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    Eggs - 5 or 6 a day to none??

    Hi, I have 9 chickens all 1-2 years old, (3 Australorps, 3 Barred Rock, and 3 Red Sex Link hybrids). I was getting 5 - 6 very large eggs a day fairly consistantly. While working on digging my septic system up 2-3 months ago, I accidently cut the power wire to my barn and lost lights. I repaired...
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    Buff Orpington troubles

    Hi all, I have a Buff Orpington hen who is about 6 months old. She has always been quiet and docile, which I hear is normal for that breed. Lately she has been very lathargic and sleeps most of the time, I've noticed she isn't growing nearly as fast as her 3 Australorp pen mates. She isn't being...
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    Lazy layers?

    Hi, I have four red comets appx 1 year old that don't seem to be laying very well. I have only been getting 1 egg a day, occasionally I get 2. 2 of the chickens have been moulting for some time now . They get lots of food, fresh water and outside time. They are not hiding the eggs and I've...
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    Father's Day = New additions to my mixed flock!

    Yaaaayyyy!! New chicks! To add to my 4 adult Red Comets. Today I picked up couple week old female chicks from a register breeder this time.... 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Blue Australorp, and 2 Black Australorp. Beautiful birds , and tomorrow I am getting some 1 week old Barred Rocks! I've...
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    CEDAR concerns for chicken tractor

    I thought I was spoiling my chickens when I purchased cedar to build an Catawba style A frame tractor for my girls. However, before I started building I came accross the BYC bedding material chart which warns against cedar shavings for beddingbecause it can cause respirtory problems (don't want...
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    Can anyone define.....

    OK, I know it's a broad topic, but I know I'm not alone here. IOT clear up the very confusing, the mind boggling, the Bermuda triangle of chickens.... the Red Sex Link. Can anyone define the following: 1) All the various names for Red Sex linked chickens, 2)The various combinations...
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    Brown Comets??

    Hi all, First photo post for me, slick interface! I recently bought these 4 girls. The owner stated they were 10 month old Brown Comets, which I believe are a Red Sex Link variety made by combining a RIR rooster with a New Hampshire hen correct?? Does this sound right and is that what these are...
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    Sick Pullets - please HELP!!

    Hi, new to the forum. Last weekend, I picked up 4 Red Comet pullets (I believe they are more commonly known as Red sex Links in US??) that are about 10 months old for, in retrospect a high price of $60.... At the farm I bought them from, they were all together in what I thought was a small but...
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    New Member Introduction - Shawn in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Hi everyone, been watching this forum for awhile, and finally got 4 laying pullets last weekend so I thought it was high time I joined in. I picked up four Red Comets and I've been having some issues since, so I'll post some questions in (hopefully) the appropriate forum shortly.... Even with...
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