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    Poulin Grain Egg Production Plus

    I know it sounds counter intuitive, but would it help to switch back to a feed that uses fish meal as the protein source? I never had this problem when using Green Mountain Organics or New Country Organics. I believe they both use fish meal. Now that I use a feed that uses canola and flax...
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    hanging a head of cabbage

    I found one of these at a yard sale for $.50. Works perfect. We usually free range and don't offer many snacks but if we are going out of town for a few days we leave the birds in their run and hang a cabbage in one of these.
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    Poulin Grain Egg Production Plus

    I know this is an older thread but I thought I would comment. I switched to the Poulin Egg Production Plus from Green Mountain Organics to save money. I don't really care so much about the organic but I do want a feed without soy. 2-3 eggs out of every dozen are so fishy I may as well be...
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    No eggs

    I am pretty confident that there are no hidden nests. With the snow on the ground now they don't go much further than their run and the small area that I have shoveled outside the run for them. They are probably just going through a young molt. The orpington who molted in early fall and is...
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    No eggs

    I had wondered if the odd temps this winter had something to do with it. Who knows? I just hate to see them start loosing feathers now when there will still be plenty of cold night in an unheated coop.
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    No eggs

    Two issues: I have a Buff Orpington who started laying early last spring. Late last summer (end of Aug beginning of Sep) she went into a soft molt. Never really had any bald spots but lost a lot of feathers for about a month and a half. During this time she stopped laying. The problem is...
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    Checkens removing off colored eggs from coop

    Found another egg in the run today. It was in a part of the run where it would have been impossible for the chickens to move it there from the nest box. So one of them is laying in the run. Not every day but always a lighter color egg. Weird.
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    Checkens removing off colored eggs from coop

    I have three laying hens. They are pretty consistent about which nest box they lay in. They almost always use the same one of the three we have. In the last week I have found two eggs (about a week apart) in their run. Both were near the bottom of the ramp that leads into the coop (about two...
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    overnighting a broody

    I don't have a broody hen right now but want to be prepared for when I do. I have a Buff Orpington who spends so much time in the nest box when laying her eggs that I have thought she was going broody a few times. Today she layed her egg, went outside for a few minutes, then went back into the...
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    bleeding claw

    I have three four week old chicks. They are being raised in the coop with the big birds. They have their own cage and several safe places to go to get away from the three big girls who sometimes like to go after them. Today I noticed that one of the chicks was leaving a trail of blood. At...
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    roofing material for covered run

    I too use metal roofing on my run. I have a local metal scrap yard where I buy such things. Right now scrap metal prices are low. I just just picked up some metal roofing today for $0.35 a pound. Makes for a strong, inexpensive roof that is also predator proof. It is very easy to install as...
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    Mama Heating Pad in the Brooder (Picture Heavy) - UPDATE

    Yes. I thought of that as well. My first were three Buff Orpingtons and two Black Australorps. My new ones are one Golden Laced Wyandotte and two others that are either Welsummers or Brown Leghorns (we are hoping they are Welsummers). I know that different breeds have different personalities...
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    Mama Heating Pad in the Brooder (Picture Heavy) - UPDATE

    I should also add that I put these chicks into the coop (in their own cage) with the adults the same day they arrived from the hatchery. No issues.
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    Mama Heating Pad in the Brooder (Picture Heavy) - UPDATE

    I raised my first five chicks last fall with the Mama Heating Pad. The brooder was set up in my house and it was a great success. Now, I am raising my second set of chicks. I am using the Heating Pad again but this time I am raising them in the coop with the other birds. Everything is going...
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    Looking for help plz - Newbie builder

    I have posted these before in another thread. They are framing kits you can buy in various sizes. You don't need to cut any angles. If you make a list of how many 2x4's you need and what lengths you need them to be to one of the big box stores they will cut it for you. It is pretty much like...
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