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    Pecking Problems - No More Eggs

    No. Where do I get something like that? Before the girls started laying, we put golf balls in the nesting boxes, but once they started laying, we removed them. Would those work?
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    Pecking Problems - No More Eggs

    Thank you everyone! She had a little alone time, and we put some hay and leaves in the run to occupy the chicks a bit more. I also made some hard cakes of feed, oatmeal, flaxseed, dried berries and eggs for them to peck at in the coop. Just went out to check on them and we have eggs! Two...
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    Pecking Problems - No More Eggs

    Thanks so much for the advise! I'll put some hay and leaves in their run, because it has turned into quite a mud pit this winter! I also read about making them a flock block to peck at - I'm going to bake some up today. There are no other feathers missing, and I checked for parasites, etc...
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    My EE's laying in a corner

    All five hens actually just stopped laying - I think there is a pecking problem (all of them but the EE are missing feathers under their vent). Would you know how to fix this? The EE is the one doing the damage - this is also a sign of going broody - right? We clipped her beak just now (the...
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    Pecking Problems - No More Eggs

    I have a flock of five hens: one EE, one silver cuckoo marans, and three red stars. They are all one year old, and have all been laying for a while now (the EE started a few weeks ago). Just this week we stopped getting eggs. I noticed that all of the hens but the EE appear to have had all of...
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    Pecking Problems - No More Eggs

    I have a flock of five hens: one EE, one silver cuckoo marans, and three red stars. They are all one year old, and have all been laying for a while now (the EE started a few weeks ago). Just this week we stopped getting eggs. I noticed that all of the hens but the EE appear to have had all of...
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    Pecking Problems - No More Eggs

    I have a flock of five hens: one EE, one silver cuckoo marans, and three red stars. They are all one year old, and have all been laying for a while now (the EE started a few weeks ago). Just this week we stopped getting eggs. I noticed that all of the hens but the EE appear to have had all of...
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    My EE's laying in a corner

    Thanks! I'll give it a try.
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    My EE's laying in a corner

    For about a week now, my year old EE has been laying her eggs in a nest she made in the corner of the coop. All of the other hens lay in the nesting boxes (there are 4 others), but they all lay in the same one. Could this be what is causing her to lay on the coop floor? How do I get her back...
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    Easter Egger Question of Egg Color

    She laid a pale blue egg, and she'll be a year old in 2 days.
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    Easter Egger Question of Egg Color

    What egg color do you think my EE hen will lay? She is 23 weeks old and hasn't started laying yet. I'm really curious! I've heard that you can tell by the color of their earlobes (her's are pink with a blue-green tint) but I don't know if that is true. Does anyone have any ideas?
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    Hawk injury

    Thank you all for the expert advise - it really made things a bit calmer around here. I am amazed at how quickly chicks heal! Yesterday, when I went to apply more antibiotic ointment, the wound was less inflamed, and it is starting to scab over at the edges - amazing! No pecking, and she...
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    Hawk injury

    Thank you to everyone! I'll try to get a photo of the wound posted asap. She still seems happy with the flock - everyone is very peaceful. The ointment seems to annoy her a bit, but figure she just has to deal with that.
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    Hawk injury

    Any other ideas on wound treatment? Should I just leave it alone, and let nature do its work?
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    Hawk injury

    Thanks! I feel like the mother hen - hardly slept at all last night :).
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