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    New layers not finding nesting boxes

    Hello Fellow Chicken Enthusiasts, I started with chickens two years ago and built the pictured coop and run that is sized to fit 20+ chickens. I started with 16 two years and when I moved them outside they spent their first few days in the coop before I let them in the run and they have all...
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    Egg Production Drop Since Vacation

    All, I have 14 hens (8 leghorn, 3 silkies, 1 RIR, 1 Plymouth Rock, 1 sex-link) that I started from day old chicks from Tractor Supply in the spring of 2014. They started laying in August of last year and have been very good layers up until recently. We went on a 3+ week vacation and had...
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    Hen Bleeding From The Head

    This morning when I checked the chickens I noticed a bit of blood around the comb of one of my leghorn pullets. She is is in a coop/run with 13 other leghorns/RIR/etc. (all pullets of the same age, no roosters) The bleeding is getting worse over the course of the day and it seems the others...
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    Consistently Dirty Butt

    I have 14 pullets that I got as day old chicks this spring, all seem to be generally healthy and have been laying. 8 leghorns, 3 silkies, a RIR, black sex link and a plymouth rock. All of them have 'clean butts' except the plymouth rock, which always seems to have a really dirty butt, it has...
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    Other hens peck at ones butt and she lays a shell-less egg which they eat

    I am kind of a newbie, started this spring. I have 14 (8 leghorns, 3 silkies, RIR, PR, sex link) otherwise health and happy hens that I bought this spring, they are all laying and I have had no health issues. According to what I have read, their coop and run are sized correctly and they free...
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    My Chicken Coop and Run

    I grew up around chickens on relative's farms, but this spring, somewhat on a whim while at Tractor Supply, I decided to get a few. I did a lot of research on this site and discussing with friends that have chickens, and thought I would share what I came up with for a coop and run design, any...
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    Watering System Questions

    I am new to chickens, just started this spring. I have 16 chickens and have built a coop and run for them and added this watering system, which so far has been working nicely. I also have a hanging drinker in the run. My plan was to have the drinker, which is easier to clean, offer the...
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    Food waste with homemade feeder

    I am new to chickens, on a whim I bought 8 leghorn chicks at Tractor Supply this spring and have since built a coop and run on our 3 acre lot for them and also purchased 5 silkies and 3 brown layers (Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island Red and a sex link) and they all seem to get along very well. They...
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