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    processing in SLC?

    Anyone know a place I could have 3 or 4 birds processed in Salt Lake City? thanks!
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    anyone seen this before?

    barred rock
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    help! chicken muggers!

    hello. This week, we shifted the power balance in our (mixed) flock drastically. I culled 4 of my oldest hens, and introduced 3 new pullets as soon as the old ones were gone. First several days went fine, but yesterday, my husband looked out and saw that the girls had one of the oldest...
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    anyone seen this before?

    the gal who did the processing has done many hens before and had never seen anything like this, so I don't think this is normal . . .
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    anyone seen this before?

    thanks! that's kind of what we thought, but she hasn't laid an egg in months (like more than 6 months). My friend also found some yolks in her abdomen.
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    anyone seen this before?

    Hi all. I had some hens processed by a friend, and in one of them, she discovered this . . . Has anyone seen something like this before? Can you tell me what it is? thanks so much!
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    timing?

    so, follow-up question. I've got the babies/chicks/newbies in a dog crate. I plan to open it just enough for them to go in and out for a few days before kicking them out and removing it and leaving them on their own with the Big Girls. Do I open the door ASAP after removing the Freezer...
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    timing?

    Hello! We're planning to process some of our dual-purpose hens soon in an effort to rotate our flock (we have limited room and want to maintain egg production). I have some chicks almost ready to join the flock (14 wks old). The chicks are in a big dog crate in the main run, so everyone can...
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    so curious!

    no idea. it was just a pic on the headline banner. there wasn't any other information.
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    so curious!

    I'm hoping someone knows what breed the chicks are on the BYC scrolling headlines--the "Chick Questions? Ask here!" headline. Yellow heads, gray bodies . . . any idea? thanks!
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    no poop?!

    So my mixed flock of a dozen hens (8 are established layers and 4 are new pullets, just starting to lay) aren't leaving piles of poop under their roosts at night . . . perhaps I should just count my blessings, but it makes me wonder. Plenty of poop in the run. Everyone acting fine and eating...
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    help! my girls are on strike!

    So I have 8 laying hens and 4 pullets who haven't started yet. The 8 big girls are all 18 months old. The littles have been in the coop/run with them for a couple of months. I used to get an average of 6 or so eggs a day from the 8 girls. This summer, production dropped off during the heat...
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    reluctant to roost with the big girls

    So I had an established mixed flock of 8 hens. I integrated 4 chicks that are now about 12 weeks old. No one's pecking at anyone anymore, except very occasionally. My chicks, though, are very very reluctant to roost on the actual roosts in the coop. I installed another roost to ensure enough...
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    when to pull the playpen?

    thanks! I opened the door wider today, and the big girls could get in if they want to. When I went out and checked, everyone was in the run, no one in the crate. I'll probably try pulling it out all together this weekend and see how it goes.
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    when to pull the playpen?

    I have 8 girls in my established flock (no roos), and 4 pullets I've been introducing using a dog crate in the main run. After several weeks of hanging out in the crate, I opened the door of it just enough for the little ones to get in and out. They go in and out more and more, and the initial...
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    bald but not broody?

    thanks. She's not ACTING broody, though. She goes in the nest box like she's going to lay an egg, hangs out for an hour, then comes back out. She eats, roosts, poops, and plays in the yard like the other girls. Would it be a nutritional thing if no one else has trouble? I've upped the...
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    roosting?

    I try that every few days. They won't even attempt to hold on, they just fall/flap down to the ground without even grasping.
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    roosting?

    Hi all. I have four new chicks. They're about 6 weeks old. Two of them hop up on the roosts and hang out there, but two don't even attempt it. My last round of chicks were all on the roosts from about a month old on. Do you think these two will get around to it? Or are they just ground...
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    bald but not broody?

    I have an 18mo old cuckoo marans who's plucked her belly totally clean, isn't laying, but isn't broody. She sits in the nest box every other day or so, but doesn't lay anything. She leaves the box after an hour or so. Checked for mites/lice etc, but found nothing. Haven't see anyone plucking...
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    Hen losing feathers on belly

    how did this turn out? I have one doing a similar thing. . .
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