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    Wyandotte’s and egg issues

    That’s what I’m thinking too. I’m actually thinking that’s it’s just because they are young. Both times it was during their first week of laying.
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    Comment by 'MamaAyam' in article 'Using Sand In Your Chicken Coop'

    I would add wood ash only in their favorite dusting areas for lice.
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    Comment by 'MamaAyam' in article 'Using Sand In Your Chicken Coop'

    We used it for our chickens for five plus years in a tropical environment and the sand was hardly ever dry enough to be overly dust. You can just spray it down in the dry season to help curb the dust and improve cooling. However your chickens instinct is to find nice dry dusting areas. They can...
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    Comment by 'MamaAyam' in article 'Using Sand In Your Chicken Coop'

    Our chicks that the mamas hatched out and had on the sand the first day never had a problem with the sand. You just need to be sure the chicks know where the food and water are.
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    Comment by 'MamaAyam' in article 'Using Sand In Your Chicken Coop'

    You can adD some wood ash to the areas where they like to do their dust baths and that should help with lice and mites. We never had mite problems after we discovered the wood ash.
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    Comment by 'MamaAyam' in article 'Using Sand In Your Chicken Coop'

    I found sand as a bedding quite by accident five years ago. It worked out so well I searched the internet to see if I was the only one that knew of its wonders. It started with having leftover sand from a building project (in our area it’s just black volcanic sand from the beaches or rivers.)...
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    I love the name too! That’s what I call our girls too. :love
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    Wyandotte’s and egg issues

    I haven’t been picky about which feed the Hubby brings home. I’ve noticed that it’s different every time from the previous bag. I was kinda wondering how many different brands of layer feed :popthere were. In the last country we worked in there was only one layer feed and it had antibiotics in...
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    Wyandotte’s and egg issues

    Good to know your girls aren’t guilty of this. It gives me hope. Yes they do have oyster shells. And I’m feeding a layer feed. We have two Americanas and two golden commets as well. We haven’t seen any soft or strange shells from them since we started giving oyster shells. Our two GLWs and one...
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    Wyandotte’s and egg issues

    I’m more interested in knowing if this is a Wyandotte issue. Because we are moving to another state and will be getting all new chickens. So I don’t want to get them again if that’s the case. I do love how pretty they are. :love
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    Wyandotte’s and egg issues

    I have three Wyandotte’s that are seven months old and just coming into lay. This is my first experience with Wyandotte’s. We have caught two of these hens laying soft eggs. I’m wondering if this is a breed thing. Anyone else notice their Wyandotte’s having these issues. Is it just because they...
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    What heritage breeds do well in warm humid climate

    These hens and the rooster are my newest babies. They are the result of the red comet hens and a local rooster we named Fowler. (You can’t get RC roosters only hens) He was a pretty rooster his daughters would go broody about 90% of the time. I bred his sons back to the RCs untill I was getting...
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    What heritage breeds do well in warm humid climate

    We actually have a lot of rose combs here and they do quite well. It’s true that combs can help with temperature but my birds don’t seem to notice the difference. It’s not really a hot humid climate but a warm humid climate. We average low to mid 80s year round sometimes we can get into the...
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    What heritage breeds do well in warm humid climate

    I have now and I’m in love 😍
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    What heritage breeds do well in warm humid climate

    I would be pleased with some form of a laced Wyandotte. The Columbian sure look nice too though.
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