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    Adding More Chickens

    My opinion only. Please don’t take offense. If you add eleven it’s going to be way too tight unless you double or maybe triple the run space but I prefer more run space for the chickens to have to spread out. I like your activity centers you have in place now for your girls but just in my...
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    Is it true that pointy eggs are most likely a rooster?

    Exactly. My Legbars lay large more rounded eggs and my Swedish Flower hens lay HUGE pointed “Rooster” eggs! LOL!😊
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    Moldy Food

    I don’t think you should put it in the Ziploc bags and store it in your kitchen. Your kitchen gets warm from cooking temps etc. and I have had other types of food spoil in my own pantry in like situations. You are better off buying a small plastic bin that clamps down right and storing it in a...
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    Water, feed, and roost tweaks? Would like some tips.

    The way I did mine was we use two long pieces of ceiling tongue and groove wood that we were not going to need in one of our home projects. We put one in front and left about a three inch gap and attached the second piece to the back of the coop wall. Our coop roost space is about 9 feet or so...
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    Killed my first hen yesterday by broomstick method (mercy kill) and I need some affirmation

    Right now I have three dogs. One of them is 12 years old and she is especially mine above all four family members in our house. I am her person. She has been my faithful companion, friend, nurse, bodyguard, and side kick in all things mischievous and fun around our house. She does not go...
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    Mean chicken!

    I hear you! My Verbena Meana has settled some a tiny bit now that she has begun to lay however I do not hand feed her. I often have to take the kids size rake after her when I lock up the coop at night if she is bullying one of the other hens and trying to keep her from roosting properly. When I...
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    All Black Flock

    This one has the lovely green sheen also I was speaking of. A fine specimen as well.
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    Why is my white leghorn chicken not laying?

    Goodness! I don’t know what to tell you about that Did she molt? I wouldn’t think that she should have had but being that she will be over a year old way before fall time her cycles are really going to be off. Her feathers are really going to be ratty looking if she has to wait until the fall...
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    Broken Egg Daily

    You could try giving them some Soldier Fly Larvae. It’s like Crack though for chickens. They love them too much almost but they don’t require much of them to help them produce strong egg shells. They are a little expensive but up against all other store bought or Amazon purchases they are not...
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    Gizzard impaction - X-ray confirmed. How to proceed?

    Well you have definitely educated yourself well in avian health. You should be proud and also you do a good job with proper means of documentation. I worked in medicine for close to thirty years before I had to take disability. I know what I’m talking about. You’re good.
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    Why is my white leghorn chicken not laying?

    No one was stating that the fake eggs would cause the hen to start laying. I was talking about using the eggs as a tool to show the hen where to lay when she was ready.
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    What is going on? Graphic

    Well when I was looking at your pictures before and reading your post I guess since it’s the middle of the night and I’m not awake enough I didn’t catch the facts about their eyes well enough. I am not sure what to tell you about that. Do you know how he is getting poop on his back? How is that...
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    Why is my white leghorn chicken not laying?

    Oh wow! If she is doing that then she is getting close for sure and doing all the right things. You are very welcome btw!
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    My hen was attacked (she did not survive)

    Hi. Your lovely hen was a beautiful example of a Buff Orpington. I have three Black Orpingtons and they are all very sweet girls. She will be missed I know and I am so sorry you lost her and know it hurts really bad. I will be keeping you in my thoughts and please know that we all know how it...
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    What is going on? Graphic

    I would write the diarrhea off to nerves from being held and worked on by you unless he has kept having it. As far as the two lumps on him go. I am no expert on those but they look like epidermoid cyst to me. My dog has had a few of them pop up and we had to have them surgically removed because...
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