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    Stupid question

    I know this question is probably stupid, but I am wondering about this for awhile, so I thought I would ask all of you experts. Why are some of my eggs really smooth and some are so rough that I wonder how the poor hen isn't in pain. Is this normal? If not, what am I doing wrong? Thank you...
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    Injured Roo

    Guess I am looking for someone to tell me that my Roo will be O.K. I think he was hit by a car on Sunday. When we found him he was hopping on one leg. His tail feathers are completely gone and he can"t seem to stand. Looks like one of his wings is also gone. I put him in a large dog crate...
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    Soooo Eggcited!!!

    I got my first blue/green egg today. One of my EE's laid for the first time. She is 20 weeks old today. So far up to 4 eggs a day. Yippee!
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    nesting box materials

    Hi, sorry this may be a really stupid question, but here goes.... I have hay in my nesting boxes, and it seems to be disappearing. Maybe they are eating it? What is a good material to use? Something that is soft but they can manipulate into a nest? Would fallen leaves (Lord knows there are...
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    First Egg.......

    WoooHooo......One of my girls gave me my first egg today. Needless to say I am so eggcited Only bad thing is...she laid it in the corner of the coop and it broke. I leave for vacation today, so this was the BEST going away gift ever. I told her to be a good girl and lay in the nest box, so...
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    what comes first?

    I know, this may be a really dumb question, but I have never had chickens before, so I don't know. Today I saw my rooster doing his thing (the hoochie coo) with one of my hens. My question is, does that come before she lays eggs? She is 16-17 weeks and I have yet to find eggs, so I was...
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    chickens and flower beds

    Hope someone out there can give me some advice on keeping my chickens out of my flower beds. They have tore up all my flowers, (impaitients, pansy, petunia, begonias....you name it, they tear it up), now they are starting on my perrenial beds. Any ideas on how to keep them away from my flowers...
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    this morning they went.....

    Just need to vent a bit here. For the first time ever I had to take 6 of my roosters to get butchered. I thought if I didn't name them, I wouldn't get attached to them and therefore it wouldn't bother me to butcher them. Boy was I wrong. It was very hard. I really got attached to them, but...
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    What breed are these?

    Hoping someone can help me out. A few weeks ago I asked what breed of chickens I have here. No one could tell me for certain, had many opinions (ThankYou everyone), but now they are a bit bigger, so I thought I would ask again. Does anyone have any ideas?
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    battery operated dog crate fan.

    I had 90 degrees today and was worried about my chickens as I had to put them in the coop early due to a storm. I remembered that I had a fan that was battery operated that fit on my dogs crate. I found it, after the storm passed I reopened the window and put that fan in it to draw in some of...
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    ticks

    Every time I go open the door to let my chickens out in the run, I come back to the house with at LEAST one tick. (Hate those things). I was wondering, do I have to worry about them on my chickens? If they get on them, what do I do? Can chickens get Lyme disease? Is there anything I can...
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    chicken huddled together

    Hi, Hoping someone can help me. My chickens (10 of them) are all huddled together tonight. Laying one on top of the other. They have never done this before. They are about 7 weeks old. It is not too cold in the coop, around 80 degrees. I moved the heat lamp up the other night to get ready...
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    What kind of chickens are these?

    Hi, I have been reading all the forums for weeks now, but today I finally registered. I think all the help you all give everyone is great. Was wondering if someone could help me out. I have 10 chickens that are about 6 weeks old now. I think 7 of the 10 are little boys, I do not know what...
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