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    New hens not laying

    hello, nearly a month ago I bought 6 new RTL hens (3 barred rock 3 Colombian). None have started to lay. I realize they may have been slightly stressed from the change and being added to an exsisting flock (6 1 year old red sexed link). However, they are all co exsisting in one coop and run. I...
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    Should I or shouldn’t I buy more hens?

    I’d like to buy more RTL hens this spring. However, I currently have 7 hens (almost a year old). If I do buy some, can they be housed with the original crew or should I have a second coop built? Also, I’ve heard that laying hens after a year will slowly stop laying and prior to that their eggs...
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    Should I stock pile eggs?

    With winter officially here, I’ve noticed that my hens have started to slow down on their egg production. I’m getting from 7 hens 5-7 eggs a day. I know eventually they will likely stop laying all together for the winter. When should I start to stock pile my eggs? I would like to have enough to...
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    Winterized! I think....

    I knew it was coming but it finally end below 0 last night (-10c). I wrapped the run in thick construction plastic, covered all the vents in the coop, added another bag of wood shavings inside the coop and gave the chickens a new bale of straw to play with. When I checked on them this morning...
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    How to reintroduce a lost chicken back to her flock?

    We recently had an attack on our coop at night and lost one chicken and had an injured one as well. We removed her from the flock kept her inside for the night and put her on the deck in a dog crate for the day. Somehow she managed to slip through the crate and disappeared for a couple of days...
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    She came home!!!

    I am ecstatic right now. The kids went to let the chickens out of their coop for the day this and who comes walking across the yard but Belle! She's been missing since Tuesday. We had her, I thought safely locked in a dog crate for the afternoon so she could heel but somehow she managed to...
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    Sad day... we lost another chicken

    went to open the coop this morning and noticed one of our chickens laying strangely in the corner. Under further investigation I realized she was dead. Poor girl. I believe her fellow sisters attacked her sometime over night but I can't seem to figure out why. Before we put them in for the...
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    Help! So many eggs

    i seem to have a lot of eggs at the moment. More than I can eat. I'm going to make an angel food cake later today. What are your favourite recipes to use up a lot of eggs?
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    Help! My hens attacked one of their sisters

    this morning my hens attacked one of their sisters. My husband heard the noise and came to her rescue. She was severely beaten/pecked at and had a white substance coming out of the wounds. We separated her from the rest but she didn't make it. I'm not sure why this would have happened. I double...
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    It may be August but the first frost is just around the corner

    I realized today that the cooler weather and shorter days are just around the corner. Being new to backyard chickens I want to ensure that the ladies are comfortable this winter. We live in Ontario so very cold snowy days are inevitable. I plan on covering the run in plastic, but I'm not sure...
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    Help my chicken coop run is turning into mud!

    With all the rain we've been having here in Ontario the chicken coop run has turned into mud. I've tried to collect the grass clippings and put it along the bottom. Which seems to work for a few days but then with the heavy down pours it slowly washes away. I'm thinking of using a mixture of...
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    Proud chicken momma

    Our 10 red sexed link chickens arrived last Wednesday. We've been checking their meeting boxes every morning (actually every chance we can) and this Saturday we had our first eggs! Not sure which ones are laying them yet but we are up to 10 eggs so far. Hopefully by the end of the week we will...
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