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  1. chickenthyme

    What to do......

    I have one Australorp that is now over 3 years old. She's never been a good egg layer but continue to thrive. She's always had a big breast (crop?). Little Miss Buxom! ;) She, for a good part of time, it has been hard to get around with all that going on in the front but probably in the last...
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    What to do with Omlet Run?

    I got my first batch of chicken in the fall of 2017. Bought an Omlet run because I thought it would be the easiest way to construct a run although it ended up 4 people putting it together. It's worked fairly well until this past year. All of a sudden I have wild bird flying in to get the...
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    Update on Olive Egger Dot

    Actually since it seems like it's warmed up quite a bit this afternoon, I cut a slice of watermelon up and she and the rest have been digging in. She seems a bit better. I've been busy trying to give the coop a good clean. What a job!! :eek: Part way done. I have not checked her mouth yet...
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    Update on Olive Egger Dot

    Was in the 70's yesterday and about the same today so not overly hot. Electrolytes might help if she'll drink. Just took strawberry tops out and she just watched as the others devoured them. My bad. I've never wormed my girls. :rolleyes:
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    Update on Olive Egger Dot

    I had posted a while back ago about her and that she had been only laying small eggs (like fairy sized) for months now. She has seemed fine doing all the normal chicken things other than laying normal sized eggs. She's a little over 2 years old and was one of my first girls to lay eggs. BUT as...
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    What’s Going On?

    I have a small flock of 5 hens that are just over 2 years. My Olive Egger originally was a great egg layer but after she molted last fall and took a break from laying, she finally started laying again but it’s been infrequent and for the most part, they are just the fairy egg size. Other two...
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    When do the eggs start coming again?

    Boy, what a long dry spell. Out of 5 chickens, only one is laying and that tends to be one every other day. Another one quit laying quite a while ago, seemed to lose a few feathers. Feathers have come back but no eggs. The other three have molted and grown back their feathers and yet no eggs...
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    Molting and egg production

    Well I have my two Easter Eggers that are molting and of course, not producing eggs plus I have an Olive egger that's been on hiatus for quite a while. She didn't do a severe molt but she's still not laying. Girls are about 19 months. Hubby thinks I should move on and get rid of these and get...
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    Coop Door

    Oh sorry about inside shot. Yes, the automatic door goes inside the wall behind the nesting boxes which is why it was a pain and a half to get into it to fix it because those nesting boxes is all one piece and would take 2 people to take it off to get to the dumb electrical part of it to fix it...
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    Coop Door

    Left picture is outside view and right picture is inside.
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    Coop Door

    Well I've limped along for quite a while with a broken automatic door. Hardly had it a month and had to fix it twice which meant taking the grouping of 3 nest boxes down off the wall to get to it. 😡 Second time it broke I was really through with it but one of the other things I noticed is that...
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    Plastic for Run

    I know I asked this question last year but here I am again. Last year I bought transparent tarps from Grainger. I liked that they were actually transparent but that's where it stopped. SUPER heavy duty but to the point I could NOT manage it by myself and even was a super job with my husband...
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    How long do chickens lay eggs?

    I've half thought of adding more chickens but not sure I want to go through the process. Guess the worst part was stage of build up and then adding them to the flock. :rolleyes:
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    How long do chickens lay eggs?

    Well good to know. Her last several eggs started to be more oval than egg shaped and a couple of those fairy eggs thrown in the mix. She seems to be acting normal so guess I just need to be patient. :hmm
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    How long do chickens lay eggs?

    I have a Sapphire Olive Egger that was a year the end of March of this year. She was one of the first to start laying eggs but seems like she's practically slowed down to nothing. Any thoughts or information? Also have a australorp I thought wasn't never going to lay eggs and she finally did...
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    Purina Organic Chicken Crumbles

    I probably will although it'll be tough since I've opened the bag and trying to get it there and not spill it. :rolleyes:
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    Purina Organic Chicken Crumbles

    Has anyone else had this issue? I just opened a bag tonight to mix up feed for the girls in the morning. Ewwww!! :sick Definitely had a weird smell to it! Kind of like a chemical smell. I can't see giving this to my girls in the morning. I don't usually use Purina feed but an organic feed from...
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    Lethargic Girl

    Sad that it happened and I wasn't able to help. Lost her Saturday evening or early Sunday morning. :(
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    Possibly eggbound hen? Help!

    Thanks for your input. I think my little girl was a bit underweight. Didn't check for an egg. Maybe I should have but I kept thinking I'd feel it on the outside somewhere. Maybe not. Doesn't matter now as I lost her Saturday night or early Sunday morning. I'm very sad I couldn't figure out...
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    Possibly eggbound hen? Help!

    Hope your girl is ok! I've got one too that I'm concerned with similarly. She wouldn't roost tonight. I put her up there and she ended up falling off. :( Brought her into our front garage that has heated floors and she's just standing there in the middle of the tote (has straw on the bottom...
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