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    Lost chicken stranded in my yard

    Congratulations on your new chicken
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    New Flock Adoption = No Eggs

    ::UPDATE:: The hens are feeling much better. Their feathers have started to grow back in nicely and they have started to lay slowly but surely. While I was in the yard I did notice that they were "yawning" and stretching their necks a lot. After that I found worms in one of their droppings...
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    Hen isnt laying and im not sure if her molt has started or not

    I have 4 RIR's as well and they are molting right now. Are there feathers everywhere?
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    New Flock Adoption = No Eggs

    They have also started to molt I think. There are hundreds of feathers in the coop, the run and the yard. I believe stress may have induced an early molt? I wouldn't expect a molt until the days started to get shorter but this could explain the loss of plumage and 2 of them being tired, cranky...
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    New Flock Adoption = No Eggs

    I was told they are 14 months old. I clipped their wings last night and did a further inspection of the vents, necks, beaks. VERY bony breastplates so I believe they are underweight. Still very spry and already trying to escape the yard. LOL They came from a fellow chicken farmer who took 50...
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    New Flock Adoption = No Eggs

    Thank you!
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    Clothing display to coop!

    You say you're not a carpenter but I disagree. You need a very varied skillset to create something like this and pull it off. So not only are you a carpenter but you're also an architect, engineer, artist and builder!
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    New Digs for the girls and the Boss

    Beautiful! Great job!
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    New Flock Adoption = No Eggs

    Thank you Percheron. They have high protein food available every AM (3/4 cup each into their feeder) and we cast some dried mealworms/cracked corn/oyster shell into the grass near their pen to entice them. Hopefully they will be full and beautiful in no time. They already look better today.
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    New Flock Adoption = No Eggs

    We recently dove back into the Chicken life. A friend told us about 4 rescue Reds that needed help, so I purchased a coop and attached run - and they have fenced free range as well. They have great food, clean water every day, treats, shade - nesting boxes etc - all the right stuff. The first...
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    ---EGGBOUND---& feeling it

    C'mon...Reallly? All day and nothing? Did I not use enough cute dancing emoticons or something??? HERE--:weee:pop Now will someone help me?
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    ---EGGBOUND---& feeling it

    Nobody's experienced this??
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    ---EGGBOUND---& feeling it

    I have a flock of 5 and one of the Rhode Island reds is in trouble. They are normally the most brassy and indignant but when I came out yesterday night to put them away she was frozen in time head down - tail up in the sky. I believe she is "egg-bound" because of the sluggishness/eyes closed...
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    Wet Sneezing?

    I'm being advised to use Tylan powder in their drinking water to see if that clears it up. There is no smell in the coop. I take very good care of it. No standing plops or soaked bedding. Change their water every day, Purina Layena, Free range birds. New pine shavings every month, complete muck...
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    Wet Sneezing?

    Hello all! I have 5 hens total and two of the five are sneezing a bunch with some clear discharge. One of the RIR actually had some crust too. Is this treatable? I do live near a tractor supply and have access to meds. Anyone had any experience here? I see a lot of "some sneeze more than others"...
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