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    Poultry show in Marin County California in September???

    I began with 7 baby chicks and raised them to adulthood 3 years ago. I have lost 3 now, and the remaining 4 chickens in my spacious and lovely coop and runs look lonely. I'd like to bring home another 5 or so to join my girls, so am looking for a poultry show, I think (I've never been) to get...
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    My Buff Orpington is sick but not too sick to die!

    About January of this year, my favorite chicken, a 1.5 year old Buff Orpington started laying shell-less eggs. I can't count the number of trips to the vet or amounts of antibiotics she's taken. She was my favorite hen and I tried to help her get well. The vet drained her to get the rest of egg...
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    I'm About To Give Up My Flock!

    I have 6 hens of varying breeds for almost 2 years. Everything was fine, except for one girl, the first year. This past year, however, has been a nightmare! Somebody is sick all the time! I have literally spent thousands of dollars in medications, special vitamins and treats and, of course...
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    How can I STOP my hen from laying?

    I have a 2.5 year old Buff Orpington that has developed Egg Yolk Peritonitis. She has been drained a few times and is on antibiotics. She was a normal egg layer for the first year, but then she began laying internally and has had a number of shell-less eggs. The eggs began to back up until she...
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    Do chickens like music?

    I clean my coop every day, and spend about an hour there. I put a CD player in their coop and I play music while I work. I have several hens that actually seem to like to listen to music. As soon as they hear me come inside and turn on the player, they come in, choose a nest box (sometimes...
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    OK to give my hen human mineral supplements?

    My almost-two-year-old hen is laying no-shell eggs. I'm first assuming she's not eating her oyster shell. I bought something called Cell-Food for humans. Dose is 8 drops in water 3X/day. Is it okay to give her a little bit of this? It has a full range of minerals plus amino acids and...
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    water-logged pens

    We have been having constant rain here in Northern California--the kind with high winds. Even though my 2 pens have a roof, they are completely sopping wet. The hay and alfalfa bales we have in there have turned moldy, and I'm afraid I have exposed my chickens to it. Even worse, I have...
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    hen always mounting other hen

    I have 6 hens of mixed breeds. My Ameracauna, Flora, has developed a habit in the last few months of mounting my much larger Buff Orpington, Peggy, and humping her! The BO doesn't seem to mind, and squats for the "would-be" rooster-hen, but Peggy's back feathers are getting plucked out and she's...
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    use both apron AND dig down 1.5 feet?

    My husband and I are having a disagreement about our new run. The fencers made an apron that is 15" out from the run, but did NOT dig a trench for it 1.5 feet down. We had a gopher (I think) tunnel in from several feet outside the run right into the run. I say our run is vulnerable. Another...
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    vintage tin chicken signs

    Does anyone know a website where I can buy vintage-style tin signs that feature chickens?
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    What to put on ground of chicken run?

    I'm currently building a second chicken run, and am wondering if anyone can suggest a ground material to use, other than straw (which we have in the first pen) or wood shavings? The wood shavings would blow away, since we live on a windy hill, and I worry about mold in the straw, a problem in...
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    my hen suddenly limping

    About a week ago, my BO hen began to limp slightly. When I had help, we looked at her leg and foot. Her toenails needed clipping, which we did. She continued to limp, and now it's worse. I can't see what is wrong with her--no blood, nothing stuck in her foot, just a slight swelling of her ankle...
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    somebody's eating eggs, but who?

    In the last couple of weeks, I have found shells on the ground of the coop. They are always my Ameracauna's green eggshell. It doesn't happen every day, and I don't know who is actually eating it (I have 6 mixed breeds). She has a tendency to lay on the ground. When I left the coop a few hours...
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    teeny tiny egg!

    My 6 mixed flock hens have been laying eggs for many months. All of a sudden, I find a wee little egg in the nest box the size of a quail egg! I can eliminate 3 of my 6 as the layer. Is this anything to be concerned about? Could the one need something nutritionally?
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    specks inside egg

    Every so often, I crack an egg open and there may be one or two "specks" or there may be a dozen or so floating in the white part. They look like dirt specks, but how does dirt get through the shell? It is unappetizing looking and I usually throw it away if there are more than one or two specks...
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    Antibiotics cause severe diarrhea in hen?

    I have a year old Barred Rock that is on antibiotics for a "fecal infection" (vet term). She's been on them 2x/day for a little over a week. She also is showing signs of severe broodiness. Her diarrhea is now MUCH worse--like water when I make her leave a nest box. Her butt is covered with gross...
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    non-laying chicken actually was sick

    I have a Barred Rock that didn't lay eggs, although all her same-age sisters had been laying for months. She was prone to diarrhea, but otherwise didn't seem sick. Until one day, she clearly looked bad and got in the nest box and stayed there for 2 days. She was irritable and wouldn't eat...
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    one hen not laying

    I'm stumped as to why one of my mixed breed, 10-month-old hens hasn't laid an egg, whereas the rest of my girls have been laying for months. She's a Barred Rock, my largest hen and seemingly very healthy. Could I have a hen that can't ovulate? Is it possible she's a late bloomer? She's one of my...
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