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  1. rosemarythyme

    First Winter with Chickens - Vent Too Big?

    You'd need to stand in the coop and actually test the airflow to see if it's an issue. But considering the chickens would most likely be outside most of the day, and assuming you close the pop door at night (and if you don't that's an easy solution) any draft issue during daylight hours...
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    2 Soft Shell Eggs in a Row?!

    That information tells me Agnes doesn't have the sense to intake enough calcium on her own, but that layer feed at roughly 4% does provides enough calcium to meet her needs. If you don't mind feeding layer feed then that's your solution. You can always switch to an all flock during winter...
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    First Winter With Chickens, What To Do?

    How cold exactly does it get, and how stormy/windy? I think a lot of folks overwinterize (which then leads to ventilation issues) when they're not faced with conditions that need it. Except for the very rare, once-every-few-years sideways sleet type storm, I don't close any vents or wrap the...
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    First Winter with Chickens - Vent Too Big?

    I'd think about hinging a piece of wood over it and propping it open, so ventilation stays open but drafts get buffered. Sort of like this: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/the-coop-is-done-now-for-the-run.1381538/ Or tack on furnace/HVAC filter baffles...
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    Any idea what breed this dog is? (Image included)

    Maybe Dane and Lab? That's gonna be one big dog when it grows up!
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    No Eggs!

    OP how old are the birds?
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    Hens not returning to coop

    x2. How small is small? That could very well be the reason, especially if it was in need of cleaning + it's also poorly ventilated (which is often an issue with smaller coops) which makes it even less appealing.
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    What am I doing wrong? No eggs

    What parasites or worms do they have? You cannot treat preemptively for something that isn't there, plus depending on what you're treating with, there may be an egg withdrawal period as well. My guess is possibly between heat of summer and various stressors (multiple changes in feed, change...
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    Build Coop or Ask Town Permission First?

    Worst case scenario if you build first and then try to get the permit after you might be ordered to tear down what you've built (as an unpermitted addition) so personally I'd get the permit first.
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    What’s up with this egg?

    Sounds about right. Eggs from new layers can have all sorts of weird glitches, and even with regular layers I've gotten some bloody eggs like this (which is why it's best to open eggs into a cup one at a time, instead of directly into a mixing bowl). I'd chalk this up to a one off unless it...
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    HENS NOT LAYING AT 24-26 WEEKS OLD

    Worrying won't make them lay sooner. You may get a couple birds laying sooner rather than later, but the others may no lay until after solstice when day length starts increasing again.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I wouldn't vet wrap as that potentially could become a hiding spot for mites. Better to take sandpaper to it (if needed) and roughen up the surface to create more grip that way.
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    Topic of the Week - Chickens and Fall Leaves

    I don't have geese so can't answer on geese, but in general chickens won't eat tree leaves (I say in general because mine do eat tender young willow leaves, and there's a willow tree over their run). Dried oak leaves should be safe for chickens, I know they're poisonous if consumed but again...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Roosts very rarely get soiled since chickens don't poop towards their feet. Is the PVC roughened up so it's not slippery?
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Same, every windstorm is an outage risk. The line to our house is buried but everything else is above ground, and with trees everywhere it's not uncommon for big clumps in my area to get knocked out. We only have a generator because my in laws were upgrading so they had it brought over and had...
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    Reintegrating a healed bird!

    Is there plenty of hiding spaces and multiple feed options in the run, so she can get some distance from the others? I've never had an issue simply releasing a bird that's been kept in sight of the others, but I also have plenty of space and clutter so the newly released bird has options if the...
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    Chicks won't go into coop

    Quite a few articles about early integration: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/integrating-new-birds-at-4-weeks-old.72603/ https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/reasons-for-tossing-out-your-indoor-brooder-and-start-raising-your-chicks-outdoors.71995/...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Everyone around here has loud ones. Walking around during the power outage you can hear them all rumbling away.
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    Red mite

    Elemental sulfur is supposed to work on mites as well though it's more of a gradual effect, not instant kill. But with ongoing issues a long term solution might be the way to go.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    We had flickering throughout the night but got lucky, no power loss and relatively few branches down. Area across the street showed up as a big red blob on the outage map and we could hear generators in the distance. There was a tree diagonally leaning over a roadway on the way to lunch but by...
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