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    Sponsored Post Tips from Nutrena: Gift-worthy Eggs!

    Okay information, but sounded like a long commercial for Nutrena chicken food.
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    my chickens stopped laying and now started up again

    cool... I haven't had girls quit for this long before. Occasionally I will have some take a break for a week or two and the Nov - March egg totals are normally a lot lighter than the rest of the year, but a 4 month hiatus had me convinced they were into early retirement. I have a basket of...
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    my chickens stopped laying and now started up again

    Help me out here please.... I have a flock of assorted girls, Americana, Golden Seabright, Buff Orpington, Wellsumer, Brahma, Australorp, etc., 8 girls in all. They all hatched in Sept 2011 and were great layers until Sep 2013 when they all stopped. I had given up and assumed I had a flock...
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    New layers using the floor instead of nest boxes

    we also use the plastic easter eggs and it seems to do the trick. Although do weight them down or you will have a chicken soccer game in the yard. We did have a silky in the past that did take a while to find the nesting boxes and would keep laying in the yard. Everytime she would make a nest...
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    One breed or many?

    We lost our first flock (a mix of what was available at the feed store last spring) to predators. After some serious coop reinforcement my son put in an order for a dozen new girls. While he did pick out 2 EE the rest were all based on his desire to have an assortment of colors out there. We...
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    What can I do if......

    My son is in charge of the Girls (for the most part) but he spent many nights heading out after dark to move them up to their roosts, eventually they learned or gave in. As for the nesting boxes, a couple plastic easter eggs in a muted color seemed to do the trick for pointing the Girls in the...
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    Silkie honks like a goose?

    My silkie pullet hardly makes any noise. The Roo on the other hand is quite vocal, and very theatrical when he crows. He stretches out and gives it his best every time. I love going out at at 6:00 AM and opening the pop hole. He is normally in the coop crowing and another rooster somewhere...
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    A new Roo???

    We have a small flock, 7 hens and 1 roo, at home now. My wife has seen a stray roo at Starbucks the last couple days and I believe it is destined for our house soon. What is the best way to introduce the new guy to the flock? Any insight is appreciated.
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    A new rooster

    What you are telling me matches what I have found elsewhere, as well as what I think would happen. My current Roo is quite protective of his girls (just ask my Mom who decided to pop in on him one time) and I am not sure he would be all that welcoming to anything he percieves as a threat. I...
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    A new rooster

    We have a small flock, 7 hens and 1 roo, at home now. My wife has seen a stray roo at Starbucks the last couple days and I believe it is destined for our house soon. What is the best way to introduce the new guy to the flock? Any insight is appreciated.
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