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    4x8 coop issues with roosting and laying space

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    Feathers won't grow back

    Thank you so much!!
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    Feathers won't grow back

    Hi! The roos are a bit aggressive but no other hen is missing so many feathers - their feathers grow back. My hen Sunshine seems unable to grow back feathers after the mating issues of losing feathers. I put the bluekote on and yet the skin seems just leathery and no feathers... on her back and...
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    What do y'all think?

    I had exactly the same problem and solution. We have 19 hens. Laying 3 eggs or 0 for days. I had to mix in good expensive stuff to get them to lay again. I thought adding light fixed it. Then I turned off the light and got local feed mill feed. Girls were laying lots even when super cold after...
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    What do y'all think?

    Yah... it can be the feed. We can prove it by changing feed and the problem is gone. Not all backyard farmers are wrong. For people to actually all talk about it - it isn't business as usual. It is something significant and unusual.
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    What do y'all think?

    Supposedly, and with 2 months of experience I agree, some feed was causing chickens not to lay. I personally no longer buy Producer's Pride, made by Purina, from Tractor Supply. I buy from a local feed mill, now. With research, you can see this is across brands - not just isolated.
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    Ended Guess When BYC Will Reach 480,000 Members!

    You have a lot of members! More and more people are raising chickens and need your help and encouragement. Way to go!!
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    I got this book for Christmas! I loved the in-depth insight into the lives of chickens!

    It was pretty insightful. I found out that my chickens name me! LOL I believe that I am "uh uh ohhh" in chicken language.
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    Hello!

    Thank you! I am enjoying all the coop design photos, and articles people have written.
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    Hello!

    You are so right! I am interested in gardening and homesteading, so there are more topics as an extension to chickens!
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    Hello!

    Thank you! I always learn so much when I'm here. I bookmarked it now, so plan to be back regularly!
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    Hello!

    Thank you for this. I will print it. Do the eggs taste "pickled"?
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    Hello!

    Hi! The eggs have bloom and can sit on the counter without frig, but I don't know what waterglass means. Would you be so kind as to explain that?
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    Hello!

    Thank you so much!
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    Hello!

    Hello! We are in Kentucky!
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