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    Very, very small egg

    I have 3 chickens, which have been laying normally for 4-5 years. Two restarted laying 3 weeks ago after the winter break. Their eggs are medium size, as shown in the middle of the picture below, next to a commercial Large egg on the right. This morning, the third chicken laid her first egg of...
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    What are Your Chickens Named?

    My wife insists that all our pets must be named after songs from the Beatles. So our current five chickens are: Blackbird Singing in the dead of Night - she is black (surprise) and her name is usually shortened to Blackbird Martha My Dear - dark brown, answers to Martha Three recent...
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    What time do chickens lay eggs??

    I only have three chickens. Two are identical white leghorns that I received from a free-range farm from when they were finished with them, so they are probably the same age and from the same source. The third one is a smaller (and much smarter!), brown leghorn.
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    What time do chickens lay eggs??

    I only have 3 hens and they all follow this pattern, but on differnet days
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    What time do chickens lay eggs??

    My chickens follow a 5-6 day cycle. At the beginning of the cycle, they lay early to mid-morning. Then each day they lay 1-1/2 hours later than the day before until, by the 4th or 5th day, they lay mid-afternoon. On the last day of the cycle they don't lay at all, starting a new cycle on the...
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    chicken supplies in Boise, ID

    I have to be in Boise on business at the end of May and it will be an opportunity to pick up some chicken supplies - such as a waterer, feeder, etc. Is there a supplier in Boise?
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    Chicken supplies in Boise, ID?

    I have to be in Boise on business at the end of May and it will be an opportunity to pick up some chicken supplies - such as a waterer, feeder, etc. Is there a supplier in Boise?
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    What kind of chickens do I have?

    I have three chickens and I would love to know what breed they are. You should be able to click on the photos to get them full size. I got the white ones from a free-range farm when they "refreshed" their stock - saving them from being cat food. They give lovely large white eggs and are called...
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    One of my chickens has developed a lump on her beak

    Thanks very much. So much information! As a newbie, this is all a learning experience, and your post really helps.
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    One of my chickens has developed a lump on her beak

    One of my chickens has developed a lump on her beak - not the white bits, they are cottage cheese, which she loves. She has been on antibiotics and vitamins for the last week, because she was very lethargic. She is much more chirpy now, but she is not eating very much. I think the lump hurts...
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    I need urgent advice about sick chickens

    I tried that for the antibiotics with the vet I use for my cats. He would only give them to me after examining the "patients", which is fair enough but that cost me around $30.
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    I need urgent advice about sick chickens

    I have not found a source for amprollium/Corid. Where I live you can only get medicines like these from a veterinarian, which is expensive. The antibiotics and vitamins have helped a lot and the chickens are both much more lively. However, one of the chickens has now developed a lump on her...
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    I need urgent advice about sick chickens

    If I understand correctly, the main symptom of Coccidiosis is blood in their poop, so that is not the problem. A neighbor with chickens took a look and reckons that it is a virus and gave me antibiotics and vitamins. Hopefully that will help, along with yoghurt, which they still appear to...
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    I need urgent advice about sick chickens

    I just started with my first backyard coop with 3 RIR 3-month old chickens that I bought 1 month ago. 2-3 days after I bought them, 1 chicken became very lethargic, hardly moving or eating, and after another 2 days I found her dead when I went to open the coop in the morning. The other two were...
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