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    Almost 3months no eggs - what’s going on?

    Thank you for the info. Unfortunately the seller told me they did not cross the chickens “correctly”. The five new chickens are still white. There are a couple that are starting to show red heads and breasts. I’m attaching a photo I took several weeks ago
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    Almost 3months no eggs - what’s going on?

    Here is the short version. I had 5 cinnamon queens 3-4 years old and all four of the 3-year-olds were laying consistently. The 4 year old is done laying several months before. One day a fox got in to our fenced in yard and killed two of the 3-year-olds. It was traumatic to say the least. I...
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    How many eggs are there?

    Thank you so much!!!!
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    How many eggs are there?

    Not a grape since we haven’t given them any. Could she have laid them at the same time? I’m not sure which hen it is but I checked them all after I found this egg anomaly and each one looks ok - eyes clear, fluffy bitts, no head twitching or stumbling. Do you think I should be too concerned...
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    How many eggs are there?

    My hens have started laying again, slowly but surely. I have five girls. Today I found three eggs in the nesting box plus this in the corner under the roosting area. Do you think this is one or two eggs? Excuse the messy corner
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    Where are my eggs?

    Thank you! Yes last winter the original three plus my new three were all pulleys so I didn’t notice a real drop in production. This year it looked like a pillow factory exploded in my yard! We are in Mississippi so don’t have the intense winter you have but I sure appreciate the information!!!!
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    Where are my eggs?

    I had three he a who were laying regularly. I added three more hens in mid September. I figured there would be some laying issues while the new hens got acclimated. Then it appears they all went into molt about the same time My egg count per month: august - 84 September - 41 October - 10...
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    What do you do with your chickens when they die?

    My husband takes them down near our pond and buries them.
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    One soft shell egg today

    About every other day I toss out a scoop of cracked corn. Every morning I give them mealworms - both these snacks on this schedule for many months!
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    One soft shell egg today

    Thanks for the quick reply. I’m going to hope it’s just a one-off since I am supplying oyster shell and my hens free range in a fenced 2 acres every day. I appreciate your response!
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    One soft shell egg today

    My egg laying has been very consistent (4 hens, 3-4 eggs daily) for the past several weeks. Then two days ago, I had two eggs and yesterday, one egg. I went to the coop this morning and found this one. Up on the roosting area above the nesting boxes (my girls always lay in the nesting boxes)...
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    Introducing the new coop

    Lock them inside the building? These hens free range in a one acre fenced area all day. Is there something else to try other than locking them inside a building all day BBC and night?
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    Introducing the new coop

    So we repurposed an old shooting shack into a chicken coop. Our four hens were divided into two small prefab coops. I closed the two small coops and hoped they would go into the new coop. Nope! They lined up at their small coops waiting for me to let them in. I let them go into their old coops...
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    Do I really need heat in my coop?

    The shooting house has “windows” on three sides that I am going to put welded wire screen on so that will help. The windows have “flaps” that can be closed or opened. I think there is enough ventilation
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    Do I really need heat in my coop?

    I have four Cinnamon Queens that are about one year old. They are all laying fine. This is my first winter having chickens in Mississippi. We are transitioning the girls from a prefab coop to a repurposed shooting house (still in process of renovating it). I’m attaching a photo of it...
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