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    Eggs - 5 or 6 a day to none??

    Thanks all for the info all. I think it best if I re introduce incadecent light gradually. Reference the red heat lamp, does that not have the same effect as a normal heat lamp? I just use flood lights in brooder relfectors which unfortunately, sucks a lot of power, but I have to keep them...
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    Eggs - 5 or 6 a day to none??

    Hi, I have 9 chickens all 1-2 years old, (3 Australorps, 3 Barred Rock, and 3 Red Sex Link hybrids). I was getting 5 - 6 very large eggs a day fairly consistantly. While working on digging my septic system up 2-3 months ago, I accidently cut the power wire to my barn and lost lights. I repaired...
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    Buff Orpington troubles

    Hi all, I have a Buff Orpington hen who is about 6 months old. She has always been quiet and docile, which I hear is normal for that breed. Lately she has been very lathargic and sleeps most of the time, I've noticed she isn't growing nearly as fast as her 3 Australorp pen mates. She isn't being...
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    Lazy layers?

    Hi, I have four red comets appx 1 year old that don't seem to be laying very well. I have only been getting 1 egg a day, occasionally I get 2. 2 of the chickens have been moulting for some time now . They get lots of food, fresh water and outside time. They are not hiding the eggs and I've...
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    Father's Day = New additions to my mixed flock!

    Yaaaayyyy!! New chicks! To add to my 4 adult Red Comets. Today I picked up couple week old female chicks from a register breeder this time.... 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Blue Australorp, and 2 Black Australorp. Beautiful birds , and tomorrow I am getting some 1 week old Barred Rocks! I've...
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    CEDAR concerns for chicken tractor

    I thought I was spoiling my chickens when I purchased cedar to build an Catawba style A frame tractor for my girls. However, before I started building I came accross the BYC bedding material chart which warns against cedar shavings for beddingbecause it can cause respirtory problems (don't want...
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    Brown Comets??

    Thanks all, Good info! I originally wanted barred rocks, but couldn't locate poulets here in NS, so I went with these Comets. I will definately consider getting more of them as chicks down the road, DEFINATELY not from the supplier from which I got these. That's why I was hoping to narrow down...
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    Can anyone define.....

    OK, I know it's a broad topic, but I know I'm not alone here. IOT clear up the very confusing, the mind boggling, the Bermuda triangle of chickens.... the Red Sex Link. Can anyone define the following: 1) All the various names for Red Sex linked chickens, 2)The various combinations...
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    Are these Golden Comet Hens?

    Chickenman76, you caught my attention here with the earlobe/backwards thing? Are you suggesting a RIR roo x'd with a Hampshire (or whatever they throw into the Comet cocktail) hen? What is the earlobe indication? New to chickens and you have me curious as I have 4 suspected "Red Comets". There...
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    What is a comet chicken?

    Cucumber, watermellon and especially apples favourites for mine!
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    Brown Comets??

    Hi all, First photo post for me, slick interface! I recently bought these 4 girls. The owner stated they were 10 month old Brown Comets, which I believe are a Red Sex Link variety made by combining a RIR rooster with a New Hampshire hen correct?? Does this sound right and is that what these are...
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    Red Sex Link? RIR?

    Looks somewhat similar to the 4 hens I recently picked up. The seller touted them as Brown Comets, which I believe is in the Red Sex link variety (RIR mixed with New Hampshire if I recall correctly?). Yours is more slender with more white plumage and smaller wattles so I could be out to lunch...
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    Chickens not laying

    Outstanding! Excellent info thread! Thanks all.
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    Feathers

    I've noticed mine do it occassionally. I think it was just a matter of, "oh look there's something on the ground, guess I'll eat it".
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    Sick Pullets - please HELP!!

    All, Well, Everyone is alive and I everyone seems healthy. The antibiotic and electrolyte worked though it was a lot more work than the needles, which I think I might try next time (if this happens again...). I have been putting the girls outside together and just last night put them all back...
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