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    Bumble foot?

    Thank you so much! I just finished reading the articles and watching the video. I think I can do this! I appreciate your help!!
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    Bumble foot?

    Pullet is 9 months old, eating, drinking and laying as expected. She is active and doesn’t seem to mind me touching her foot pad. Is this bumble foot? These are my first chickens so I’m not confident in my ability to diagnose. Also, if it is, do I let it run its course since it doesn’t seem to...
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    First egg!

    Congratulations!! So exciting!!
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    Feed Analysis Please

    I didn’t know they had the Super Coop in 50 pound bags until a mixup with my latest order. I have only had layers for a few months and would ask for layer feed. The Super Coop was always sold in small, clear bags without a label so I assumed it was more for scratch, not a complete feed. The...
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    Feed Analysis Please

    I am feeding 19 layers only right now that are 6-8 months old. Thanks for replying!
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    Feed Analysis Please

    Opinions on which is best? Both are available at my local feed store. I have been feeding Egg Popper with Super Coop as “scratch.” They have free choice oyster shell and grit available at all times and get a small handful of BSFL when I call them in from free ranging most evenings. They also eat...
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    Yolk Coming From Vent Then Soft Shelled Egg…what should I do?

    I just opened her mouth and popped the tablet in her mouth. I only had Tums at the time so I broke it in half but she swallowed it once I got it in her mouth. As simple as it sounds, it took two of us to get it in her mouth, one holding her in their arms with one hand against the back of her...
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    How to Encourage Nest Box Laying

    I did have trouble getting my pullets to lay in the rollaway as WingItRanch said and I pretty much told the whole story in that post. Since then though, my new layers have mostly taken to the box but I have had a few that were chased out by my established layers and some broodies. The Hen Gear...
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    5 eighteen week old Hens Indiana

    If you don’t mind me asking, why are you rehoming? Any health issues? Feel free to private message me (if that is a thing on here)
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    FIRST EGG!

    Congratulations! So exciting!
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    First eggs! 🥚

    So exciting! Congratulations!!
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    Super excited!!! First egg ever!

    Congratulations!! It is so exciting to find your first egg! My hens started laying almost 2 months ago and I am still excited to collect eggs!
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    2+ week old Lavender Orpington

    I was certain my lavender Orpington from Hoover’s was a cockerel, until she laid her first egg! I was shocked! I’m new to this chicken adventure and had posted pictures here with mixed opinions returning about her gender so it was a total “wait and see” situation. She has been laying for about 3...
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    Finally an egg!

    Congratulations!!
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    Broken eggs under roosting bar new layers

    My lavender Orpington did this for about 5 days…3 eggs dropped and cracked from the roosting bars. It wasn’t always morning either. She was purposely going to “her spot” on the bar in, the middle of the day, to lay an egg. They were her first eggs. I wondered if that was her “comfort” spot since...
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    Tell me it ain’t so!!

    I had a lavender Orpington that I was convinced was a roo. The amazing people on this site were about 50/50 on gender. Waddles and comb both developed early and prominent and behavior had me suspicious. She started laying eggs just last week. Fingers crossed for you to have the same outcome!
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    Chicken tractor/cage ideas

    We made a “hoop” design with cattle panels inside a wooden frame. We covered it with hardware cloth, added a door with a latch and hangers for feed/water. We are going to add wheels but can pull it with the lawn mower with the attached cable. It took a day for three of us to complete. Something...
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    Preserving Your Harvest

    When my jam turns out too thin I just declare it a sauce instead 😂🤷🏼‍♀️ It’s all about the branding! “You should try this blueberry sauce I made on your pancakes!” They never know that it was supposed to be anything different!
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    Yolk Coming From Vent Then Soft Shelled Egg…what should I do?

    Thank you! Do I give her a whole 750 mg?
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    Yolk Coming From Vent Then Soft Shelled Egg…what should I do?

    Hi all! I feel like I’m asking questions every day. I promise to lay off…someday. Not today though! I have what Hoover’s calls a Prairie Blue Bell that is 20 weeks old. She is part of 13 of that age and they are all starting to lay. Tonight, I walked into the run to see what is in the picture...
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