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    ameraucana aren't laying....

    I have two Ameraucana hens about a year old. They were both laying pretty well until recently. One went into a molt and stopped laying (but still squats when I go to pet her). The other one is not molting, eating well, but isn't laying either. I have a light in my hen house and this has...
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    Hens got into my potato plant

    I have heard that the leaves of potato plants are poisonous. My hens got into one of my plants and stripped it of its leaves. Should I be worried? Has anyone encountered this before? Thank you for your replies.
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    Where to buy Marans chicks in Central Coast of California?

    I'm looking to expand my small backyard flock (Santa Cruz, CA) and would dearly love to get a couple Marans hens as chicks. I'd love to find black copper marans if possible. So far, the hatcheries here only serve up (poor wording!) cuckoo marans. Can anyone point me in the right direction...
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    Do you provide a dust bath in the winter?

    I live in the Santa Cruz mountains of Central California and we get a ton of rain each year. I've built a lovely coop and run (8 x 12 ft enclosure). It has sand in it, but I'm wondering if I should provide a dust bath area for them. At present, while the weather is good, I let them out to...
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    WTB- Marans chicks in the SF bay area

    I am looking for a couple of Marans chicks (sexed....I need laying hens, please). I live in the Santa Cruz mountains but am willing to drive anywhere in the Bay area to pick up.
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    What can be done for crop impaction?

    My little Ameracauna hen seems to have an enlarged (and hard) crop. The Chicken health handbook says to empty the crop out by making an incision (clean of course) through the skin, into the crop and empty contents. Isolate bird and keep wound clean. Gads! Has anyone tried this? Do I need to...
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    Ameraucana's poop is Flourescent yellow green with mucus!!! HELP

    My poor Ameraucana has some sort of illness....she's not eating, drinks a lot, is tired and her poop is running (watery) and bright, bright yellow, with mucus. I've looked in Chicken Health handbook, and it may be due to a mycotoxicosis.... but I don't have moldy grain. Can anyone offer...
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    Can chickens be an obsession?

    My husband and I have been raising a small backyard flock ( 6 gals) for just over a year now....and I'm beginning to wonder if things aren't taking a turn. We designed our own modest coop, which was too small. So we jury-rigged an old rabbit hutch to be a coop. These two coops work well...
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    What to put under a permanent chicken run?

    My husband and I are building a lovely new coop with an attached chicken run (about 20 ft x 6 ft). At present, it's just bare earth, but we've had problems with rain and mud in the past. We'd like to avoid that by laying down a layer of gravel to allow for runoff. Would this be harmful to...
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    Breed with Personality?

    I'm looking to increase my small flock (6 gals) and would like to know which breed has best temperament (personality) and good egg laying inclinations. thanks a ton!
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    Heat rather than daylight a factor in egg production?

    I recently judged a high school science fair and on entry featured egg production. The two students used a heat lamp to increase the coop temperature and measured eggs laid in a certain time frame (14 days). Even though they say they had the light on a timer set to turn on and off with...
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    Mystery predator.....?

    Recently, we returned home (during the day....with hours of sun light left) to find our first and finest egg layer (RIR) dead in our chicken yard. The others were freaked out, hiding under things (or in the coop). The dead hen seemed to have the feathers ripped out from either side of the...
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    half my gals have stopped laying eggs......normal for winter months?

    I have 1 Rhode Island Red (who keeps laying every day or there abouts). 1 Ameracaunas (only one of which is laying..about every other day), and a plymouth barred rock (who stopped laying in late October). I live in Central California and thought maybe the shorter daylight hours are affecting...
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    When will my Ameracuana start laying?

    My EE is about 5 months old and she's much bigger than our other 6 month old EE hen who is laying now. When can I expect to see eggs. The other one started laying at about 4.5 months. In all respects, she seems healthy and happy.
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    Plymouth barred rock Roo?

    At what age will a Plymouth barred rock roo start crowing? I have two 17 week old PR and they look so different from one another.... One is lightly barred, yellow legs, starting to form curly tail feathers, read come and wattles. The other is really dark, no comb (very light pink), dark legs...
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    Marans vs Plymouth Barred Rock chicks

    Is there any way to tell the difference between Marans and PB chicks? My two chicks looked pretty much the same, but as time has gone by, they are definitely different from each other. One has practically no comb, the coloring is darker and more mottled (I guess the term is 'cuckoo'), her beak...
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    More on Bedtime routine questions

    I have 3 age groups of chickens (1 RIR @ 1 yr; 3 Plymouth barrs @ 3 to 4 months; and 1 Americauna @ 2 months). The RIR has her own coop (the FIRST coop built), the 3 PB girls have their own coop (yes, we built another for them....but there's lots of room in it for the 'littlest chicken' too.)...
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    Chickens eating lead-based paint chips from house.

    Has any one addressed urban chickens and the potential for eating lead-based paint that chips off from pre-1978 homes. I have built a cold frame using old windows (why I didn't sand the windows before I built.....aghhh) and some of the paint chips have flaked off to the ground. Part of my...
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    Feeding flax seeds?

    You hear alot about Omega Eggs (they are really expensive in my health food market). Has anyone been successful in feeding their hens flax seeds? Wouldn't this create Omega rich eggs? Thanks
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    Fencing options for chicken yard......

    I am developing a chicken run and want to know what is the best fencing for this? It will be a good sized area about 100 sq. feet, so hardware cloth is not an option. 6ft tall, 2"x4" wire on posts? other? what's been working for others out there? We have racoons, skunks, coyotes, and...
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