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    How to leave your flock?

    It's been over two years since my wife and I have taken a day off from the farm together. We have never left the flock before, so are planning our strategy for a get-away at some point. We would appreciate any tips you all have from your experiences. We have 18 hens and 2 roos and live in a...
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    Foot injury on roo...advice?

    I noticed our Orpington roo limping and acting lame a few days ago and at first thought it was a symptom of what has killed a couple of our flock the last few weeks (possible Marek's-necropsy pending from other birds). We quarantined him and today I took a closer look since he had not progressed...
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    Mystery: Chickens becoming listless, blind and dying

    After two years of relatively problem-free chicken keeping, we have our first serious development. We have two flocks, one older heritage big breed flock of 6 layers, and a newer flock of 14 pullets and 2 roos that are 18-20 weeks of age now, all treated at hatching with Marek's vaccine. We...
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    Lost our first hen today...possibly eggbound?

    Went out to check the nestboxes this morning and one of our year-old RIR's was dead in the box. We gave her a thorough checking over and found a larger than normal egg just breaching the vent with some swelling and hemorrhaging around it. It appeared she was eggbound. We found no evidence of...
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    First snow and odd behavior in our hens

    Our eight 7 month old hens experienced their first significant (4") snowfall today. They seemed to enjoy wandering around the yard and foraging as usual after the initial reluctance to exit the coop. Tonight though, when we got home and went to check on them and close up the coop, they were all...
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    Chicken Scratch Poultry for pullets? Expanding our flock...

    I know CSP has been in a couple threads over the years, but I have a couple of new questions. We have a small flock of eight 1 yr. old hens for egg laying: 2-RIR, 2-SLW, 1-Buff Orpington, 2-Amber-links and a Partridge Rock. We would like to expand the flock by 4-6 and are looking to add some...
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    BYC appreciation

    My wife and I have been building our little slice of heaven in southern Ohio for 15 years and finally were able to make the move here full time in April. One of the first orders of business was to realize my wife's dream of having a flock of chickens for egg production. A coop was planned and...
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