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    Molting...HELP!!!

    My chickens are molting and havnt layed any eggs in at least a month. They rarley leave the henhouse (because it is very cold where i live) and They dont eat or drink as much as they used to. They hardly touch their food. Is there somthing Im doing wrong? Iv been giving them a higher protein...
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    No eggs for 2 weeks! Help!

    My girls are 1 1/2 years old and recently all three of them have stopped laying eggs all together. Nothing has changed in their diet (they still eat a layer feed and get oyster shell and chicken grit) and also get scratch corn as a treat. They are free range. Iv looked all over the yard for a...
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    Chicken gone broody. Help

    For a while now iv been noticing that one of my three chickens hasnt been laying an egg every day in the nesting box like the other two. I recently discovered her sitting on a nest of 6 eggs in our wood pile in the yard. I waited until she left then i took the eggs out and made it so she couldnt...
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    Replacing a chicken in the flock

    So long story short someone broke into my locked back yard and stole my favorite chicken yesterday night. I know this because the lock was cut and she was missing out of the completly closed off run. We are very sad but we do need to eventually replace her because we do need the eggs. After...
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    Ice crystals in the coop?

    I have a small chicken coop with three chickens in it in my backyard. Today, when i went to feed them this morning I looked inside the coop and noticed small ice crystals formed on the walls and ceiling of the coop. The temprature did drop to -11 last night, but they seemed just fine, maybe a...
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    Question about cold

    Will it be ok to keep my 3 chickens outside in -18 weather with 12mph wind? They have a coop that is draft free yet ventialted, however usually they prefer to stay outside in the wind and i worry about that. Should I bring them in or keep them out?
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    3 chickens in -20 degree weather and colder?

    Hi, i have three chickens living in a small coop in my backyard. So far this winter (which is my first winter with chickens) they have done fine. Only once did the weather get to -11 and thats the coldest its has gotten. Tomorrow it is expected to get to -20 and lower and there is no way for me...
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    Will possums hurt my chickens?

    Today when I went out to collect eggs, my neighbor saw me and told me about a possum that had started living under her shed. She said to watch out for my chickens because possums eat chickens. Is this true? If it is what can i do to protect my chickens? My girls are my babies and id be...
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    Free range question

    My 6 month old buff orphingtons have recently started laying eggs! Sence it is winter time and there is snow on the ground and its so cold i keep them in their coop and run instead of letting them go free range like i do in the summer. They have been laying in their nesting boxes with i was...
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    How can I bathe my chickens?

    Hi, I have three 5 month old pullets who live outside in a coop with a run in my backyard. Its cold and there is alot of snow where I live. Latley I have noticed that my girls have started to look especially dirty. They dont like to go in the run because of the snow and now have taken to...
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    water for chickens? help!

    Hi I have three chickens in a small coop in my back yard. Where I live it is currently below freezing. I have a heated pet bowl for water bit it just broke and I don't have a way to replace it unroll tomorrow. Will they be ok for today withought it? I'm very worried
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