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  1. TheWolfRaven

    I woke up to the worst thing this morning...

    All three of my beautiful chooks were gone this morning. Door open and feathers everywhere. They were just three years old, and I’d hand raised them from babies. They were all so sweet- they come to their names and cluck at me for treats. Recently they survived a massive 60+ year old coral...
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    Chook not going up to roost

    I have 3 Australorp girls, about 2-3 years old, getting eggs every other day from each of them (except 1 who is late moulting). Had them since they were a couple weeks old, and they're all real sweet. Usually they're up and about between 4-5am every morning, and they'll go to bed around 5-6...
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    Early risers? What time 'should' a chicken be waking up in the morning?

    Thanks :) Someone told me something was wrong with my girls because they didn't lay in the morning- I shook it off because they're all happy, healthy girls.
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    Early risers? What time 'should' a chicken be waking up in the morning?

    I've just realised that I've got a security camera pointed straight at my chicken coop (only took me three years of staring down at the footage to realise that!) and on having a flick through my footage, I've seen some really... odd behaviour. My girls are in a predator proof 2mx2m run as well...
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    Small white grains in poop?

    *update The day after I found this I found nothing like it ever again. I had them in the laundry for a while as the coop had been flooded in the rain- all poop was fine, save one that was runny. Never did figure it out- no mites, and no more signs that it was worms. Might have been maggots or...
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    Small white grains in poop?

    No... I threw them out after I snapped the picture.
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    Small white grains in poop?

    They're all very even, rectangular and white. Like miniture grains of rice
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    Small white grains in poop?

    What are they? Are they harmful? What can I do to prevent them? I found them whilst cleaning out chicken poop today. All chickens are fine and all still laying eggs.
  9. TheWolfRaven

    Scabbing on comb- what is it?

    Just a quick update- my chickens were vaccinated against fowl pox, so I have ruled that out.
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    Scabbing on comb- what is it?

    Noticed this on one hen. 24 week old Australorp. Not yet laying. Raised bump. Two noticeable ones. Top of comb seems to be chalky white- appears flakey. I cannot for the life of me catch this one hen- and it stresses her greatly to do so and would rather (for both our sakes) not have to unless...
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    Australorp sexing

    I can confirm hen! Found this little beaut this morning!
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    Egg-celent news!

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    Egg-celent news!

    First egg today! So happy. Was jumping up and down when I saw it. And here's the problem- it wasn't in the coop. It was in the corner of their run (and under the coop- had to crawl my way to it. Yesterday I had a hunch, so I removed the boards blocking off the nest boxes (as they had taken to...
  14. TheWolfRaven

    Australorp sexing

    All of chicken #2 'Omellete' again. Approx 24 weeks. Still no crowing... Actually, I've been hearing what appear to be the 'egg song', but no eggs as of yet *sigh*
  15. TheWolfRaven

    Shell Grit - how much is too much?

    It is fixed up so they can't knock it- I know one hen in particular seems to enjoy 'digging' through it with her beak but they all seem to pick it up off the ground- I can't find any trace of it in the morning. It's beach-shell grit, it's supposed to be a mix of soluble and insoluble grit
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    Shell Grit - how much is too much?

    I have three lovely 16-18 week old Australorp girls who I've just started on shell grit. I'll put a scoop (probably 3/4 a cup) of grit in a seperate hanging container I have for them, and usually by the end of the day it's all gone. I've been filling it up daily and I'm concerned that im...
  17. TheWolfRaven

    Yeck. Grain mites!

    ...(most still being around the oat bran) but I still find a few dozen crawling around who seem to be replaced the second they're killed of *sigh* That sure taught me. Half a kilo of my precious mealworms in the bin. Literally. Poor chickies will have to go a few days without any mealworms...
  18. TheWolfRaven

    Australorp sexing

    Close to lay already? I've heard this breed comes into lay 28-30 weeks. I have them all on grower at them moment, should I be giving them layer feed now? Or offering them shell grit? I've heard shell grit can hurt development at an early age, I was thinking of starting on grit in a week or...
  19. TheWolfRaven

    Australorp sexing

    Phew! I'd hate to have to get rid of anyone, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
  20. TheWolfRaven

    Australorp sexing

    All of chicken No. 2
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