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    5 year old hens

    I haven't had an egg since Sept. 2015 and in going through pictures just realized that my hens were chicks in April of 2011. I didn't realize how fast time had passed but it has. Should I even expect anymore eggs? They will continue to live their lives in our backyard as they have but I'd...
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    Help with diagnosis, spots on comb

    One of my hens, 20 month old austrolorp suddenly started getting white almost puss filled looking spots on her comb and waddles. I fear that I know what this is but just wanted to get a collective diagnosis. None of my other 8 hens show symptoms and this quickly appeared. I checked them...
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    Georgetown Texas

    Finally catching up with the rest of the area, sorry if its already been posted I didnt see it. http://m.statesman.com/statesman/db_/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=eofbCSdQ&full=true#display I love the messy statement, my two dogs make more of a mess than my hens which actually give back in...
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    When will my white leghorn start laying?

    You need to give them a motivational speech like I have with mine every so often. I used visual aids this time, trust me it works :) No those are'nt any of mine going on the BBQ, mine are treated better than my dogs. I had just gathered the eggs which were sitting on the outside table...
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    Egg Hoarding?

    Am I the only one that feels the need to keep massive amounts of eggs on hand? Looking at my second fridge one would think I'm preparing for the apocalypse and using eggs as my only rations. I've managed to get a few of the friends buying eggs, mainly to pay for food. I sold 3 dozen this week...
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    Georgetown Texas

    I'm sure I'm not the only one. Just wanted to post this since I believe its about to be voted on by the council. http://urbanfarming.georgetown.org/ I still think that a proper form of showing the benefits of a backyard flock would be for members to send eggs to the city managers office...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    someone decided that 26 weeks is a good time to start. One egg yesterday in the afternoon, Id been looking every morning and afternoon for the last few weeks. Yesterday I went to put everyone up got them in the coop closed the door and happened to notice an egg in the box. The bird that laid...
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    black australorp growth rate

    my australorp is 3 weeks younger than my wyandottes and larger both in weight and size. My golden laced are nice and plump compared to the others.
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    The Wyandotte Thread

    Here are mine. GLW, SLW and what was supposed to be partridge. The Australorp was my daughters pick. The GLW, and partridge are right at 22 weeks, Australorp is 18 weeks and the SLW are 15 weeks. My wife accidentally let the dog out and she got a hold of the third GLW which was my favorite...
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    Gender please, pic heavy

    Thanks everyone. I'll be relieved to finally have confirmation. I do understand that roosters aren't similarly colored although I wasn't sure when that change in feathering took place. I had originally planned to send any roosters to the in laws flock on their ranch until I saw symptoms of...
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    Gender please, pic heavy

    Still torn on some of the pics Ive seen of GLW hens with larger than normal head gear. I have 3, and Ill label the pics as Fat comb, thin comb and point comb. Also need to inquire about the Australorp that looks nothing like a Spangled Orloff it was sold as The Wyandottes were all hatched...
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    CRD - Duramycin dosage for chickens?

    Quote: URI can travel miles in the air. It can travel on your clothes and shoes. So if you have fed or watered the sick birds and didnt wash your hands or change you clothes, You could have exposed your others. If you are going to cull them, Wait to build the coop. To be safe I would bleach it...
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    Embarrassing Moments with YOUR chickens

    Memorial day weekend the family was out of town and I managed to lock myself in the coop. Walked in closed the door and forgot about the gate latch. I built the door to be a little tight and simply pulled it shut a little harder than normal. I had to push out the door I use to pull poop board...
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