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    Puffy waddles and comb

    I'm really not sure if anything is wrong here or not. I have a sliver laced Wyandot who has a poopy butt with loose stools. Today ( I haven't noticed it before) her comb and waddles seem puffy, They are not as red as the "sister" a hen from the same seller. The sister looks fine. I just started...
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    Grow out cage, chicks and wind

    Our Okla. weather is very balmy and nice at 70 + degrees today, but windy at 20 MPH. I have been putting them out in their grow out cage in the daytime as long as we are in the 60-70's. They have an old dog house that I'm using for shelter and will soon let them stay outside even at night is the...
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    New egg today!!

    I found 3 eggs today which means one of my newbies has started to lay. I know it must be her first because its small and kind of long. My daughter's new pullets eggs where shaped this way. However, my question is-- Is it normal for first eggs from first timers to be more poopy than the older...
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    Green eggs and Ham

    My chickens are finally starting to lay. We have a bunch of Heinz 57 as far as variety. I have one Australorp with a few red feathers on her breast, one blk one that I thought was an Australorp, but she laid us a green egg this morning. ( Her first) So, I'm wondering if there are any other...
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    Ready to Lay?

    I noticed this morning while my blk astralorp was in her nest laying her daily egg that one of the other chickens was actually sitting by her and watching. Her neck was stretched out and if she could have she would've been behind the hen. Her and her sister have been squatting a lot. I didn't...
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    Day light saving time

    We set our clocks forward one hour today as did the rest of the U.S. Will the extra day light help the hens lay eggs? They are exhibiting the squatting behaviors for several days now. Our temps are headed into the early spring like mild one day and almost hot the next. I have only one hen laying...
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    First Egg!!

    Hello y'all!! I'm an Okie from the SE part of the state, but born and raised a Texan. I grew up with a multitude of chickens and a menagerie of other animals. I married my Okie Indian and have been here every since. I finally talked the hubs into building me a coop and run which he finished...
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    Raised scales on two of my adult chickens

    Apologies if there is already a thread about this but I don't have time to search through more than a thousand threads for an answer. I've read that mites may cause this problem. I'm getting ready to go catch them and check for mites. I bought something at our farm supply for "scaly legs". None...
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    New Chickens, new surroundings

    I am very new to raising chickens. We had them when I was a kid at home and they were the truest of free range with a coop and run at night if someone remembered to put them up. My hubby and I just bought 2 full grown australorps and 2 full grown white laced wyandots along with 6 pullets. I...
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