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  1. Shblack

    Ladies on strike!

    We have seven ladies of various breeds, ages range from just over a year to one that is around four years old. We had been getting 3-4 eggs a day for some time, then suddenly nothing other than one hen seems to be laying every 3 days. They get layer pellets, scratch grains and meal worms in the...
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    Rural King scratch grains

    I have been putting a scoop of Rural King scratch grains in the run every morning, gives the ladies something to pick at since I a fox problem has forced me to stop free ranging. The latest bag seemed to be mostly cracked corn (very few oats, no milo), and the ladies were leaving a lot on the...
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    Heard one of our hens crowing this AM

    Still new to this chicken thing. Thanks to the efforts of a fox and a very large gray rat snake, our flock had dwindled to three hens, two senior citizen barred rocks and a two year old black australorp. We purchased four hens from a lady who buys chicks and raises them, two rhode island reds...
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    Snakes?

    We seemed to be plagued by snakes, usually it’s grey rat snakes getting after the eggs. I have taken to leaving golf balls in the nesting boxes, when the balls start disappearing time to watch for snakes. Had a barred rock that had gone really broody, one afternoon I found her dead in the coop...
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    New to forum and raising chickens

    Hello out there: Wife and I have retired and relocated from Califorina to a farm in Mid-state Tennessee near the Kentucky border. Been here a year now and recently got the chicken coop cleaned up and ready for business. Acquired a pair of what were termed "rock island red / production red" hens...
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