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    I'm confused 🙃 about something with our first molt.

    * update * I have pics but will start with a humorous meme so you're prepared for the grossness that follows. I've upped the protein with a 20% chick starter since my 8 new chicks hatched and are in the mail today. I also supplement with mealworms, black oil sunflower seed and occasionally a...
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    I'm confused 🙃 about something with our first molt.

    My Jubilee Orpington, Butterscotch, (14 mos old) is losing her feathers by the handful. It's crazy. She's eating and drinking fine. Not sure if she's laying. My flock of 8 eats Tucker Milling's NatureCrest 16.5% mini-pellets. They get a couple handfuls of mealworms in the a.m. and a salad or...
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    Egg laid with no shell or membrane

    I have the shell-less egg thing happening now. Not sure which hen though, perhaps my Welsummer as she was cleaning it up then sounding eggsong. I too have oyster shell available and there's calcium in the food. We have had heat index of 100° - 105° all week so far. So laying has been off by...
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    Clean vent, gritty egg

    Thank you! I was having thin shell problems and added the powdered calcium. I'll forgo the calcium!
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    Clean vent, gritty egg

    Hi y'all, I have 1 hen of 8 that's been laying a gritty (lack of a better term) egg for about 2 weeks now. Just one end of the egg is gritty (the speckles are grit. And they're not moving.) I have 8 clean vents, though I've done no probing inside a vent. Today's egg has the added feature of...
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    How scared is too scared? 11w/o Swedish Flower chick

    I lost my little Penny Lane to the heat today. Very sad.
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    Question of the Day - Saturday, May 17th, 2025

    Yes! Since I was a girl! Started on the GA/SC Chattooga 🪕 Then the TN Ocoee and the NC Nantahala. I've been down the Chattahoochee (1970's Great River Raft "Race" a boozy annual tradition until too many drunks, too much trash and a couple of drownings ended it.) and down the Toccoa and the Soque...
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    Question of the Day - Sunday, May 18th, 2025

    Montana! And South Carolina in 2nd place.
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    Topic of the Week - Feeding mealworms, bugs etc.

    I throw out about 1/4 cup dried mealworms to my 9 girls in the enclosed chicken yard each morning. They have desecrated the grass so not too many bugs left. I will have to try the concrete block trick to get bugs to congregate beneath it. I also bring home forty live, large crickets from the pet...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    4. For some reason. My Girls are 10.5 months and we've gone from 8 & 9 a day to 5 & now 4. 🤷
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    Wyandotte swollen abdomen, Ascites or Perontitis? Pics included.

    Hi @Wyorp Rock ! You're exactly right. Nothing wrong with Lacey. She's just a 10mo old bird who's ramping up to be a layer. I brought she and Dot the bumblefoot to the vet. I learned a lot, so was worth the price to do so. Thanks for your help!
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    Wyandotte swollen abdomen, Ascites or Perontitis? Pics included.

    I've read threads, consulted my Chicken Health book and consulted and Dr. Google. and I can't pin down Lacey the Silver Laced Wyandotte's abdominal issues. She's eating and drinking. I free feed Tucker Milling's non-GMO 16.5% protein feed, maybe a 1/4 cup mealworms scattered to nine 10 month old...
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    Quotes and Thoughts for the Day

    My coonhound Nadine has expressed visually my thoughts on today.
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    Bumblefoot and my chickens stress

    It's easy if you have a YT account. Go to your own YT page, at the bottom you'll see a plus sign. It should take you to your camera roll of videos, Select the one you want and upload it. You'll have to select who can see it: public or private. If you make it private you can send me an invite at...
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    Bumblefoot and my chickens stress

    I'm thinking my problem is hemp bedding in the coop. Same principle! Sharp upon landing.
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