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    EE laying eggs then stopped

    We have 5 EE and one started to lay 2 weeks ago (while it was still warm down here) she laid/layed off and on for about 2 weeks then stopped . We thought it might be the weather, The cinnamon queens have not stopped laying and they started about 3 weeks before the EE. So what's happening? does...
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    What NOT TO DO

    This is our 3rd year of "Chicken farming". I cannot tell you all the things we did wrong over this period of time but I would like to tell you about some of them especially if you are considering raising chickens. When you think about the coop think about "how easy will this be to clean". We...
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    Molted hens no longer laying

    Last year we had a Wellsummer that molted in sept. We figured she would not begin laying until the spring of this year (because of the winter). She never laid/layed another egg. This year we had a Gold laced wyandotte that went thru her molt in July/august. She looks great now and her comb has...
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    Roo needs a home

    We have a 3 month old white leghorn that we can no longer keep because he has started to crow. We live in a subdivision and can't have that "noise". He is almost 3 months old and takes really good care of his flock of 16 girls. Please PM if you are interested , we live in Lillian, Al would...
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    hawks and other birds of prey

    After the hawk took my husbands favorite chook we tried the technique of hanging discs from ropes strung in different places through out the yard. Our yard looks kind of strange with all the discs twirling and dangling from the ropes (BUT KNOCK ON WOOD) we haven't had another attack since they...
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    chicken sounds

    Our girls have always made this sound but now I hear it allot more often... It sounds like a cat's purr only a little more gutural. All the girls have done it at one time or another. They make this sound when they are happily laying under the fig tree, etc. It is not a sound of distress . Anyone...
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    Egg shell

    We have recently started to notice 1 or more of the chickens producing these eggs. What is the matter with the egg shell? It appears to be getting worse. Any ideas out there?
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    Chicken stop laying

    I don't know what I am doing wrong ! We have a black copper maran who finally started laying , she was almost 7-8 months old. She did great up untill the 25th of last month. We haven't seen an egg from her since. She was laying every 2 days one day off. We know she is healthy , their food is...
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    odd egg

    We think our wellsummer is finally starting to lay again and WE THINK this is her first egg in over a year. We got her in the spring of 2017. She laid that year, Most of our girls stopped laying thru the winter as she did. So spring came around they all started laying except Red. She hasn't laid...
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    Egg shell

    Has anyone had one of their chickens lay a egg with a shell like this. This egg came from one of our Leghorns (2 brown 1 white) They have never laid an egg like this before. These girls have been laying at least 4-5 months. Every day I get either 2 or 3 eggs I hope this isn't the beginning of a...
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    What to feed chickens

    I posted earlier if it was ok to feed cottage cheese to chickens. I didn't get any answers so I researched it myelf and came accross this website with both what to feed/not to feed so I thought I would share the link with you...
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    Dairy products in diets

    Does anyone know if dairy products ( cottage cheese & shredded cheese) cause chickens to have runny feces ? During the summer I expect the girls to have runny stools because of all the water they consume but now it is getting cooler I thought they would start solidifing, but they aren't. We...
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    chicken eggs after molting

    I have a Wellsummer (big red BR) who went thru "the Molt TM" last September (2017) she stopped laying eggs when she started the molt. She just started laying eggs again about 1 month ago. We have 11 younger pullets who started laying slightly before BR . We think she is laying because the eggs...
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    Really weird egg

    We have a Easter Egger (Wellsly) that is part amerucana who never did lay until December of last year(she was about a year old then) . all along we were giving credit for her eggs to another hen- Cagney...Until..that hen died from a heart attack/stroke. When we got 2 more eggs after her death we...
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    Our chicken just died, can they have heart attacks?

    We have a silver Wyandotte that had a pasty butt. So we caught her and had her upset down in my lap with her head laying over my knee not quite touching the floor. We were cleaning her vent and when we finished I brought her back up to let her loose and she was dead. My husband thought she might...
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    Want to purchase eggs or pullet chicks

    I am looking to buy eggs/chicks Black copper Moran/chocolate Moran /Cuckoo Moran I prefer chicks but can't afford to pay $15 ea.. also looking for Brown Leghorns ...If you have any of these please email/call
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    The grandious expectations of Chickens in your backyard

    Hi , I want to thank everyone that sent me information when my teenagers were sick. Alas we lost all three of them. The first one 1 week before the last two. The last chicken that died I sent to the agricultural lab in Huntsville to get a diagnosis of death. It came back Ovarian Cancer as an off...
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    Chicken died

    We have 2 Ameraucanas (5-6mos old)1 black THELMA, 1 blue Louise. Louise died and what she did before she died...She was very active- flying and the whole thing- then she stopped and started to slowly walked everywhere (her balance slightly off). Then she would stop and stare off into space as...
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    Coccidiosis in chickens , how much do I use?

    Coccidiosis in chickens I just got Corid 9.6% solution to put in water, this is the one they use for cows, etc. But the co-op told me I could also use this on chickens. According to the directions they talk about 100 lb weight , Obviously chickens don't weight quite that much! Any idea as to how...
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    egg laying

    We have 5 girls now laying (we Think) Big Red who is a wellsummer lays big brown eggs. Then we get a light tan colored egg which we think is from our ameraucana cross and 3 other eggs of (1) ivory and 2 light tan. We have 2 laced wyandottes & a buff cornish hen. We say she is ameraucana cross...
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