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  1. LazyGirl

    Hen with clear bubbles coming out of eyes...weird noises ...help !

    my flock had this this summer. Probably CRD...they had lots of gunk, stopped laying, slowed eating, I treated them with antibiotics, but they get "better" on their own, no one died. It takes a long time, but mine look great...just not all laying yet (after 4 months!)
  2. LazyGirl

    Cures to boost egg production back up?

    A few months ago, my ladies got some chronic respiratory disease that was mild, but caused them to stop laying for a few months. They have since recovered (a few still have occasional sniffles, but can't be treated). They went thru a light molt, then about 1/2 started laying again (finally!)...
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    How long after stress will they lay again?

    it's been at least 2 weeks. I may have thrown them into a molt. My ladies actually look great right now, but there are a lot of feathers laying around. some look fluffy, but the feathers dont pull out. How long do they stop laying to molt? Do some molt and not have bare spots? I was...
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    How long after stress will they lay again?

    I have 30 layers that slowly stopped laying this summer (it was about 9 eggs a day). THEN i introduced 8 layers, THEN a couple got sick (may have been sick before the intro), THEN NO eggs, THEN meds, and so a lot of stress and everyone is better, but no eggs. I also made the mistake of locking...
  5. LazyGirl

    In the olden Days

    digitS' : Quote: Here's what a poultry scientist in 1914 thought people should be feeding their hens for good egg production. A lot of what he has to say still makes good sense. Oregon State University Scholar's Archive (a fairly quickly downloaded pdf file), John Dryden, Feeding for Eggs...
  6. LazyGirl

    In the olden Days

    What grain has the highest protein content? What if you fed wheat, corn, spoiled milk, compost, and free-range?? Do you think that would meet all their needs? Oh, and sunflower seeds, and maybe flax seed?
  7. LazyGirl

    In the olden Days

    Does anyone know what they fed their chickens in the old days? I would like to get back to basics, and our family is trying to eat whole foods, so why not all our animals too? It piqued my curiosity when i saw an oldfashioned feed bag with the ingredients printed on it. It was awesome! It had...
  8. LazyGirl

    Cocci Questions

    Thanks for all the questions and advice. Let me try to answer them: The LAYERS: are free range, with a large wooden coop that they are in only to roost at night and to lay. The ground is dirt, and we haven't been stellar about moving it lately. They have all stopped laying eggs (there are 30)...
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    Cocci Questions

    I haven't wormed any one. Has anyone used organic wormer? My friend uses Shakleys Basic H? I don't even know where to get it. Can worms make them cough? Or just the pink poop? Oh, my flock is between 10-28 mo old.
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    Cocci Questions

    My layer flock has just been diagnosed with cocci...again. We seem to have it in our soil. I'm on the antibiotics in the water, but they aren't drinking it! So far no one seems really sick, just afew coughs, not much eating or any laying. I have 32 birds. Here's my ?? I am pretty much...
  11. LazyGirl

    what age should I introduce chicks to older chickens?

    If you only have 2 older chickens now, they may be able to be introduced much earlier and be protected since the little ones will outnumber the older ones. I only know that this winter i raised 25 chicks in my basement and by January (and 7 mo pg) I couldn't do it any more, so at 12 weeks they...
  12. LazyGirl

    Very Basic Question

    Are we talking a couple weeks, months, what?
  13. LazyGirl

    Very Basic Question

    I have new chicks with mama's. I moved them into a cage in the coop while they are tiny (and the hens are still sitting). When can I let them out with the other chickens? In other words, I am hoping I don't have to house them separately all summer!!!
  14. LazyGirl

    I feel like a new grandma! (AND i need advice!)

    We just got our first baby chick hatched by a hen yesterday! Now I know how all those ladies in the grocery store feel when they insist on showing me pics of their grandkids! I am so excited! Then today I was walking through the bard yard and I heard cheeping. I had been "missing" 3 hens...
  15. LazyGirl

    Problems, Problems, problems

    Thanks coondog I will get some vitamins today. I think we have Flintstones in the cupboard:lol: Just kidding
  16. LazyGirl

    Problems, Problems, problems

    Well, I got my batch processed yesterday. They were 7 weeks, but I was worried I would lose more to leg probs, so I may have jumped the gun. But they were also all on the small size. The biggest ones were only 4 lbs or so. They were mostly 3 lb. So I am convinced it's the feed. I have a 4...
  17. LazyGirl

    8 lbs at 8 weeks????

    What do you feed these broilers?
  18. LazyGirl

    How long will she stay broody?

    I am wondering the exact same thing! My aracauna has been on for about 23 days. 1 egg has been a dud, 1 had a chick that died, and I have no idea the rest (we have 1 roo for 25 ladies). I am wondering how long to let her go, too. I now have 3 broody hens! Aggh! I need eggs! I hope they...
  19. LazyGirl

    Problems, Problems, problems

    I wish I had known about chick-starter. I may try that next time. Also, do most people stick with the same feed the whole 8 weeks for Cornish X/s or do they switch? I've heard both, but since they are only around for 8 weeks, does it matter? I have been talking with an old timer chicken guy...
  20. LazyGirl

    Problems, Problems, problems

    Thanks for all the info. I will definitely cut back. They are allowed exercise, sunshine, and forage. I had to cull the other 4 before they were a month, and we weren't prepared to butcher them. Sorry! I agree with what everyone says. It is all about management, and I thought I was doing...
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