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  1. miss_inscan

    I've read a lot, but just can't figure out what's wrong with Bonny

    2 years old Red Star Eats organic layer pellets plus kitchen leftovers about twice a week (oatmeal, pasta, squash). Lives with one other chicken who plucks Bonny's neck feathers. Her poop was watery and had some green, yellow, and white specks a few days ago, but the weather has been too windy...
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    Molting, losing weight, won't eat treats

    One of my 2 girls, Henrietta, started to molt last week, her first time. So for the past few days when I let them out to roam she won't eat the BOSS that they usually love. She instantly starts to search for bugs and worms, but won't touch the BOSS. Bonny, the other girl, eats the BOSS like mad...
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    two red star layers-cheap- near Portland, OR

    For $10 you can have Hennrietta and Bonny. They are a year and a half old. Last year at this time I was getting one egg a day from each. This year I'm lucky to get one a week! Hennrietta lays in the nest while Bonny insists on laying from the roost, no matter what time of day it is. Bonny has...
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    Can chickens eat the turkey neck?

    I'm making my (free range,organic) turkey today. I don't usually use the neck and those other things in that bag. If I boil them up can I feed them to my girls? Can I just throw the whole neck, bone and all, out for them? Sorry if this is a dumb question. Barb
  5. miss_inscan

    Laying from the roost.......during the day!

    Bonny has never laid in the nest box. I rarely even get her eggs because when she would lay from the roost it would break and they have been eating it. I just assumed she was laying at night from the roost. But I just went out and caught her in the act! I plucked her off of there and put her in...
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    What's wrong with Lucy?

    Five days ago she looked very uncomfortable. She slowly waddle over to the nest and laid a soft shelled egg. She's been looking more uncomfortable every day and has not laid again yet. I cannot feel an egg or any unusual buildup. She's eating and drinking, not as much as the other two, and she's...
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    The racoon brought a skunk

    It began Wednesday morning after I had left for work at 1:00. Our (indoor) cat attemped to wake my husband to alert him that there was a creature in our yard. He ignored her, but soon heard the girls making a fuss in their coop. He flew downstairs and out the door with a broom in hand. He...
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    Oyster Shells

    Has anyone ever crushed their own oyster shells? We're going to the coast this weekend and always stop at the oyster store to grab some fresh oysters. They have piles of oyster shells there. Can I use them? And how small would they need to be crushed? My girls aren't laying yet, but I want to...
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    Update got some--Wanted: Young chickens in the Portland, OR area

    I have a coop and I'm ready to start the egg-laying, bug-eating, weed-munching, garden-fertillizing fun! I'm in Troutdale and would like 3-4 good, young laying hens. I don't have a brooder, so they must be old enough to stay out in the coop. I can't wait to begin! Anyone selling in my area...
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