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    Sensor in Automatic Chicken Door

    I want to get an automatic door and trying to hold costs down. The cheapest way for me is to just get the door with the sensor and not the timer. My problem is that my coop is not located out in the open where light is very prominent. It is tucked in a corner of my yard. The place where the...
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    Automatic Chicken Doors

    I,m thinking of getting an automatic chicken door and have several questions: 1. Are there any problems with them? 2. Are they easy to install? 3. Have they ever gotten stuck and not opened or closed? 4. Do you need a timer or do they come with a sensor? 5. Who do you recommend and...
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    Very Hard Softball size Crop

    I've been reading some threads on this and I'm not sure if they apply to me. I hope someone here can help me out. I have a glw 1 1/2 yr. old. She only eats layer pellets, scratch or boss several times a week, and has grit and oyster shell free choice. The run has always been bare. Inside...
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    BOSS or Scratch?

    I have limited storage space and would like to limit my treats to my chickens to just BOSS or scratch. Which one would you pick and why? Thanks Mary Forgot to mention that our winters are very mild, so I don't need to help keep them warm with scratch.
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    Bantam Egg?

    I have an EE that just started laying at 19weeks. For the last 3 days she has daily laid a very small egg. It is much smaller than the medium size ones at stores. It is about half the size of a large egg. Could I have gotten a bantam EE by mistake at the feed store? I don't remember if they...
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    1 1/2 yr. Old Doesn't Lay

    I have a GLW that layed for a couple weeks last fall. She has never gone into molt and hasn't layed on almost 1 yr. She is on layer feed, free choice oyster and grit. I was feeding greens daily and scratch about 2x a week. I have stopped doing this to see if she would lay. The couple weeks...
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    Free 1 yr. old Ameraucana/EE

    I have a free 1 yr. old ameracauna hen. She is a golden color and lays bluish/greenish eggs. She was a late starter for laying and so I got a replacement chick. Now she is laying but I can only keep 6 chickens. I would like her to go to a good home.
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    Free Ameraucana Chicken 1 yr. old

    I have a yr. old ameraucana that lays the blue egg. The problem is that the eggshells are soft. She has been laying for about 5 months now and they do not improve. She has free choice oyster shell, layer feed, and greens. I've tried giving her cottage cheese but she doesn't like it. I would...
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    Earliest Age to Integrade?

    I have read that the pullets should be about the same SIZE as the hens when you integrade. This will not be possible for me. I currently have 2 chicks in my bathroom and they will need to go out to the coop ASAP, maybe when they are about 6 weeks. I have no place to really put them once they...
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    Feeding 6 wk pullets & hens

    I will eventually integrade 2 chicks with my 3 hens. I've read to give mixed ages flock feed. I would like to continue giving my hens their organic layer pellets and is high enough that the pullets won't reach it. My problem is that if I have crumbles for the pullets that the hens will eat...
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    2 months laying, still soft eggs

    My ameraucana/ee has been laying for about 2 months now. Every egg is still soft. I know that this is normal for the first few weeks. But 2 months!? She gets layer pellets, oyster shell free choice, greens, and alittle scratch. She is healthy and happy. Will she ever lay normal egg shells...
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    Egg Carton Labels

    I don't know where to post this...so here goes. I ordered some egg carton labels from adozengirlz and they were awesome!! I can't say enough good things about her. I ordered them in the morning and told here what I wanted. During the day, she emailed me some proofs and by the end of the day...
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    chicken's pecking getting worse!

    I have a GLW that started picking off feathers and eating them on 3 of my hens. On one she is picking them off her butt and it is now a bald spot. On another she has started picking around her neck and the front of the neck is now all bare of feathers. On the other hen she started pecking...
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    Still getting soft egg shells after 2 months!

    My Ameracauna/EE was the last of my hens to start laying. She started laying at about 36 weeks. She has now been laying for about 2 months. Her egg shells are still soft and alittle rubbery. She is on layer feed and has a dish of oyster shell available at all times. She is the only one...
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    Hen picking feathers off others!

    I have a chicken that started picking feathers off 2 of my other birds and started eating them. She usually pecks around their necks and one of them already has a bare spot underneath her neck. She then proceeds to eat the feather. How can I stop this? besides getting one of those beak braces...
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    Finally a Blue Egg!

    After waiting for 37 1/2 weeks(9 months) I got a blue egg! I have 2 ameracaunas, one which was already laying the olive colored eggs. I so..... wanted a blue egg from my other one. I didn't think I would get it but my wish has come true! I am soooooo happy! Sorry, but I can't post pictures...
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    Alameda, CA

    Does anyone have chickens in Alameda, CA. I am interested in meeting others and seeing their coops. I understand there is an annual coop tour here but cannot find any other info. Thanks Mary
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    bucket feeder

    I made a feeder out of a 5 gallon bucket with the planter tray on the bottom. I made 8 holes around the bottom that are about 2 inches. I also used a funnel inside. The feed pellets are getting stuck inside. Every couple days, I have to go shake the bucket so that they can come out. What...
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    what color egg?

    I have 2 Ameracaunas. One lays the olive greenish color eggs but the other one hasn't started laying yet. I was hoping for the blueish color. Do you think my other ameracauna will lay the blueish eggs? Note: The feed store that I bought the chicks from called them ameracaunas. But after...
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    worried about chickens flying out

    I have 5 pullets that get very happy when I let them out to free range. I live in a small city lot and they can only free range for about an hour while I supervise. As soon as I let them out they start running and flapping their wings. They usually only fly about 3 feet high. But the other...
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