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    Labored Breading in Hen please help

    I have a one year old Barred Rock hen that her breathing is labored and she has a runny nose and am not sure what to do. This is a hen that doesn't let you pick her up yet I just picked her up off the floor with no problem. Can someone give me advice please.
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    Production Reds

    Your Red-Sex links sound like mine. I have 4 girls and as soon as I go outside can call the girls they come running. Not a bad feather on their bodies.
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    Just curious? Who names all their chickens and who doesn't?

    We only have 4 chickens so we named ours - Thelma, Louise, Cagney & Lacey
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    Consolidated Kansas

    Glad to find a group of people in Kansas. I presently live in De Soto, KS with my DH 4 dachshunds, 3 red sex-link hens, 1 house cat, 7 cats that adopted us, 6 horses. We own 50 acres 15 minutes west of Ottawa, KS off interstate 35. Everytime I go to our acrage I don't want to go back to the...
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    Kansas Here!! Everyone Speak Up

    I am in a suburb of Kansas City, Kansas called De Soto. Anyone from the Kansas City and surround areas speak up. Lets see what is going on in the area.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    I have gotten 3 eggs out of my 3 red Sex-linked hens everyday for the last 2 weeks. The tempature here has been in the low to mid teens so the weather isn't really bothering them. MOM to 3 red sex link hens, 4 dachshunds, 7 cats, 6 horses and the most wonderful DH in the world
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    Blood on egg

    Thanks for your help.....I am fairly new at keeping chickens and like all new moms I worry about my girls and when I see blood I start to worry. I appreciate both of your quick responses. Very much appreciated. Gail in Kansas
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    Blood on egg

    There was no signs of blood on the first few eggs she was laying. Then yesterday I saw a slight trace of blood on her egg which was smaller than todays. She started out with a egg 2.50 then 2.53, 2.65, 2.68, missed 2 days then 2.70 and today 2.79. Here eggs are getting larger and larger. Don't...
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    Blood on egg

    I have a 8 month old red sex-link hen that just started laying eggs a week ago. The first egg was 2.50 and now it is up to 2.79 oz. I noticed yesterday a slight blood stain on the egg and then this morning there was more blood on the egg. I am worried about her bleeding on the egg is this...
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    Blood on egg

    I have a 8 month old red sex-link hen that just started laying eggs a week ago. The first egg was 2.50 and now it is up to 2.79 oz. I noticed yesterday a slight blood stain on the egg and then this morning there was more blood on the egg. I am worried about her bleeding on the egg is this...
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    I got a "JUMBO" egg today

    My little girl is 7 months old and the last of my 3 red sex-link girls to lay. She (Thelma) is larger than the other two but not huge. Tuesday was the first day she laid the huge egg and it weighed 2.50, Wednesday another huge egg weighed in at 2.53 and today yet another one it weighed in at...
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    i finally had to give in and get a heat lamp for the chickens!!!

    I have 3 red sex-link hens. They are my girls and I make it comfortable for them. It's around 11 degrees here during the night. I had my husband install a heat lamp for them. It is screwed into the top of the coop so that it will not catch fire and has a wire shield on it so that they will not...
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    I got a "JUMBO" egg today

    I have 3 red sex-link hens that are 7 months old. I have been getting 2 eggs that are between medium and large size eggs for several months now. But this morning I received a "JUMBO" weighing in at 2.51 oz. That was just huge compared to my girls other eggs. It almost liked like it doubled in...
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    What did you feed your chickens today?

    Mine 3 girls always have their 16% feed, plus today I got them some goodies in the discount bin while I was grocery shopping. They have enough Kale, Chineese cabbage, pear, apple, orange, leeks, red lettuce, and tomatoes to last them through the week-end. It only cost me $3.00 for a weeks worth...
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    Do You Love Your Winter Waterer?

    I justed a plastic dog bowl and a bird bath heater for our chickens. It worked perfect for the birds so I tried it with the chickens and it worked out just fine. Here in Kansas it worked
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    Hen not laying in nesting box

    Thanks for the advice Laura that makes perfect sense. I do appreciate your help Thanks Gail
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    Hen not laying in nesting box

    I have a red sexlink hen that will not lay in her nesting box. My DH made them the correct size and they are fluffy with bedding I put in shavings and yes I even have golf balls one each in there nesting box's. All she wants to do is go under the gas meter and lay her eggs where there is ground...
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    Woo-hoo!!!!

    Yewwwwwwwwww Hawwwwwwwww I had my first 2 eggs Oct 08 on my daughters birthday. What a surprise I have eggs so now I keep going outside to check to see if I can find any others in the grass. They are not using the nesting box's yet what am I doing wrong?
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    Woo-hoo!!!!

    Yewwwwwwwwww Hawwwwwwwww I had my first 2 eggs Oct 08 on my daughters birthday. What a surprise I have eggs so now I keep going outside to check to see if I can find any others in the grass. They are not using the nesting box's yet what am I doing wrong?
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    On October 8th that is actually my oldest daughters birthday we were presented with 2 eggs from 2 of my 4 red sex link chickens. They are actually almost 23 weeks old. It took me by surprise they did not lay the eggs in the nice chicken coop and laying box's that my DH made for them but rather...
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