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    drop in egg production

    I have trolled the boards and see a few threads on loss in egg production, but I thought I'd start my own. I have 13 hens and was getting about 12 eggs a day in April, May and most of June, now for the last few weeks I am getting as few as 4 a day. I have one girl who has been broody for about...
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    is she sick or going broody?

    I have 14 hens and last night when I went out to feed the girls one would not move out of a nesting box? They are all about 14 months old bought and raised together, and I have not had any get sick before, thankfully! I entered the coup last night and this one stayed in the box as I fed them...
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    hot weather and eating

    Will hens eat less in hot weather? Or has my increase in table scraps decreased thier interest in the feed? They are eating about 2/3 of the amount of grower than they were 3 weeks ago. It June and 85-90 almost everyday. Their water drinking has not changed. I have seen threads here on this...
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    how much and how often

    so how much should my girls getting fed and how often? I am feeding them twice a day, and basically if the food is gone I feed them more... any guidelines out there, btw they are only 3 days old!!
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    our grisl cme in today... a day early!!

    I ordered our chicks from Mt. Healhy Hatcheries, and they were great! I had set my ship date for today, hoping they would arrive tomorrow or Tuesday. Well they cam today! I have give it to my local post office, the lady there called me directly, she said couldn't stand to think the chicks...
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    what to put in the brooder box

    Alright, my girls are set to ship tomorrow, shoudl be here by Tuesday at the latest, I have the brooder box built(almost comlete, just have to have the top finished up. Then I am ready to put in the liter/bedding. I am finding many posts here that say cedar and pine shaving are bad.... so what...
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    brooders and lights and all that

    I am going to build a simple box to use as my brooder, and I have read here that the best source of heat is lights.... now my chicks will be in my garage, and this March when they arrive the temp can range from the teens at night to 60's in the day, yes good old Indiana weather. My questions is...
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    nesting boxes?

    Anyone build their own nesting boxes? I am planning out my coop and need to keep things as economical as I can, I plan to pretty much build everything after converting my shed into the coop. Any designs or pics appreciated.
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    What feed to have ready for when my chicks arrive?

    We are going to make the plunge this spring (April-ish) on getting our first flock (I had chickens as a kid) and was wondering what feed to have ready when they arrive?
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    I too am a newbie (kind of at least)

    Hello all, First I have truly enjoyed reading all the advice on here for the past couple of weeks while I was lurking be fore I joined. It looks like this is THE site for other backyard flock raising folks! I am a newbie for the most part, when I was a child we raised 6 hens, too roos and 2...
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