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    Steep decline in egg production - molting?

    Hello, I've seen a huge drop in egg production, beginning 3 weeks ago, but really spiking 7 days ago. Here are the numbers. Daily egg production for the last 12 days: Weekly egg production for the last 8 weeks: My hens are 1 year old (as of today, 373 days old). The only thing I can...
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    New Threads widget

    Question for anyone: Near the bottom of the home page is a widget that shows the most recent "New Threads" that have been started on the site. Anyone know if there's a place you can view more than just the last 5? I rather like watching that. Much easier to see if there's stuff that interests...
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    Solved "Subscriptions" vs. "People You Follow"

    Have a question about how "People You Follow" works. On the old site, most of the content in my subscriptions (Watched Threads/Watched Forums now) was based on users I subscribed to. BYC generates A LOT of content, and I haven't been up to making the kind of lifestyle changes necessary to keep...
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    Do roosters mark territory, or presence?

    The last few days I've observed my roosters doing something different. Inside the coop, they'll walk face first into a corner, do a forward leaning crouch pressing their breast to the ground, and (from what I've been able to see) stay still for a few seconds. I just observed my Orpington...
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    Second guessing my brooding pen / integration plans

    I have 18 new chicks being shipped on the 19th, that I'm going to add to my existing 1 year old flock, and I'm starting to second-guess my plans. My plan has been to brood the chicks under a heating pad in a 6' x 2' cage I've built, out in the coop with the existing flock from day one. The...
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    Why do hens push eggs out of nests?

    The last two days I have found an egg pushed out of the nest. Searching the forum, I see references to this with broody hens, but none of my hens are sleeping in their nest boxes - I've been on the lookout for a broody, but no luck so far. Each nest has a fake-egg in it. The fake eggs...
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    (Yet another) Mama's Heating Pad questions

    I realize there are multiple threads about the Mama's Heating Pad set-up. Apologies for adding another. I'm trying to determine answers to some specific questions, and haven't found them yet. I have 18 chicks arriving on or around April 21st. I just ordered 1 12" by 24" heating pad. How many...
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    Egg cracks all apart

    I've noticed an issue with a few eggs, and I haven't been able to find out what causes it. I also haven't found the issue listed among common egg issues, so I'm hoping someone can identify the problem. I get some eggs that when you go to crack them open, the whole egg shell just sort of...
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    "Ideal" composition of a breeding flock?

    Apologies if this topic has been discussed elsewhere - my searches weren't returning the answers I was looking for. The question in the title of my post I realize could have hundreds of different answers based on what a person was trying to do, so specific to me, I am: +keeping no more than...
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    Any ideas from this video?

    I'd reconciled myself to culling this rooster, but then it started acting a bit more lively, so I took some video, and thought I'd check here to see if anyone had any ideas what ails it? Been this way for a week. Can't crow - just this quiet ghostly exhale of air.
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    3D Modeling for Coops (& appliances)

    I recently created a (rough) 3D model of a Woods style coop in SketchUp. Link to it below. First though, for the uninitiated, SketchUp is 3D modeling software. The non-pro version, SketchUp Make, that is free for personal use. http://www.sketchup.com/ Link to download SketchUp Make...
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    Record Keeping

    Hi all, I wanted to find out what others think it is important to keep track of with regards to the flock. I have started setting up a spreadsheet in Google, linked to a form I use to enter the number of eggs collected. I'm tracking the number of sound eggs laid, number laid somewhere...
  13. WesleyBeal

    Howdy

    Howdy all. I've been searching/reading this site for a few months now. I started my first flock in mid-June with 42 straight-run day-old chicks (ordered 40, but they threw in a couple extra). I lost one to exposure at 4-weeks, and have butchered 14 roosters. I'm now at what I hope will...
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