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    Only 1 of 4 hens laying (2 years old)

    My six, three-y.o. chickens have done the same, and I have to question whether one egg every other day is worth the cost of feed.
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    Official BYC Poll: Do You Wear a Mask or Respirator When Cleaning Your Coop?

    The first time I deep-cleaned the coop, I ended up in the ER on Albuterol. Chicken dust is highly toxic, carrying pathogens that, when breathed in, can cause lung disease. This is what the ER doc told me. I couldn't inhale enough air to exhale well. I suggest that everyone should wear a mask...
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    Frozen Eggs

    My chickens only just started laying, and occasionally, one will lay an egg out in the run rather than in a nesting box. With temperatures down in the single digits, I have found several dirty, very cold eggs intact, but wouldn't think of selling them. Instead, I hard boil them and feed them...
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    diatomaceous earth

    I filled a shallow rubber tub with DE so that the chickens could give themselves dust baths, but I have no idea whether they have lice. Originally I had dusted the floor of the coop before layering it with wood shavings, but the dust was so bad, I swept it out and have kept the dust bath outside.
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    diatomaceous earth

    How do you know that a chicken has lice?
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    Just joined

    Thank you. Having read some of the forum entries, I am sure this site will be enjoyable.
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    Just joined

    Thank you!
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    Thank you! Grandmotherhood is as fun as owning chickens! lol
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    I'm hoping that they are now totally buttoned up. I'm not sure whether coyotes can dig deep enough to get beyond the chicken wire we buried!
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    Thank you!
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    Hello All! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Ten years ago my significant other and I free-ranged 40 chickens for several years until predation caught up with the flock. Now that I am alone during this pandemic, I needed "company," and since I find great hilarity in...
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