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    Help me I have sickly chick!

    It is too cool for panting, its 60 degrees out. I just tried a little olive oil down the side of her beak. Her crop feels hard...didnt thing this could happen to a chick but I guess the mom hen doesn't know if they are pecking at things that are too big for them?
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    Help me I have sickly chick!

    HI there, I have a mother hen who is raising nine chicks, she hatched fertile eggs from a friend as I don't have a rooster. One of the chicks is eating and drinking but two days ago it started gulping air or looks like it keeps swallowing. It is doing ok otherwise. What could be wrong...
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    Help with newly hatched chicks!

    Thank you so much! Perfect directions for next steps. I love BYC forum!!
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    Help with newly hatched chicks!

    my first time with a broody hen and the chicks hatched last night on day 21. I am very excited because I just let her do her thing and so far so good. The chicks are under her starting to move around. I have a few questions. 1. Do I remove the empty shells now? 2. Do they need chick starter...
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    Help my chicken stopped laying

    She is nine months. She was laying about five days a week. Still nothing today and she isn't broody. Thanks for responding!
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    EEs -- how old was yours when she started laying?

    Both my EE's started laying. One at nearly 28 weeks and the second at 31 weeks she laid her first egg Christmas day!
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    Help my chicken stopped laying

    Hi I need some expert advice. My California :(White has been since July with no problems. She laid a shell less egg three days agi and yesterday she had a yolk coming out of her while she was in the run. She goes to the nest today but doesnt lay. She is eating and drinking but she seems to be...
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    EEs -- how old was yours when she started laying?

    I have two EE's 26 weeks old in two days and no signs of laying yet.
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    Did your hens start laying later than 24 weeks? Help frustrated!

    Quote: Did your marans squat before they started laying? My maran comb is pretty red but no other sign of laying.
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    Chickens stand out in the rain?

    Why wouldn't my hens go back into their run and house when it was pouring down rain? They all lined up on the outside of the coop but didnt go to the otherside where the door is to go back in?? Is it ok if they get wet? I also have trees in the yard they could have taken cover. Do your...
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    Did your hens start laying later than 24 weeks? Help frustrated!

    Thank you everyone for sharing I will keep the faith and practice patience.
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    Did your hens start laying later than 24 weeks? Help frustrated!

    Quote: I shouldn't laugh but the emoticon is too funny! Thanks for sharing your situation.
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    Did your hens start laying later than 24 weeks? Help frustrated!

    I'm a newbie to raising chickens. I have two hens born in the middle of March this year and both were laying the first week of August (a California white and Orpington). The four others that are younger and now 24 weeks are not laying. Two are easter eggers, a black copper maran and rhode island...
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    The EE braggers thread!!!

    Have two EE's super sweet and very inquisitive. Only 23 weeks not laying but worth all the feef they are eating.
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    Post here if you DON'T wash clean-looking eggs

    Nope I don't wash them...bloom protects them and my girls are clean layers so far. I heard if u do wash them do so with watrer that is warmer than the egg.
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