move the coop and one was...
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