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  1. 100AcreFarm

    2 eggs per day... Is this even possible??

    I have exactly 1 Americauna. She's about 21 or so weeks old. Nearly every day for the last 2 weeks she has presented us with 2 perfect, pretty, little green eggs each day! She lays in an upper level nest box that's like 3 feet off the ground with a fairly thin layer of pine shavings (I need to...
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    Do I need a chicken crossing sign or what?

    Ok, I know people say there's no such thing as a stupid question but I'm positive this one falls solidly in the stupid question category... Is there any way to teach my pea-brained ladies to NOT cross the road? There's nothing good on the other side! They have 4 acres to roam with grass, bugs...
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    How soon can I move my little lady back to the cold outside world?

    I've had one hen inside for just over a week now getting her crop cleaned out and used to real food again. Her crop is all better and she's eating and drinking normally again. In the meantime winter has hit with a vengeance! It's been really cold and nasty the last few days with windchills in...
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    Sour/clogged crop *OH GOSH now what do I do?? UPDATE post #5

    But I do have a question. I've been treating her for the past few days with variations on baking soda water to flush, ACV water, olive oil and bread. Today she laid a JUMBO egg! I'm surprised she had it in her to do that as much abuse as I've been heaping on her innards! With those less than...
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    Enlarged crop--Suggestions read--looking for clarification

    7 month old BA with excellent appetite and energy but starting to get a little thin. I noticed her crop seemed a bit fuller than the others a few days ago but it was evening and I didn't think much of it at the time. Over the last couple days I've noticed that it is fuller earlier in the day...
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    2 eggs at 22 weeks. Since then? Nothing.

    One of my BA's laid a small brown egg 2 days in a row. That was on Sept 29 and 30. Since then my Ameraucana's have averaged almost 2 purty little green eggs per day but I've never seen a BA egg since those first 2. What gives?? They were 22 weeks when they first laid and now it's been a full...
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    How do I decide who stays and who goes?

    I have 3 Black Australorps who bully one of my Ameraucanas something awful. Its been going on for a couple months now to the point where if I put her in the pen with them she doesn't dare even try to go near the food or water and had gotten pretty weak with crippled feet from malnutrition. I've...
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    Pecking by the other ladies on one who'd been quarantined

    I've got one with an apparent vitamin deficiancy so I've kept her inside for 2 days and 2 nights to give her extra supplementing. I tried to put her back outside this evening and 2 of the other girls had her cornered and were pecking at her back and wings. I tossed in some grapes and scratch at...
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    How can I get some meat on these girls?

    My 17 week Black Australorps and Araucana's are staying pretty thin I think. I can feel their ribs and their keels are pretty sharp. They get Purina Layena available all day. I throw out a few handfuls of scratch about every other day. I've given them yogurt in their mash each morning. (a mash...
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    Stinging insect killer that is non-toxic to chickens?

    I'm not sure which forum this belongs in so if this isn't it hopefully a mod will move it. My appologies in advance. There are yellow jackets nesting in the walls of my shed/chicken coop. Is there anything I can use to kill them without killing the chickens too? I thought about Raid or a bug...
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    Curled up toes and walking in a squat position--Help?

    One of my 4 month old girls has been doing this for about 3 days now and I hadn't noticed but my son said she has been more likely to just sit around while the others scratch and do their thing for several days. She seems to be getting no better but no worse as the days go on. She's hesitant to...
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    Hi from stormy W Michigan!

    Hi! I've been lurking here for several months and I keep having questions but couldn't ask, so here I finally am! IRL I'm a pretty chatty and excited sort of person, thus my over-use of exclamation points in my online communication!!! I'm a first time chicken-herder and so far its been a lot of...
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