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  1. TurnerFlock

    Is my Polish barren?

    We have a Polish that is a little over a year old. She layed just as we expected for many months. It has now been 3-4 months without an egg from her. She definitely moulted but now looks back to normal and has for a while. She acts perfectly healthy. We have a Buff Orp that is the same age...
  2. TurnerFlock

    Merging old and new (housing and feeding logistics)

    We have 2 birds left from our original 5 (Buff Orp and a Polish). They are a little over a year old, and are free-range. I open the coop and run in the morning and close them up at night. We have 8 new birds of varying breeds that are 6 weeks old. We have been putting the babies out in a...
  3. TurnerFlock

    Using broody hen to raise new chicks

    We have a hen that just went broody. She's not even sitting on any eggs. We don't have a rooster either. We happened to have recently placed an order for 5 new chicks. They are due August 9th. Is it possible to trick the hen by placing a few eggs under her and then replace them with the new...
  4. TurnerFlock

    Fowl Pox + Rat Snake = No eggs

    We went on vacation last week and returned to a few issues. All four of our ladies have what appears to be a milder case of dry pox. We are monitoring the pox to make sure they don't end up with wet pox. On top of that, a rat snake got in the nesting boxes and ate some eggs. The neighbor boy...
  5. TurnerFlock

    Chicken died suddenly

    I have a 9 month old Polish that died in the coop last night. Acted fine and normal all day. No sign of trauma but on a chicken that's hard to confirm without plucking it. We are assuming that it was bitten by a snake (we have copperheads around). The chickens dig through brush all day. Is...
  6. TurnerFlock

    Polish stopped laying

    I have 5 hens all born in July. Two are Polish. Everyone has been producing eggs and a good pace and then both Polish stopped laying about a week ago. The longest we went without an egg from one might have been one or two days. They are not sitting in the nesting box or acting funny or...
  7. TurnerFlock

    Pecking Problem Please Help!!!

    We are new chicken owners. We got 5 chickens to start with at the beginning of July. 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Delaware, 1 Wyandotte, and 2 Polish. The have been in the outside coop and run since they were 8 weeks. Everyone got along fine. About 2 weeks ago, both Polish started getting the...
  8. TurnerFlock

    Pecking Problem Please Help!!!

    We are new chicken owners. We got 5 chickens to start with at the beginning of July. 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Delaware, 1 Wyandotte, and 2 Polish. The have been in the outside coop and run since they were 8 weeks. Everyone got along fine. About 2 weeks ago, both Polish started getting the...
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