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    Blood spots???

    Our 3 Buff Orps starting molting back in the fall. It was the first molt for them and one actually molted nearly 11 weeks. The other 2 weren't far behind. Then winter set in. No eggs since September so you can imagine how excited I was to see our first egg a few weeks back. Only one of our...
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    Long molting season?

    How long is the usual molting season for chickens? Our biggest Buff Orp, Margo, started the 1st week in September, and is still molting. Is this normal? Our other 2 started about 3 weeks ago. Margo's comb is pale but she is mostly filled in and seems to be acting fine. Edith and Agnes...
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    Molting

    Do all chickens molt? When they do, I know they stop laying, but is there anything special any of you do for your girls to help them in their time of need? :)
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    To Molt or Not to Molt....

    Our BO hens are 17 months old. Recently 2 have gone broody and come out of it just fine. The Head of the bunch never has, yet suddenly stopped laying eggs 3 weeks ago. I thought at first she might be molting. There are feathers around the run and coop but not like there should for a molt (I...
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    No Eggs

    My 3 BO'all stopped laying eggs about 1 week ago. One had gone broody & was put in the Broody Box. The other 2 stopped laying at the same tiime. They have all been back to normal after Edith 's 2 day stay in the Broody Box, but no one is laying. They are eating and drinking well, having a...
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    Need your suggestions!!!

    Just recently took our former (I think) broody out of THE BOX and went to put her back in the run, when our other Buff attacked her right in front of me. Looked like a cock fight!! Once I was able to seperate them (with the help of my hubby) we put Agnes back in THE BOX and had a heart to...
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    What size??

    My BO's are doing the broody thing. I've read so much on this site about this subject that my mind is spinning!!! All info is most appreciated. But the question I have is what size should this broody breaker be? I have 3 girls and one went broody a few weeks ago and another is starting. I...
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    herbs

    What herbs do you all feed your chickens? :/
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    Herbs for chickens

    I have read stories about people giving their chickens fresh herbs for many different reasons or using them in the nesting boxes & coops. However, I haven't seen a thing stated about ground herbs. Will they serve the same purpose? I have aquired a ton of dried ground herbs and have mixed them...
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    straw or pine shavings

    We have had our 3 girls for a year now and I am in the middle of the famous SPRING CLEANING. I have always used pine shavings, but someone suggested to use straw in the nesting boxes, coop and run. I have one girl that insisits on sleeping in a nesting box and then poops in it too. Nothing I...
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    dust bath

    I have 3 Buff Orps. who, shall we say, are a bit "wide". Their butts are the fluffiest things I've ever seen. I want to put in a dust bath for them as they keep digging holes in the dirt now. What size, & what is a good item to use for a dust bath? I have the sand just need a 'container'...
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    Hay or Straw?

    What is better to use, hay or straw? Not to sound stupid, but I always thought they were basically the same thing. Our run is going to muddy soon due to the fact that sooner or later the snow is going to melt (I hope). Any thoughts?:rolleyes:
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    Sleeping Outside of Coop

    A few months back I had a problem with one of my Buff Orps sleeping on the roost outside in the run instead of inside the coop. We took the roost down after I had to pick her up and put her on the roost in the coop at night for 3 days. Our winter has been so bitter cold and snowy that I didn't...
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    How much is enough???

    I am going to start making my own fodder for our girls. We have 3 Buff Orps. I have read several pages of the 'Fodder' thread, and just don't have time to go through all the pages trying to find the answer. How much is enough? I am trying to figure what size containers to use also. Thanks!
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    pale combs

    I have 3 beautiful Buff Orpingtons, Margo, Edith and Agnes. They are all 10 1/2 months old. They are healthy & they eat well. Two of them lay every other day, even in our bitter cold. Margo, the largest hasn't layed yet as far as I know. They love to be petted and show no signs that...
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    Just a coincidence???

    In a previous post I had written for help with chicken behavior. I had seperated 2 of my small flock the day after Christmas and put them in their own pen. The 3 others were in the original run this whole time. Once the aggresser was moved, the others stopped laying eggs. They had slowed...
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    chicken attacked by cell mate

    A few weeks back I had to seperate 2 of our 5 birds. The White Plymouth Rocks are in Cluckatraz. 1 went in 2 weeks before the other. She had been brutal to the Buff Orps, not just pecking order. After removing her, the other seemed to be good until a week and a half ago, then she too became...
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    stopped laying

    3 weeks ago, I removed 1 chicken from my coop/run for being nasty and causing injury to the others. I had been getting 2 to 3 eggs every other day from 5 chickens. The girls completely stopped laying the day I removed the one nasty bird. This past week I had to remove another and send her off...
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    strange habits

    A few weeks ago, I posted a thread about aggressive behavior with one of our white plymouth rocks. I have kept her seperated for 2 1/2 weeks and went to reintroduce her the girls she had been brutal to. Long story short....not only did I NOT return her, I added the other White Plymouth Rock...
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    very aggressive behavior....soup time??

    I recently posted about one of my girls who was missing feathers on her back near her tail. The lady at the feed store said it could be a winter molt starting. A few days passed and nothing more. Just this poor thing who's spot looks bigger, but no wound. Then today when cleaning the girls...
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