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    Chicks and Chickens dying!!

    No I have not been to the vet, as I stated I do not notice any sickness/illness. I come home from work to dead birds. Not being smart but if I was headed to the vet I would not have posted on here. I am trying to learn and diagnose and self medicate with out having to go to the vet. However...
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    Chicks and Chickens dying!!

    Here is the short of it, I have had chickens for 7-8 years. Mostly just 3-5 at a time that free ranged around the house and hedge row. Last April I decided to get a little more sophisticated and I built a 16 x 16 coop that has nesting boxes and roosting polls. I also built a 1/4 acre run...
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    Sick Buff

    I have a 4 month old buff orpington that has some serious issues. She seems to be crippled/ disoriented. She holds her head to one side and stammers and stumbles around and will crash over on her side. Going to put her down but curious as to what this may be.
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    Hen Pecked

    I can't figure it out. He doesn't do it to any others. Other than this my flock gets along well!
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    Hen Pecked

    Ok, I have 18 hens and 1 rooster. The rooster picks on the same barred rock constantly. Her head stays bleeding. He roost beside her in the coop and does it all night. She is to the point that she spends the majority of her days and nights in the woods as my chickens are free range. When she...
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    Egg Laying Times

    I have a wide variety of birds. 2 white leghorns, 2 barred rocks, 2 buffs ,2 red stars, 1 RR, and several others I don't even know what they are. But I was curious how it takes your chickens to actually lay the egg once they go to the box. For example my two barred rocks sit long periods of...
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    First eggs from white leghorns

    I ordered a random order and got all kinds of pullets. Normally have just barred rocks and red stars. I am really liking these white leghorns. They are very personable. Also got a buff Orpington and buff brahma the same time and like both of them as well. I am pretty sure they have both layed...
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    First eggs from white leghorns

    Got my first two eggs from my two whities today they were born on 6/1. Both Kaye's their first egg on the same day. Both layed in the nesting box. First white eggs to ever get. Got plenty brown layers. Was pretty excited.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    1 egg. 10 pullets. 7 of which are 20 weeks the other 4 are 35. One of which is Americana.
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