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    One bird doesn't lay

    Their range area isn't so big I can't spot eggs. I do occasionally find one on the ground. I scan around pretty much every day. I've got a wide variety of birds and egg colors and sizes. Of my (previously) 9 birds there were: 2 welsummers, 3 silver-laced wyandotte, 1 barred rock, 1 speckled...
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    One bird doesn't lay

    Their grain is organic layer feed (soy protein), forage (whatever is growing or crawling in the yard), kitchen scraps of all kinds, even the occasional box of greens and veggies from our local co-op market. Funny that you say they aren't good layers, most of the online info says they are...
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    One bird doesn't lay

    I'm wondering why one bird out of 8 won't lay. She is a Buff Bantam Brahma; super cute. I currently have 8 birds (down from 9 a few months ago). She was originally in a flock of 3 and came to us when her family had to move. They integrated well with my 6 girls, but I think she might be...
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    Poultry Nipples

    Do you know if these can be installed on a metal bucket? I love nipples, but the sun and altitude make my plastic buckets brittle so fast.
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    Poultry nipples

    I'm curious to know if anyone has installed poultry nipples on a metal bucket? I love the PNs that we have, but 2 summers ago when I first set up, I put them on a plastic 2.5 gal bucket. I live in New Mexico at 7500 feet, and the sun here is just brutal. Plastic becomes brittle fast. I've been...
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    12 are now 8. :(

    I've looked all around for holes and blocked the gaps by the door with large rocks on the inside and a board on the outside. There are stoats in the area, I've heard, but I have never seen them. I'm wondering if she could have been hen-pecked to death? She is the one that was picked on the...
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    12 are now 8. :(

    The top isn't open. It has chicken wire over it, and I don't see anywhere that it has been pried open. There is a little bit of a gap over by the door, but no where near what I would think big enough for a full size coon. And nothing that looks like rub marks in the dirt or fur caught on...
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    12 are now 8. :(

    Something is killing my birds. We started with 12 chicks in March. The one roo was rehomed with a friend. Since then 3 girls have been killed. 2 in one night a few weeks ago while we were out of town, and 1 last night. We suspect a raccoon got the first two by going into the enclosure. The...
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    New in New Mexico

    I'm Halo. I am currently housing 12 chickens which are co-owned between myself and another family in town. I have the room, she does not, but we both have the desire to raise birds and get great eggs. This is our second batch of birds. Last fall we were given 7 birds (all one breed, not sure...
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