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    Red Hen is Ailing

    My young RIR was attacked by a predator about 9 days ago. Red hen was broody and was attacked while on the nest one night. She seemed all right, but she has suddenly been going downhill for the last three days. This morning she was so lethargic that I thought she was dead. Her underside is...
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    Comment by 'MonicaT' in article 'Spring Greens for Your Flock (And You!)'

    Thank you for this article. I now wish I had a few more hens to do some weed abatement in the backyard. Here in Northern California wood sorrel is called oxalis. We have so much of it in our neighborhood that we jokingly refer to the spring as "Oxalis Festival Time."
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    *Buff Orpington Thread!*

    Buff Orpingtons were recommended by none other than the wonderful author, Barbara Kingsolver. Her book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle changed my life. I love my Buffs. They are prodigious layers, although they can be very broody for extended periods of time. I recently lost a broody hen to a...
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    Comment by 'MonicaT' in article 'Plants Chickens Don't Eat'

    Beautiful! Thank you! There is a nuisance tree here in Vallejo called alianthus or tree of heaven and unfortunately, my girls WON'T eat it. Fortunately, I'm not a very good gardener of anything other than vegetables, so the flock and I work well together, especially in the fall.
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    Found eggs...

    Thanks for th information. Hadn't gotten but one or two eggs all week from my two hens and just discovered a clutch of 8 that are still cool to the touch in the late afternoon. They were well hidden among the offshoots of a redwood tree, far away from sunlight. I'll mark them and use them...
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    Why have they stopped laying??

    Read all the articles and comments, but other than the water problem for one day, none of the conditions apply. I guess it's time to trim all the seedlings around the bases of the sequoia trees.
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    Why have they stopped laying??

    Not a reply, but a similar question. I was getting two eggs a day from a Buff Orpington (18 months) two older hens, and my young Wyandotte. Yesterday and today: NOTHING. I looked all over the yard for hiding places. It's not warm here in Vallejo (the SF Bay Area). The waterer leaked and I...
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    The New 5 Year BYC Award!

    I like No. 2, but only because if you squinch your eyes, the balloons look like eggs. Too bad you couldn't have a nest with the corresponding number of eggs in it for each year...
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    Best breed for backyard coop?

    Buff Orpingtons are quiet, docile, lay well, and are pretty to look at. We've had a few different breeds, but the Buffs are my favorites!
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