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    Very Happy Customer !!!

    We recently sold our nine 3 year olds to a client of DW. They are really great people and I told $50.00 would be enough for the group. (I'm really not in this for profit just to have fun, sell some eggs and make people happy). All the girls had just finished molting and were looking great, just...
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    Will They Start Squatting Again?

    We have nine hens that are going to be three years old next month. They have not been laying since last summer. Will they start squatting again if they decide to start laying again come spring?
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    Trying Something New

    We are supposed to have low temps in the single digits for the next sveral days. I was looking at the coop and want to keep proper ventilation but want to keep the snow out. All the vents have 1/2" hardware cloth on them and that woks well. Except for keeping snow out so I covered the vents with...
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    Do hens stop squatting when they stop laying?

    We have nine hens that are nearly three years old. Last May they were moved to another coop to acommodate a new flock. They laid well through summer and then went through a molt that is now finished. None of them have laid an egg in three months. Today it dawned on me that none of them do the...
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    Who has Andalusians?

    This is our first time raising this breed. They are among the most beautiful chickens with great personalities. The question is do they normally lay eggs that are on the smaller side? They are the most prolific of the group but the eggs are medium to small in size. Yes about once a week one of...
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    Clipped until tey stay in!

    Now that this years group is setteling in they keep flying out of the run. We are now clipping wings before they get tossed back in but I did not realize how short feathers need to be trimmed to keep them from flying. Some of them know to go back into the run before they get caught, but anyone...
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    Compliments From The Vet

    Yesterday our Vet came out for annual ranch check and shots. When she finished outside and came in to work on the dogs she saw the chicks and said "Wow they look great how old are 6 or 7 weeks". They are turning 4 weeks old this Sunday. I wanted to use all the great info I've pick up here over...
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    Really Big Egg

    Here's a link to a story in the UK about a chicken that lays some huge eggs.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4318936/Hen-Little-Lil-lays-eggs-the-size-of-grapefruit.html I hope it works:)
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    Great Day At The Co-Op

    Today was customer appreciation day at our local Co-Op. It's 10% of your purchase and at the end of the day there is a drawing for $100.00. I won the $100.00. We spent $200.00 on shavings, chicken feed and scratch and grain for the horse and goat. Now it only cost us $100.00. What a great...
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    Keeping water cold in the heat!

    I've been putting two 1/2gallon plastic juice bottles of ice in the 3 gallon metal water fount that is outside in the run. It will keep the water cool to cold during the worst of the heat(over 100 degreees). I put only one in the fount that is in the coop as it is in the shade. They stay pretty...
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    What could it be?

    I just noticed that one of my Buff Orpingtons is not feeling well. She's breathing a little heavy and just sits on the floor of the coop. Her crop is empty and appears normal otherwise. Not interested in food or water either. If I move her somewhere else she just sits down. What could it be?
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    Will they start to molt?

    Yesterday i had to bring in two of my Red Stars because they were getting pecked on their backs to the point of being bloody. I can handle getting them back to good health, but I can't duplicate their lighting in the basement. They were in the barn where there is a skylight that faces south and...
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    Hydrogen Peroxide vs. Bleach ???

    Does anyone have opinions on using hydrogen peroxide instead or bleach for sanitizing things in the coop like waterers,feeders and surfaces? I read an email a few weeks ago touting the safe sanitizing properties of peroxide. It is safer and more effective at sanitizing and isn't toxic like...
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    Sweet PDZ O.K. in Litter??

    Is it o.k. to use some Sweet PDZ in shavings on the coop floor. The floor is 6x12 feet with 18 pullets. Under the shavings is about 4 inches of 1 inch gravel and heavy clay soil under that. It's always pretty dry in there(as we get NO rain at all lately). My concern was this winter there will be...
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    Scrawny Layers???

    We have 18 pullets that are 26 weeks old. They lay nearly a dozen eggs a day and everybody seems very happy and healthy. When I check vents and handle them they all seem to have very little muscle mass. The keel bone is easy to feel as there isn't much muscle tissue, it's the same with the legs...
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    Hawks In Eastern Colorado

    This is probably a silly question, but lately I have noticed a pair of hawks or Falcons near our property. Although their wing span is impressive their body size is at least half the size of our girls. Would a bird of prey attempt to kill a chicken twice it's size. Thet seem to mostly eat snakes...
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    Is This Normal??

    We have 18 girls that have been very happy and healthy since thet were chicks. At 23 weeks of age most of them are laying very well. One thing I have noticed with their behaviour is that most of them when I reach down to pick them up or pet them or want to move them out of the way to get from...
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    My First Eggs

    We started out with 18 chicks and told the sales person that we only wanted pullets. She said she would do her best to pick them out but we could expect a few cockrels. Well 21 weeks later they are all pullets. That's great, and we did not lose any. They have a coop that is 6 by 12 feet and...
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