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    6 months & now, EGGS!!!

    My flock is now 26 months old, & have gone on an EGG LAYING STRIKE!!! Nary one teenie tiny egg in almost 2 weeks!! Almost as if someone has flipped a shutoff switch! This is deplorable (on my part) & even my roo sounds like he has a sore throat. My hens & the roo have been losing feathers all...
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    MOLTING? I find this to NOT be true

    My birds feather loss problem has been going on literally, for MONTHS!~ I personally can NOT agree w/the MOLTING answer everyone seems to be offering. This has been happening to my chickens since prior to Spring of this year! Are the majority of us BYC folk "rookies" when it comes to this...
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    HOW MUCH "DAILY FEED" IS TOO MUCH FEED??

    I have twenty layin hens about 1 1/2 years old. I fill a 5 gallon water bottle inverted from a hanger for feeding besides any treats. (boss, scratch, etc) On occasion, they will empty this container by the following day, scattering plenty of feed. I wait until they clean this up prior to...
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    Bloodied Head From Pecking

    One of my hens has been bloodied from pecking. Would Vick's VapRub help keep the others away??
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    YEEHAW!!!! It's about time!!!

    I went into the coop yesterday & found three new eggs! They were on the small side, comparatively, but perfect in every other way. Today I found one more! As soon as they figure out what they're doing, I do believe the bigger eggs will be rolling in. One was in a nest, two...
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    1st Egg Day Today?????

    Hearing a bit of commotion in the hen house this morning, I went to check out why. Recently, I have observed my BR kicking out the golf balls from the nest's. I would diligently replace them- today it was a leghorn attempting to kick out the golf balls in a certain nest. (same nest I observed...
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    Mini Vermin & Varmint Traps

    Living in a desert environment, I have kangaroo rat's, rabbits, ravens, chipmunks, mice, & coyote's, among a few more. Does anyone here know if it's safe to trap these mini beasts & toss 'em into my chicken run?? I'm reading articles that state these vermin may carry virus among...
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    Christmas Treats?? Why? Why? Why?

    I've read on here about folks feeding thier chickens-TREATS. Don't you realize you're messing w/thier DIETS?? Christmas day is OVER!! Leftover's from the table, shrimp, crab, cooked oatmeal w/goodies added, none the less, turkey carcass, bread, canned corn, etc, etc, infinium!!! It's enough to...
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    EGG SCALE for sale??

    Hello out there in BYC. Any of you fine, fun luvin, chicken raisin folks have a "used" egg scale you don't want, or need? For whatever reason, I can't (don't want to) buy a NEW scale for $25 & up. I know, I know- What's $25, right? Just trying to keep the overhead down. Ebay lists scales for...
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    SALVATION ARMY to the rescue

    Some of you may/may not be interested in this possible food source thing I stumbled onto. I stopped @ a local Salvation Army store recently, searching for a used flat face pc monitor. No luck! BUT, on the way out the door, I spotted many boxes of fruit & veggies sitting in the lot. FLASH! I...
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    Who's Layin' What???

    When I sit here & read this egg layin' business, "how many eggs you get today", how many eggs you "sell" today, etc etc, it makes me ponder-- When you have a FLOCK of chickens, how does any/everyone tell which hen(s) is/are laying the eggs?? My chickens are supposedly due to start thier...
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    Rooster Spurs???

    My flock is presently around 3.5 months old. I have NH reds, BR's, & Pearl white leggies. Out of a hatchery batch of about 30, I wound up w/two, possibly three roosters. (just at 10%) Question being; When do the roo's start to show thier spurs?? I have isolated both roo's away from the hens @...
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    Cabbage Treat!!!

    I had 1/2 a head of uncooked cabbage in the fridge that I had not finished. My chickens have been just slightly leary of new treats (just short of 3 months old) so I thought, "what the heck"-why not? Waste not, want not, right? I shredded some, & also put some in two hanging cages so they...
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    Wanna Free Range My Roo's, But---

    I have two roo's out of a flock of twenty six hens (24 hens, now) I'd like to place shelter for them out of the coop & run, maybe in a couple enclosed cat litter boxes, w/thier own food/water supply. I have a hunting cat! He brings home anything from tarantula's, snakes, lizards, rabbits, & a...
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    Two Unwanted Roo's

    I have a BR(one) & a NHR(one) that turned out to be roo's out of my supposed flock of hens. I have no use for the roo's. I have only placed a starting price to make sure this auction thing works. I actually will give the birds to whoever can "PICK THEM UP" in person. They were hatched on August...
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    Two Unwanted Roo's!!

    Please place your ad in our Buy/Sell/Auction section. Thanks
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    Eating Feathers????

    I sit in my cage w/my chicks almost everyday if I have time. One "red" seems to have adopted me already. She'll jump in my lap & sit for the longest time, getting rubbed & petted. Several others will sit for shorter times. What I have noticed recently, is all of a sudden, one hen or another...
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    weighing, grading, washing your eggs???

    Does anyone here on BYC have an "easy/neat" solution for grading/washing, & weighing your eggs?? I'm hoping to come up w/as little fanfare as possible for doing said chore(s) Most of the egg scales I see on ebay are of a vintage type along w/sky rocket prices. Any suggestions for washing w/a DIY...
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    Water nipples finally!!

    After 1 1/2 weeks of trying to coax my chicks to use the water nipples, they finally went for it today! The weather got much cooler, so I finally removed the inside water bowl, while retaining the outside bowl, just in case. When I entered the coop to "chick sit", they were using the nipples as...
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    Stix & Stonz?????

    For the 3rd time in a month, I'm finding sticks & stones in my feeders. Not in the coop, nor in the outdoor feeder, but just INSIDE!!! I have found sticks as long as seven inches, & stones from marble size to larger then a golf ball, IN THE FEEDER!! Now, I live alone, (except for my chicks &...
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