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  1. ChickenMommy

    Thin egg shell

    Quote: Can I give the vitamin supplement in te beak to all my EE chickens...I am not 100% sure which one it is? I am gone in the morning when they usually lay. I already add Apple cider vinegar the water.
  2. ChickenMommy

    Thin egg shell

    I have 1 EE that is laying a very very tin shell. Sometimes it is broken and crushed by te time I get it and when I do get to it before its broken it usually breaks apaprt as I pick it up. All the chickens get free choice oyster shell and no other chicken is having similair issues. All other...
  3. ChickenMommy

    how can you tell if chickens are moulting? **PICS ADDED**

    I just cleaned the coop out, dusting it ALL with DE then putting fresh pine shavings and straw, layering with DE. I also dusted the chickens themsleves with DE. We shall see if it helps. I also got some black oil sunflower seeds for added protien.
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    Moulting or something else? **big PICS**

    I see Blackie pecking herself all the time and haven't seen anyone else pecking her....she is 3rd in the pecking order. I feed them good food, have free choice oyster shell, apple cider vinegar in the water and grit/veggie peels daily as treats. I have put rooster booster no pick on Blackie and...
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    Moulting or something else? **big PICS**

    I don't have a rooster.
  6. ChickenMommy

    Moulting or something else? **big PICS**

    Okay here's Blackie's rearend. Here's Rosie's tummy. Here's Splash's rearend. What does everyone think? Are we moutling? What can I do about Blackie do I need to isolate her? She is picking herself. I dont have a rooster either, so its not from a rooster.
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    how can you tell if chickens are moulting? **PICS ADDED**

    Okay here's Blackie's rearend. Here's Rosie's tummy. Here's Splash's rearend. What does everyone think?
  8. ChickenMommy

    three questions, please...

    Quote: when I did only 1 side on my hens they were still able to fly out over my fence. Only once I clipped BOTH side where they not able to fly out. Funny, chickens are different I guess.
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    how can you tell if chickens are moulting? **PICS ADDED**

    They don't have any bald spots on there head. Several have some feathers missing on there chest area. 1 chicken has bald spots on stomache and missing feathers in the cesta area. Then there's another, Blackie, that has feathers mising in chest area(a few) and a BALD spot on the back that...
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    how can you tell if chickens are moulting? **PICS ADDED**

    I have 1 chicken with a bare back and 1 chicken with bare spots on its chest and stomache area and have a reduced egg production. There are quite a bit of feathers in the coop area as well. My chickens are a little over a year old. Are they moulting? How can you tell if they are?
  11. ChickenMommy

    2 dead chickens- HELP!!

    Yeah, She didn;t examine them at all, she just took them out and placed them in a bag. I was too upset to look at them. I tried and they were very stinky and decomposed already so I couldnt bring myslef to examine them. They were both inside the run attatched to the coop. So something got inside...
  12. ChickenMommy

    2 dead chickens- HELP!!

    Came home from sring break vacation to 2 dead hens. My neughboor was watcing m chickens for me. she always watches them when we go places. She has chickens herself. I am so sad. She says all chickens seemed ok and normal everyday, both times a day she went over. She had to go over twice a day...
  13. ChickenMommy

    THE SWAP THREAD "FEBRUARY"

    I have pure and mixed standard and would like pure in return
  14. ChickenMommy

    how many roosters do i need?

    I currently have 10 hens. I am going to get about 4 more pullets and I want to get a rooster this time too. How many do I need to guarentee fertile eggs. So /I will have a total of 14 hens...I was thinking 2 rooster and my hubby says nope,j ust one. Will there be a problem with having 2...
  15. ChickenMommy

    WANTED- baby chicks in North Texas

    anyone?
  16. ChickenMommy

    WANTED- baby chicks in North Texas

    I am looking to ad 4-6 more chickens to my flock. I would like baby pullets, no eggs and no hens. I think I might want some buff orphins or perhaps some brahmas but not sure. Mainly I am just interested in getting some more. Anyone selling???
  17. ChickenMommy

    chickens breaking loose!

    How did you cut them? Was it hard? How far down do you cut the wings?
  18. ChickenMommy

    chickens breaking loose!

    My Easter Eggers are getting loose. They jump up on the fence and out and don't jump back in. They will come stay by the fence and fuss when it starts to get dark. My RIRs never jump over the fence. I have decided I need to clip the Easter Eggers as we have LOTS of roaming neighboorhood dogs...
  19. ChickenMommy

    black spots on chicken combs and waddles HELP HELP

    Do I need to rub Iodine on the spots? I am pretty sure its the pox. Will they be able to get it agian, or do they only get it once? How long will they have it? How did my chickens get this, I feel so bad for them and I am awfully upset about it.
  20. ChickenMommy

    black spots on chicken combs and waddles HELP HELP

    HELP me please. My chickens have always been healthy and now I notice they have some black spots on their combs and wattles!!! What could this be? Please help me!
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