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    Do roosters crow more when they are cockerels?

    LOL we have 2 roosters, hatched at same time by same hen. They are 20 weeks old and the copper maran mix never shuts up! He will finally around 10am and pretty quiet until dusk unless the rooster across the way starts he will answer; the other rooster a Wyandotte mix will crow once in awhile...
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    Swollen Comb?

    Our white leghorn has the same comb; large, thicker just like yours. She is one of my daily layers.
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    Swollen Comb?

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    Swollen Comb?

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    First time hen owner, no roosters ;-)

    Hello, Thank you for the add. We got 12 hens 2 years ago, everything fine until last winter when the Starlings showed up and gave 4 of our hens salmonella I am assuming as they were laying those weird meat looking eggs.... apparently once they lay these eggs they have been infected for approx 6...
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    1 yr old Ameraucana's (all 5) stopped laying green eggs a week ago. ?

    My two easter eggers are pretty regular layers, at least 1 a day or 1 every other day from the two hens. Neither have laid for the last week; we have had super windy weather and cold nights, but they laid all winter. Only change was it has been nonstop windy for a week now.
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    chicks eating pine shavings....

    I recently put pine shavings down to cover the mud in my hen run, the hens starting pecking at the shaving, couldn't tell if they were eating it; but I quickly put some scratch grain down in their feeding area and they obviously ran over to get the grain, forgot all about the shavings I had put...
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    Hello! We will be celebrating 2 years having chickens (laying hens) in April. They have been so much fun.

    `rea
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    New Member

    Thank you for the add! We have 11 laying hens, six breeds in Montana. This is our second winter with them and they are so fun!! We are all natural, we also have German Shepherds, feed species appropriate diet to all animals, no vaccinations or chemicals. Our hens average 7 eggs daily with a...
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    New hen laying owner with deformed hen leg

    Yes, she is getting a callous on her good foot/leg. i try to limit treats as I have seen more input = more output. But thank you!
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    New hen laying owner with deformed hen leg

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    New hen laying owner with deformed hen leg

    She definitely eats as well or better than the rest of the hens (no roosters). They get meal worms 2x a week, all our left over veggies/bread/fruit; scratch grain 1x day when I go in to get the eggs, I just put a couple cups down. They were getting a cup of raspberries 1x week when we were...
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    New hen laying owner with deformed hen leg

    Thank you! We are in Western Montana. Now that sunrise is later, she stays in the nesting box and hten when the other hens start laying, she moves herself out to the coop area. My husband brings her down around 11am if she hasn't come down on her own; at night they free range for 2 hours and...
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    New hen laying owner with deformed hen leg

    We got 12 laying hens in April, they were approx. 1 month old; one Rhode Island Red has a leg bent the other way. She gets around on the one leg, toes curled around in a circle, she spins around a lot, but I make sure she eats well and has her own waterer. She can't roost so she sleeps in the...
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