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    Moulting not laying how long?

    Red Velvet has been in molt about 8 weeks, she was looking kind of scraggly when I got her. Mattie (the light buff colored hen) just started and stopped laying a week ago. Red Velvet stopped laying about 4 weeks ago, well into her molt, her last egg was a tiny egg with no yolk in it. She's...
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    Moulting not laying how long?

    Thank you, I kinda of thought so. I haven't been around chickens since I helped my grandfather when I was a teen. (Many many years ago) These girls were a rescue. There were three I lost one. I'm enjoying having them, the eggs were nice but not necessary. I may get more hens down the road, but...
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    Moulting not laying how long?

    I have two hens I inherited. I don't know how old they are. I've been told possibly 3 years. Neither hen was laying right after the move here, I expected that was the change of moving. Then one hen was laying a large brown egg every other day then stopped. She looked to me like she was moulting...
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    Who is laying what, and why the changes.....

    Thanks, that's what I thought. And I figured the light colored hen (Mattie) just took longer to start laying again after they moved to me. I know age, heat and a moult can disrupt laying. So I assume one of these may be causing the red hen (Red Velvet - they were named by the grandkids) to...
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    Who is laying what, and why the changes.....

    Hello, To start with here is some background. I was given three hens a little over a month ago, this wasn't expected and I had to quickly get a coop and run set up. One of the hens was badly injured and I lost her after about a week. The other two seem to have adapted well to their new home. The...
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    Urban chickens in Charleston SC

    Interesting article on James Island's Home page in the Mayor's Corner about raising chickens in residential areas of James Island. See it here: http://mayorbillwoolsey.blogspot.com/2016/08/keeping-chickens-in-town-of-james-island.html Things do change! :)
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    Hello Everyone

    Thanks Y'all!
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    Hello Everyone

    I am new to this forum and found this website searching for information about chickens. I was given 3 hens just recently, one of whom had been picked on. She has a healed wound on her head and lost one eye, but seems to be doing fine now. I haven't had chickens in years! Now retired and living...
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