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  1. Carenm

    If a chicken layed an egg earlier today can she be eggbound???

    It was odd. All 4 were walking around and acting like chickens should, all 4 layed an egg today, all before noon. Tonight around 7 I went out to change water and all were fine then all of a sudden one just kind of stopped moving around and her tail is up and her butt is pulsing. How...
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    What's up with this ODD egg

    So far we have had all great looking eggs from our chickens ( 20 weeks - just started laying recently). Went out this morning and this was in the nest..... it's brown with white spots.
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    I have read some do and don't refrigerate

    I understand if you don't wash the egg you can keep it out but if you wash it put it in the fridge, right? Why would you keep them out?? Out of curiosity I never heard of eggs being kept out before. Can you tell I am a 1st timer??
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    I know there is no such thing as " normal" but how does this sound??

    We have 4 RSL's. Now 3 out of the 4 are laying which is great, they are about 20-21 weeks or so. They lay every day. Even as new layers. It's been over a week now and the first one who layed has been laying every single day. The second one started laying a few days later and still...
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    2 out of 4 are laying!

    How awesome!!!!
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    How do chickens lay eggs at the beginning of their egg laying lives?

    We have 4 RSL's who are between 19-20 weeks. We are getting 1 egg a day and it's been 5 days in a row. Is this one egg a day from the same chicken? Or are there more than 1 chickens laying and they are all adjusting to the whole egg procedure??
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    This may be a stupid question but we have our 1st eggs

    Never had chickens before. How do you clean them before putting in fridge?
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    Happy dance! Joining the " First Egg" club

    Our chickens are 19 weeks old give or take. We have 4. We went away for a few days and came home and looked and there was an egg in the nesting box. Our local farmer neighbor was taking care of them while we were gone so we thought he put an egg in there to play a trick on us. We went...
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    114 degrees????? Does anyone ever bring their chicken inside???

    Even with a water spritzer and some shade not sure this temperature is going to be ok! Has anyone ever brought their chickens inside?? Arizona chicken owners???? What do you do??
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    A little nervous for the rest of this week with the heat

    we are going to be well into the 100's. We have a spritzer system going for when its in the 90's but will that keep them cool enough in the 100's???? I did the ice water thing where we freeze bottles of water but they seemed oblivious to them when I put the bottles out there. I don't...
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    Chickens don't like watermelon?????

    How odd! It's HOT HOT HOT ( 96) out there and I have the sprinkler on and gave them some watermelon. No interest! Really?????
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    Extreme Heat

    We are going to be in the high 90s and even maybe low 100s this week. We have a mister set up, I have 2 gallon jugs with water in the freezer set to go and watermelon. They have a shade tarp over head in part of the run. Any other suggestions?
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    Rattle snakes

    This is our first year with chickens, who are now 11 weeks old, but not new to living in the country in the desert area. We have rattle snakes. last year killed 8 of them before my kids got bit ( we do rattle snake searches before they go out to play and they are hopefully very aware of where...
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    A while back I read about warming their food

    It's been rather cool out and I thought i would give them a treat, how do you do this? Just mix with hot water and stir?
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    First time we have had rain and the coop is a little wet inside

    Ughhh. It doesn't rain here often so we had no way of knowing and our 4 chicks are in there ( 7 weeks). It's not wet all over but has it patches. Will they be okay until we can figure out how to fix it?
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    DE - I have no clue how much to add to bedding inside coop????

    Our coop holds 4 chickens ( 6-7 weeks old) and is about 4 1/2 ' X 8 foot - maybe a little larger How much DE should I be sprinkling for the deep litter method? We have about 3 inches or so of litter down.
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    DE in chicks food???

    We bought the food grade DE and am wondering 1. If it's ok to put in 6-7 week olds food?? 2. If so how much for 4 chickens?
  18. Carenm

    What to do..what to do?

    I have to work at church tonight, have to be there from 4-8. My DH is works nights and just left so nobody will be home. Our chicks are out in the run ( 6 weeks) and I have been putting then in their coop at night. Chance of rain, but I doubt it will. Should I put them in their coop...
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    Chicks and rain/being wet

    our 6 week olds are moved outside all day and night, we are getting rain today. Will they go in their coop or seek cover when it rains? Never had chickens before and my kids are asking.
  20. Carenm

    Good luck chickies

    1st night in the coop. Almost 6 weeks old and it will be in the 50's tonight. DH worked hard on our coop and we learned a lot from this forum on keeping them safe. Hoping for the best.
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