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    Did My Pullets Mature Too Early?

    I have had hens for 2 years now but only started out with 8 and 3 of them died so I needed to add to them to get enough eggs to share with my grandkids. Got 6 "red pullets" from TSC first week of March. From looking at pictures on the internet, they seem to be red sexlinks. They looked less...
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    My hens look Awful - Advice Needed

    They are about 1 1/2 years old and molting for the first time. Plus there are a couple of them that evidently have been pecked on the roost at night and have had bald butts for a long time now. One of the hens lost mega feathers this week within hours - looked like a chicken fight with layers...
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    Brooding Hen

    I only have 6 hens and no rooster so fertile eggs are not possible. She is just dreaming.
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    Brooding Hen

    I have one hen, about 18 months old, that has decided to sit the nest all day long. Now I know that is not totally uncommon, but do I need to try to stop it. Dont have a clue how I would. My concern is that it is over a hundred degrees here in Texas and it is probably hotter than that in her...
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    Egg with no shell

    I had some pullets that were going on 8 months old and had not laid a single egg. I only have 7 chickens and 5 were laying, it was the 2 that werent. About 2 months ago, I started getting a gel looking egg laid off the roost every morning for about 7-8 days and thought it was really becoming...
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    She sure fooled me! A freeloader for almost 44 weeks FINALLY lays an egg.

    I have 2 RIR pullets that are now 10 months old that have just begun laying in the last 2 weeks. I had given up on them.
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    How do I increase my chicken's protein?

    About a month ago my chickens looked the same way, bald butts. I started feeding Purina Flockraiser with free choice oyster shell and they are almost grown back in now. And for 7 chickens they get 4oz of scratch grain each morning scattered on their run floor.
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    more eggs than hens

    Since I am a horse person - "Dont look a gift horse in the mouth" means literally that. There have been cases over the years that someone gave someone a horse they did not want to take care of and that horse in the hands of this new person went on to win - some competition or other. And since...
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    Alfalfa Pellets

    I have a problem with one of my hens getting her bottom pecked and have been told on another post to up the protein as a possible fix. They are currently eating Purina Layena and I have read that this feed can sometimes cause chickens to start pecking since it is not a meat based feed. I am...
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    Raw Butt

    I hate to argue with your answer since I did ask for help but am really just still looking for info. I am a new chicken owner. I looked up Flockraiser after seeing your suggestion and it says to feed until laying age around 18 weeks. All 7 of my chickens are of laying age. They have only...
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    Chickens have red bottoms and no feathers!!!!!!!

    Now this is post #3 tonight of this same problem. Wonder what the deal with that is? I think I will try changing feed. I use Purina Layena which is vegetable based rather than meat based and I think I read somewhere that could cause pecking among the birds. I used to feed Dumor laying and...
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    Mysterious Feather Loss....

    Your question is basically the same as mine except I only have 1 hen out of 7 that is missing tail/butt feathers. I have received no answers. I have not seen anybody pecking anybody else and I dont have a heat lamp at night while on the roost. Something to try is the flock block but I...
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    Raw Butt

    I noticed this morning that my best laying hen has no feathers on her butt. She is one of 7 hens that I have that were born around the 1st week of March 2011. This baldness is about 2" below her vent and travels down toward the underbelly. Otherwise she seems fine. I assume she is being...
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    What Can I Do?

    Thank you for the responses. I am now seeing a soft empty shell under the roost now every morning this week. I am still getting at least 4 eggs per day out of the 8 and since I have not seen 2 of them ever go any where near the nest box, I think only 6 are laying. Maybe the 2 that I dont...
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    What Can I Do?

    Ok, someone is consistantly laying a rubber coated egg..... I find one UNDER the roost for the last 2 weeks every other morning. Details of their management - 8 hens born around March 1 6 of them have been laying since mid July AND on the nest 2 of them have not however they may be the...
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    8 month RIR Still Not Laying!!!

    I got 3 RIR's on March 22 that the individual (I dont really know if they were the breeder or not) said were 3-4 weeks old. 2 of them started laying about 6 weeks ago and 1 still has not and doesnt show any sign either. She has an undeveloped pale looking comb and no wattles. She does seem...
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    How to feed a sick chicken please help!

    I am so sorry. I know it is hard. I was going to say tho for future reference, I fed a little chick back in May that was sick and I had a little long handled baby spoon left over from my babies (now grown) that I used to feed her. I made a mush of her grower feed and would put a little on the...
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    Orange Yolk Eggs

    I get about 5 eggs a day and while they are very good to eat, I'm somewhat of a perfectionist and when I see others have orange yolks, I want them too. I see this almost daily on Martha Stewart's show (she said she has about 200 chickens) during her cooking segments so I guess I should ask her...
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    Ok really! WHO IS SICK OF IT?! ~UPDATED!~

    Yep, I know what you mean. I have 8 chickens I got on March 22, they were supposed to be 4 weeks old. Well, 5 of them have been laying for about a month now and the rest are still just eating and playing but no working. And the neighbors sort of insinuate that I dont care for them properly...
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    The Smell...THE SMELL!!

    And I do use Dumor brand layer feed. The only other choice I have found in this area is Purina and I thought I didnt want that because there is no meat in it. Is that right?
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