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    Stumped by Lavender Orpington

    Hello! Back in March I received three 6 week old pullets, including a lavender orpington. They are are now about 22 weeks old, and two of the three are laying, except for the lavender orpington (named Violet). Now, I know it’s still early and that orpingtons can lay a bit later. However, I’m a...
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    6 weeks olds outside with brooder plate in cold weather

    Hello, It’s not my first time raising chickens, but it’s been awhile. I brought home 3 six week old pullets today. They appear to be fully feathered. It was in the 40s today and it’s supposed to be down in the 20s tonight. I have them in a small grow out coop with a brooder plate in it. For...
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    Winter molt and -15 degree weather

    Hello - I’ve been keeping chickens for about 4 years now, so am still somewhat of a novice. I have a hen who is just now molting (all the rest are done). I live in New England. I have never heated my coop (I do use one of those “pie tin” water heaters, though). BUT - Saturday night is going to...
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    Permethrin in run?

    Today was chicken coop cleanout day and, it being Mother's Day, I asked my husband to do it for me. I also asked him to dust the coop with permethrin, as one of our hens has a mite problem (we've dusted all the hens several times, as well). Well, he did, but he also dusted the entire outdoor...
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    Soft shell egg full of blood

    This morning, when I went to let the chickens out, I noticed the hens were behaving oddly - running from the run to coop. Went around and opened up the coop to find something very, very odd. Someone had laid a soft shell egg. The shell was crushed and to one side and the contents were off to...
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    Young hen hasn't laid since Sunday

    My young EE hen, Feather, started laying about 6 weeks ago and is now about 25 weeks. She has pretty consistently laid about 5 eggs a week since she started. She seems healthy - she is perky and eating and drinking. BUT - she has not laid an egg since Sunday morning. It is now Wednesday night...
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    Solar sipper?

    I live in Massachusetts and have started making plans for my first winter with chickens. I have five pullets in a 4x4 coop (yes, I know it is a bit of a squeeze) and an 8x12 run. We let them out for supervised free range for an hour or two a day, but I anticipate that this will not happen much...
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    Bear attack nearby

    Last week a black bear attacked a chicken coop in my town, about a mile away from my house. It killed 5 chickens and a duck. This same bear has been seen all over the area, including my neighborhood. I do not live in a rural area. I live in a suburban town of 30,000 people. My lot is a 1/2...
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    Switching to All Flock at 14 weeks

    I have three 14 week old pullets - two buff Orps and an EE. I am about to run out of developer feed and can only get a 50 lb bag of it. There is no way I am going to go through a 50 lb bag of it before I need to change feeds. Is it OK to put them on All Flock and then supplement with oyster...
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    EE pullet or rooster

    This is Feather, my EE chick. I purchased her as an Ameraucana, but from everything I've since read, she's actually an EE (I'm new to chickens, so please go easy with me on this). The chicks are now 4 weeks old. She is the only one of her kind my flock of four, so I have nothing else to compare...
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    Buff Orpington Rooster?

    I am very new to chickens and have four chicks. They are 3 1/2 weeks old. I'm thinking that one of my orpingtons might be a rooster. What do you guys think? [/IMG]
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    New in Massachusetts

    Hello! I am very new to chickens. We started 3 weeks ago with three Buff Orpington chicks and one Ameraucana chick. Their names are Flower, Queenie, Dot, and Millie (although we think she might be a Miller, given the comb and wattles she has started to grow). So far, they seem to be doing well...
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