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    Denagard Dosage

    Just reading through all these old posts as about to use Denaguard for the first time. Thanks they're a help. Just a clarification question. What's the thought in eating eggs during/after a treatment and what length of time do people think you should treat for? 3 or 5 days? Thanks so much in...
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    Ended Contest #3 Cutest Baby Fowl - 8th Annual BYC Easter Hatchalong

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    White leghorn about a year old stopped laying

    I have 6 lovely birds. Various breeds who have the free roam of our back yard. They have constant water. Graze on bugs all day but have dry food available in their coup too. They all seem happy and content. No one is an outsider. My white leghorn who is probably one of the leaders suddenly...
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    Rooster Silkie Bantam?

    I've posted this question before for an Amber Star and got some great help so I'm here again with a Rooster v Hen question..... I'm fairly certain I know the answer, but thought I'd check to make sure in the hope that I might be wrong! I bought this bantam as a 'pullet' but know and understand...
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    managing a hen pecked pullet

    Thanks so much @cafarmgirl I"ve kept the injured hen out of the second night and will keep her in the smaller yard area that the other chickens can't get to. how long do you think I should do this for? With the Blu-Kote the wound really isn't as visible. No red, just a rather abrupt tail end...
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    managing a hen pecked pullet

    We recently added 3 birds to our flock of 25-30 week old Pullets. The new birds were 17 and 25 weeks old. At the advice of the hatchery where we buy our chickens we were told this shouldn't be a problem and kept the new birds in a run attached to the coop all day and let the existing birds go in...
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    Heat lamp or not?

    I have a small flock of pullets, ranging from 17-30 weeks, production red x2, Black sex link, Black Australorp, Ameraucana, Silkie Bantum and Speckled Sussex. Tractor supply where I buy their feed keep telling me that I need a heat lamp for them at night. I was under the impression that I...
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    is my 'Pullet' a 'Rooster?!

    @BantamLover21 thanks for that. How old are Silkie's when they start to crow in your experience? 'She' wasn't skittish when we got her from the breeder, sat quietly in her hand which she told us was a better sign, but she did tell us that Silkies can be hard to sex. One question, if she was a...
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    is my 'Pullet' a 'Rooster?!

    Yes, @Studio2770 he's a 'good boy' so far!
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    is my 'Pullet' a 'Rooster?!

    Thanks @Wyandottes7 , @WalkingOnSunshine , @donrae , @enola , and @BantamLover21 the more I look at 'him' now the more obvious it is to me! I think I was just hoping that I was wrong.... I appreciate all the pointers. My daughter who named him 'Cinderella' is having a hard time accepting that...
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    is my 'Pullet' a 'Rooster?!

    Thanks, Enola.... wouldn't it have started 'crowing' earlier than now though? If I did hear right yesterday mid afternoon it was only 2 soft ones, in the middle of the day and it's 35 ish weeks old now!
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    is my 'Pullet' a 'Rooster?!

    Well I've posted before about help with regards to why my 32 week old (more like 35 weeks old now) Amber Star pullet might not be laying yet.... We've been trying a light in the coop on a timer for a couple of weeks as ALL the pullets are slow to start and quite late now, including our...
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    Is it normal for my 32 week old Amber Star to not have laid an egg?

    Thanks so much for this info Kelsie. The article is very thorough and helpful. I am a little confused by the correct bulb to use though. The hatchery told me to get a daylight bulb, but am I reading from this article that that is wrong? It doesn't give off and orange/red light...... I have read...
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    Is it normal for my 32 week old Amber Star to not have laid an egg?

    Thanks for all the replies. We feed them just before dusk and they have a good feed before they get on their perching bar for the night. It doesn't seem like any rodents are getting in and we've kept an eye out A LOT for nests in the yard. I spoke to the hatchery where we got them from and they...
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    Is it normal for my 32 week old Amber Star to not have laid an egg?

    Also I've seen some sitting under a bush or in monkey grass. Not sure about squatting?
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