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    Need some advice on when D'Uccles begin to start laying again in Spring

    Oh wow I didnt realize oatmeal was bad for chickens? Well i will stop that immediately. Thanks for the info on that one.
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    Need some advice on when D'Uccles begin to start laying again in Spring

    Hey everyone, need some advice! I have 3 Ameraucanas (quite old) 3 Golden Fleece Wyandottes and 4 beautiful Mille Fleur D'Uccles. The Wyandottes and D'Uccles are roughly the same age at 10 months old. In 2023 both breeds laid prolifically once they matured enough, and my D'Uccles lay up until...
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    Have you ever had a chicken stop laying permanently?

    Yes chickens will stop laying after/during the time they moult, and they stop during the winter months due to lack of sunlight unless you place a light bulb in the coop for artificial lighting. Super normal for this to happen. Mine usually start back up in February. What shouldnt be happening is...
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    Have you ever had a chicken stop laying permanently?

    OOOOOooooo that gives us some hope then!! :fl As of right now my 3 year old girls have not been laying for an entire year. They stopped at 2 years after laying a couple weeks in the Spring (no less!), and roughly at the same time too! And so for their entire 2nd year they produced no eggs, so am...
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    Have you ever had a chicken stop laying permanently?

    Im so glad I found this thread as I was about to create one regarding this issue. I have 2 Blue Copper Maran girls I purchased 2 years ago. They were both EXCELLENT layers! my best actually! They started to lay at the normal age (6-9 month? whenever Spring was around that age timeframe) and they...
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    Looking for possible cause of death for Mathilda

    Now a wish I had the confidence to do the necropsy. I think if this ever happens again, I will definitely do that. Im also going to get a large net to try and catch the girls to get them used to being handled. Ive tried so hard to tame them, ever since the day I got them, but Im seeing that not...
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    Looking for possible cause of death for Mathilda

    Hi, thanks for the response. I spend lots of time with my girls. I got them when they were 7-8 weeks old and can hand feed 1 one them. They run up to me no problem but wont get too close except my one girl. If I try to pick them up they run screaming and fly. Literally impossible to catch, and I...
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    Looking for possible cause of death for Mathilda

    Hi, my sweet Blue Ameracauna, Mathilda just passed away yesterday I have been absolutely plagued with trying to suss out what might have been the cause so that I can maybe know what to do, God forbid, it happens again to one of my 4 remaining girls... I know folks on here are super...
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    Blue Ameraucana thread!

    Hey sjbtigger19 if you are looking for started pullets that are blue ameraucanas then go to http://www.chickenfanatics.com The lady is named Rinda and is really nice and totally helped me with buying pullets from her. She was great at sexing them too. I got 5 girls out of 6 (1 accidental Roo...
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    Blue Ameraucana thread!

    Hi!! I have 5 girls and a roo from the same line. I got mine from a breeder in OK. Mine are really nice and not EEs you definitely have Ameraucanas if they are Paul Smith lines. My roo has an amazing temperment as well! All girls started laying early this year and all eggs range from robin egg...
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    Blue Ameraucana thread!

    Hi!! Guess what? I did just that . I went online and researched it when the woman taking him, who lives 3 houses down from me, mentioned about hearing something about how to make roosters not crow. She had no idea what it was but said she came across some roos that didnt really crow much at...
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    At what age do cockerels mature and start crowing?

    My beautiful blue Ameraucana boy 'Manfred' just crowed his first time at 26 weeks!! He only crows 3-5 times in the morning when my husband feeds them and then goes to work before sunrise and then he is silent for the rest of the day. He has not tried to mount the girls yet and is the biggest...
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    Blue Ameraucana thread!

    Ya know what, I really want to keep him long enough to breed with some of my girls!! But my girls arent laying yet.... I dont reckon they will lay till Spring now since we are at the darkest time of year. They too, are 6 month old. Even though I am only allowed 6 hens, I know that many more in...
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    Blue Ameraucana thread!

    :hit So I am super sad today!!! My beloved girl Kunigunde, is actually Manfred. I have 6 "girls" that are 6 month old and my friendliest one was Kunigunde!! She (now he) would eat from my hand and be the 1st to greet me each day!!! Well about a month ago, she started developing hackles and...
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    Blue Ameraucana thread!

    Beautiful Roo!!!! How old is he in this photo?
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