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    White leghorn about a year old stopped laying

    I have 6 lovely birds. Various breeds who have the free roam of our back yard. They have constant water. Graze on bugs all day but have dry food available in their coup too. They all seem happy and content. No one is an outsider. My white leghorn who is probably one of the leaders suddenly...
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    Rooster Silkie Bantam?

    I've posted this question before for an Amber Star and got some great help so I'm here again with a Rooster v Hen question..... I'm fairly certain I know the answer, but thought I'd check to make sure in the hope that I might be wrong! I bought this bantam as a 'pullet' but know and understand...
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    managing a hen pecked pullet

    We recently added 3 birds to our flock of 25-30 week old Pullets. The new birds were 17 and 25 weeks old. At the advice of the hatchery where we buy our chickens we were told this shouldn't be a problem and kept the new birds in a run attached to the coop all day and let the existing birds go in...
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    Heat lamp or not?

    I have a small flock of pullets, ranging from 17-30 weeks, production red x2, Black sex link, Black Australorp, Ameraucana, Silkie Bantum and Speckled Sussex. Tractor supply where I buy their feed keep telling me that I need a heat lamp for them at night. I was under the impression that I...
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    is my 'Pullet' a 'Rooster?!

    Well I've posted before about help with regards to why my 32 week old (more like 35 weeks old now) Amber Star pullet might not be laying yet.... We've been trying a light in the coop on a timer for a couple of weeks as ALL the pullets are slow to start and quite late now, including our...
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    Is it normal for my 32 week old Amber Star to not have laid an egg?

    We bought our sweet Amber Star at 20 weeks (along with some 'sisters' of varying ages) and I was told to expect her to start laying at around 25 weeks. She still hasn't laid an egg. We're feeding her layers meal and scraps, they all have the roam of our quite large back yard (searched all...
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