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    Comment by 'pemord' in article 'Table Scraps and Leftovers for Chickens'

    What about certain nuts? My girls eat walnuts and sometimes some leftover sliced almonds. Not had a problem that we observed.
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    Chicken egg laying life span and feeding non-layers

    Hello, I have 5 chickens that range in age from 6 to 8 years old. Egg production has varied from time to time but has more or less ceased as of December 2019. And their over the past year, their eating habits have changed. Admittedly, we were giving them too many treats and scaled back to a...
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    strange looking eggs

    Hello and thank you for your advice. I apologize for the lag in response time, been caught up in all the craziness of these times. Anyway, yes, we do use a layer food and inside the eggs we sometimes see a dark pigment or small dark piece in the white. It does 'cook out' or I have used a...
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    strange looking eggs

    for a while now, we are getting some eggs with a strange bump on the outside and when we break the egg, there is a small piece of dark matter in the yolk. Anyone ever see this? What does it mean? Thanks, Patty
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    Broody Hens

    thanks - I will look up "breaking a broody"!
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    Broody Hens

    We have 7 chickens – 4 bards that are 3 years old and 3 (unsure of the breed, possibly red wyandottes) that are around 6 years old. Everyone seems to get along pretty well, with some occasional pecking order squabbles. They stay in their coops at night and roam the backyard during the day. Our...
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    is it pasty butt? Or is something else going on?

    Thank you for your response and advice. The vent area is not swollen and we already removed the ACV. The temperature ranges from 78 in the coolest part and 93 in the warmest. We will keep an eye on her and keep making sure they have plenty of clean water. Hopefully, taking her off the ACV...
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    is it pasty butt? Or is something else going on?

    we have 6 new chicks - almost 2 weeks old. We noticed one of them had yellow poop hanging on but its not blocking the vent. However, it's obvious she doesn't feel well. Anyone know what this is and what we should do? We are feeding purina medicated start-n-grow. Also, their water has dded 4...
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    chicken social behavior question

    First, thank you for your thoughtful and helpful reply. Sorry, it has taken me so long to reply...been very busy lately. Anyway, she has some of an odd thing going on with her feet. The two outer toes (one on each foot) seems turned outward - not pointing straight ahead like the other toes...
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    chicken social behavior question

    thank you, Judy! We're still exploring the matter and will keep you all posted.
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    chicken social behavior question

    thanks for you advice! Right now, she seems to be getting enough to eat as she is the same size as the others. A few weeks ago we noticed some evidence of feathers being pulled around her head area. But that seems to have gone away. One more question - I have heard that chickens do better in...
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    chicken social behavior question

    We have 4 almost year old chickens (10 months) who until about 2 months ago got along just fine. Now we seem to have some bullying going on where one chick is shunned by the other three. She is always alone in the coop, sleeps alone, and when we let them roam in the backyard (about 3 hours...
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