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    Young flock with 2 issues

    I have a flock of 21 hens and 2 Roos they are 21 weeks old. The first issue is they are not laying yet the roos have not started crowing. I'm not sure if it is a slow down due to season but all of our other flocks typically have laid by now. My second issue is a sick hen she is just puffed up...
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    Possible respiratory illness

    I have about 27 layers and they are split into two different groups by age my oldest will be 2 years in Feb. My second group will be 1 year in a couple weeks. I also have another group who are about 4 months old and they all have separate houses that we move weekly enclosed by electric fences...
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    Curious about mixing breeds and Rooster aggression issue

    Thank you all for the input. When we ordered our first 20 I did order all pullets but of course we ended up with the two being Roos. One was victim to a preditor and then this dumb brute. I think our boy will make some nice tortilla soup come this weekend. I happened to be out changing the...
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    what breed do I get???

    When we started out with 5 back yard birds I got a few different breeds just to see which I liked best and were good with my boys who were 3 and 4 at the time. We all loved our Dominique the most but they all have their own personalities. I can tell you what I have found that we will not try...
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    Curious about mixing breeds and Rooster aggression issue

    In February we ordered 5 australorps, 5 Delawares, 5 Newhampshire reds, 5 Buff orphingtons. 2 of our Australorps ended up being roosters and through different predator issues we are down to 12 hens and 1 Roo. The hens have started laying in the last 2 weeks and we are considering ordering 6...
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    Home-grown watering - pics and math

    Great thinking, thank you for sharing all your info! We are having the same issues so I will show your solution to the resident engineer;). Best of luck for a mild Winter
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    Eating Frogs

    Post preview We have 5 hens that just started laying and saw one this morning with a frog(headless) I freaked out! My husband and I stood there in shock:barnie We really weren't sure if sweet Shelly was a frog KILLER but I guess so. we love our frogs too, but they don't give us eggs.
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