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    How to winterize for milder climates

    Thanks everyone! I'll make some adjustments and see what happens.
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    How to winterize for milder climates

    Thanks for the replies! It's been a busy work week already. There are several ventilation holes where the roof meets the wall. And technically, when I close the triangle ramp door, it has a gap about 1-2 inches because the hinge is broken. Would that be enough ventilation for overnight on...
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    How to winterize for milder climates

    Hello all! I have a few questions about winterizing my coop. I have attached pictures for reference. Here is some information about my current setup: - I am located near Athens, Georgia. So not south Georgia but not in the mountains either. Kind of the foothills area. We occasionally get snow...
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    Hard and soft shell egg laid overnight: molting

    16% Layer Feed. Oyster shells that they won't even look at. But they will pull their own shells from the compost pile. She's been molting at least 2-3 weeks.
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    Hard and soft shell egg laid overnight: molting

    Hello. One of my hens is molting and hasn't been laying, which I know is normal during molt. However, this morning, I found one hard shell and one soft shell egg laid overnight, both broken open, assuming from the fall. Back in August, I found two soft shell eggs, one broken and one intact. I'm...
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    Two soft-shelled eggs overnight??

    Thank you! One has already molted (feathers were literally everywhere on my property) but the other hasn't. I haven't seen evidence of her molting either.
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    Two soft-shelled eggs overnight??

    One the So one of them already molted back in May. She stopped laying altogether (after attempting to brood for WAY too many weeks.) The other one hasn't gone through an obvious molt yet. They are approximately 17 months. The shocking thing to me was to find two overnight. They have never laid...
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    Two soft-shelled eggs overnight??

    I have two hens of laying age: 1 year old Buff Orpingtons. I've been keeping an egg diary on them for the last couple months. All eggs have been beautiful, hard eggs. Yesterday, they each laid an egg. When I went out this morning, I found an intact soft-shell egg and a broken soft-shell egg...
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    Rehoming chickens: is it traumatizing??

    Great info! I never considered the prey animal thing and having to adapt if someone went missing. I guess a couple of my boys are just smaller birds then. Again, I don't know their exact breeds. They haven't been overly rough with my hens (as evidenced by the fact that they still run away when...
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    Rehoming chickens: is it traumatizing??

    Hello all! I'm still fairly new to the site but have a question about rehoming chickens. Possibly long post ahead... Flock history: I have two 1 year old Buff Orpington hens (angels from heaven,) two 23 week old cockerels (possible Black Copper Maran and some unknown handsome fellow,) two 17...
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    2021 BYC Calendar - We Need Your Pictures!

    Buff Orpington hens, Lagertha and Khaleesi, in their Easter tutus. (What else is there to do when a pandemic is happening??)
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    Surrogacy help!

    Actively pecking 😔
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    Surrogacy help!

    Hello! New member here needing some advice. Is it possible to attempt a chick surrogacy twice? First attempt didn't go well last night. (My Orpington hen has previously only hatched one egg that produced a yellow chick, which was sadly eaten by a snake 5 days later.) She took to the two Orp...
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