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    Egg Bound or Something Else??

    I have a three year old Easter Egger who hardly ever lays but is in otherwise good health. Last night I noticed she was walking funny, and this morning, it was even more pronounced. She was walking in a crouch, just like she crouches when I go to pick her up or like hens crouch when a rooster...
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    Crusty Growth on Comb/Face

    Can anyone tell me what this is on my pullet's comb and face? The black, crusty growth appeared first on her comb several days ago, and I thought it was a bad scratch that had scabbed over, but now she's got a similar smaller growth on the side of her beak. The other three hens in our flock are...
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    Chicken Run Height

    I've built a permanent 4'x8' coop for four hens, and I'd like to build a permanent run of the same size. I plan on letting them out for a while most days either free range or in a tractor. Is there a particular height I need to make the run? I was thinking I'd make it 2' tall with a removable...
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    Pressure Treated Wood or Not?

    I've been reading lots of threads here, and I've seen differing opinions. Some seem to avoid pressure treated wood because of the chemicals near the birds. Some seem to insist on pressure treated wood for longevity. What are your opinions? I was thinking of using untreated 2x2s or 2x4s for the...
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    Food/Water in Coop vs. in Run?

    Which do you prefer -- having the feed/water in the coop itself or in the run? I'm having a hard time deciding which would be best for my set up. I'm building a 4x8 coop and an attached run of the same size for our four hens. (They will have time in a separate chicken tractor most days, as...
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    Tractor Suggestions?

    It's been ages since I've had a reason to frequent this forum, but after three chickenless years, we've moved out of an HOA and into the country, so we've got four pullets (two EEs, a speckled Sussex, and a Buff Orpington). Woohoo! Finally! My husband and I are finishing up their coop...
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    Eating insulation!

    Here's a weird question for the experts. My girls are free-range in our fenced back yard. Recently, they discovered that condensation collects on the edges of the insulation that's wrapped around the pipe leading from our air conditioning unit to the house. They started pecking at the drops of...
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    Chain link fence and full grown chickens?

    I'm wondering how much you guys would trust a small flock of three full-grown Easter Eggers in a yard with chain link fencing. We live in south Louisiana in a neighborhood in the middle of town and have had these girls for about a year and half. They have a coop and a small run that are pretty...
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    No egg - Day 6

    I have three 20.5 week old EEs, two of which have been laying regularly for a couple of weeks, only skipping a day here and there. The third is obviously less developed than the others, since her comb is significantly smaller than the other two, but she laid her first egg six days ago. I'm...
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    Laying in Run?

    I have three EEs, and one of them just started laying yesterday. I have a coop with a detachable run, and I usually push the run out into the yard in the late morning, then push it back to the coop in the evening so they can eat fresh greens and bugs and such during the day. Yesterday, she laid...
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    First Egg Tragedy

    I don't usually post here, but I read a lot and have found so much information in this forum. Now, the day has finally come where I can post that my ladies laid their first egg. I have three Easter Eggers that were hatched on Valentine's Day. I'm not sure which of the three produced the egg, but...
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    EE Pics - 4 Wks. Old

    Just wanted to share pics of my four week old EEs. These are the first chickens I've ever owned, and we're having such a good time with them. They moved to their coop outside just a couple of days ago and are loving the warm weather (we live in south Louisiana). I'm still trying to make sure...
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    Chicken Wire vs. Hardware Cloth

    I'm live in a neighborhood in town with few predators, and I'm in the process of building a chicken coop and detachable/movable chicken run for during the day. The coop will be stationary and wood on all sides, with just a small door on the front for them to get into and out of the run. The run...
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    Establishing Dominance?

    I have three week-old EE pullets, and I've noticed in the last day or two that one of them (the biggest) is starting to harass the other two very regularly. She's mostly pecking at them, but sometimes seems to be shoving them away from the food/water dish, too. Should I be worried about this at...
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    Warm & Cozy

    The babies are here! The babies are here! The brooder is plenty warm, and the kids and I are enchanted. Hopefully the husband will be when he gets home! Here are some pics: Praline, Peaches, and Bananabelle. (Yes, my daughter was involved in choosing these names!) I hope the guy at the...
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    Imprinting

    I know chicks are supposed to imprint on the first big thing they see, but is this fairly instantaneous, or does it take a little while? We're getting our day-old chicks tomorrow, and I'm just wondering if it's already too late for them to imprint, since they're likely to have seen plenty of big...
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    Cold Brooder!

    So, here's the deal. I'm setting up for the arrival of my first three chicks. I was planning on picking up some day-old Easter Eggers tomorrow at the feed store. I'd planned on using a big tupperware storage bin as a brooder. I've got the pine shavings, the feeder and waterer, and the heat lamp...
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    Longest laying breeds?

    Hi, y'all. I hope I'm posting this to the right area. I'm very new to the forum, and I searched all over for an answer to this question, but can't find a thing, so here goes: I live in south Louisiana and am looking to get my first few chickens in the spring. I'm currently researching breeds...
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    Jumping in from south LA

    Hi, all! My husband and I are looking into getting our first chickens in the spring. We've been thinking about this for several months, and I think we've finally made up our minds to do it. We'll spend the fall/winter researching breeds and choosing plans for/building a chicken tractor for a...
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