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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    What I find funny is that my in-laws keep saying that the goat/pig pasture that we are in the process of fencing is too close to our house and it will stink. Yeah, because the four poultry houses right next to your house smell great! Especially in the summer time!
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    rooster stopped crowing and hens stopped laying

    He's not pooping, or hasn't since I brought him in the house. I'm trying to get him to eat enough of the mash to be able to. Not trying to screw around about this. I'm simply new to all this and having to learn as I go. I'm sure this is something everyone does at some point in their life.
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    rooster stopped crowing and hens stopped laying

    waiting on a call from the only vet close by to see if they will see him or not. He and one of my hens are having the same problem so they are quarantined. Found a thread on here that had a recipe for a "clean out" mash, for lack of a better term. Oatmeal, bran, cornmeal, and milk. I mixed...
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    rooster stopped crowing and hens stopped laying

    I had read that crushed red pepper would act as a wormer, but as I gave that to them last week and he is still sick, I'm gonna guess that it at least didn't work for me. I'm calling the vet today. Thanks for all your help.
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    rooster stopped crowing and hens stopped laying

    I'm in north alabama. We definitely have our share of predators, but I have also extended our dog's invisible fence wire to down around the run. I was finally able to catch the game rooster. He is very alert and did not like that I was holding him, but his breast bone was very thin. I checked...
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    rooster stopped crowing and hens stopped laying

    Thanks so much, everyone, for your help! I put in four windows and covered them with screen door wire and chicken wire yesterday. I also moved the nesting boxes to about 6 inches above ground level and put some curtains in front of them. When I got finished, I watched them for a little while...
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    rooster stopped crowing and hens stopped laying

    Thanks so much! Another question....How do I keep them from roosting/pooping in the nesting boxes?
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    rooster stopped crowing and hens stopped laying

    I'm thinking the not laying may be a ventilation and lack of water at night problem. So I'm going to add a couple of windows and a waterer in the coop today.
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    rooster stopped crowing and hens stopped laying

    Thanks for all the information!! I always wondered about the effect of roosters eating layer feed. How would you suggest I feed him separately? I can't catch him and don't have material to build another pen.
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    rooster stopped crowing and hens stopped laying

    I give them layer pellets and offer crushed egg shells free choice. I also sprinkle black oil sunflowers seeds and high protein puppy food(please no one attack me for this) every two days as a treat. I give them weeds I pull out of the garden and grass clippings(no our yard is not treated with...
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    rooster stopped crowing and hens stopped laying

    Ok so within the past week my game rooster has stopped laying and mating. He's about 18 months-2 years old. There are no visible problems; he is still eating and drinking and walking around fine. The only difference is no mating(that I have witnessed) and no crowing. Also, my two game hens...
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    game rooster over buff orpington hen?

    I have 4 buff orpington pullets that should be laying any day now. My rooster is a hatch game rooster who is already mating with my game hens. I was wondering if anyone had ever seen or dealt with a combination of the game rooster and orpington breeds? Luckily the game hens lay white eggs and...
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    roo or hen?

    thanks so much everyone. The saddle feathers have rreally grown within the past week. If anyone near franklin county, alabama wants it for $10, let me know :-)
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    roo or hen?

    What makes you think she is a pullet? Everyone else seems to think it is a rooster. Just trying to understand everyone's reasonings...
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    roo or hen?

    What exactly does "sex-linked" mean?
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