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    What are we?

    Thanks! I had no idea where to even start guessing. Up until 2 weeks ago my flock was all barred rock hens...now I have 6 mystery chicks that he picked up as well as 2 blue, 1 black, and 1 wheaten maran, 2 buff orps and 4 TSC grab baggers that I picked up same day. Um....lack of communication...
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    What are we?

    The hubby stopped at a farm and brought home some chicks. Of course he didnt remember what the guy told him they were. SO, any guesses? The brown one has a beautiful reddish brown patch of feathers coming in on the back of the neck and the white one is looking rooish...
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    Frostbit starved and dehydrated my chickens are dying need help

    My hens stopped laying in November and I didnt want to put artificial lighting in the coop and force them to lay. . They are under a year old and were healthy and I had read and was also told here that unless i put artificial lighting in the coop egg laying would slow and it did once in awhile I...
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    Frostbit starved and dehydrated my chickens are dying need help

    This was the first time I had to go out of town for work. Conflicting schedules made it so that my husband was also out of town. We had to get three different people to care for our animals-1 family member for the dogs and cats, 1 friend for the iguana, and another friend for the chickens...
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    Frostbit starved and dehydrated my chickens are dying need help

    I'm boiling eggs now for a protein boost got the yogurt ready too I had twenty one healthy fat chickens a week ago now I'm down to seventeen skinny miserable skeleton birds I'm pretty sure three of them are beyond help those three are now in the heated garage in seperate cages keep your fingers...
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    Frostbit starved and dehydrated my chickens are dying need help

    Long story short went out of town for a week for work my chicken sitter had a death in the family didnt care for my flock I come home to five of my babies dead the rest of the flock is doing really bad combs almost all gone very lethargic wings droopy and thier feathers above thier tail feathers...
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    signs of egg eating

    I discovered that I had an egg eater when I noticed yolk on the bottom of the nest boxes. I found somewhere on here where it said to put a wooden egg in the nest boxes...if they can't crack it open, they stop trying. Worked like a charm I've had no yolk in the boxes since! Keep in mind that...
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    Seasons and onset of egglaying

    My girls started laying around 19 weeks old...I was worried at first cause it seemed early but it wasnt like I could stop them or anything. I have 21 BR and 1 Leghorn pullet, and 1 Leghorn Roo. My BR roo's were big meanies and went to freezer camp. My Leghorn pullet didnt start laying until...
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    Seasons and onset of egglaying

    My BR, which are now 5 months old, have pretty much stopped laying. I've went from 18-20 eggs a day down to MAYBE 4 on a good day. I was expecting a slow down in egg productions though, but before I bought BR I did some research and they were known as a hardy breed that would lay through the...
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    Can I feed my girls dried shrimp?

    I'm not sure if I want to put it in my freezer lol Its pretty stinky. But the case is 12 sealed cannisters, with an expiration date of next year. With 26 chickens, even feeding as a treat, I shouldnt need to freeze it. Thanks for assuring me that its safe for my girls. I'm pretty careful...
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    Can I feed my girls dried shrimp?

    Recently a friend of mine brought me a case of dried shrimp and mealworm mixed together. He works at a place that produces pet food products, and they get discounts on pet food, and they had a surplus of this product and he got it at a really good price. He brought them to me for my iguana...
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    Can I feed layers cracked corn only?

    I learned the hard way when it came to cracked corn. I started mixing it in with their layer pellets, about half and half. A few days after that, my chickens started cracking and eating their eggs!! I switched back to strictly layer pellets, and supplement their diet with garden scraps. I...
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    The Weather Is Brutally Hot, What Can We Do To Help Chickens?!?!?

    I fill 2-liter and milk jugs up with water, freeze them, then set them up all over the coop. My hens "snuggle" with the frozen bottles. You can also wet down the outside run often, that helps keep it cool too.
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    Overheated Chicken

    I fill milk jugs and 2liters with water and freeze them, then put them in the coop. It really helps to keep my girls cooled off. I have a 8'x8' coop, so I put 5-6 in, and they usually stick around them. It like coop air conditioning. If you are just trying to cool down one, try filling a big...
  18. Duchessk75

    is my rooster a bully?

    I'm having the same problem with my 17 week old BR's. I have 3 roo's and 23 pullets. The roo's are being absolutely horrible to the girls. If one jumps on a pullet, the other two rush over and before you know it, the poor girl is getting pulled at and plucked by all three of them. I had to...
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    Jeez...I think my chickens are early bloomers!!

    Thanks! I had to call everyone I know. You would think I laid the egg myself LOL
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    Jeez...I think my chickens are early bloomers!!

    So, the plan for the weekend was to put the finishing touches on the nest boxes for the coop. My 23 BR pullets will be turning 18 weeks old on Monday. Here we are thinking we have PLENTY of time until the girls start laying......Yeah right, like the girls actually stuck to the "normal" egg...
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