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    Running out of grower feed for 9 week old chicks

    Hello! I have some 9 week old chicks and am running low on their grower feed. I've had some on order with my feed store but the shipment still hasn't arrived. Hopefully they will have it in a few days. Will it be ok for me to feed the chicks the layer feed my older chickens eat if I run out of...
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    Temporary run/coop queation

    I recently lost 6 of my 12 free range chickens to a predator attack so now have six new 3-week old chicks in a brooder in my house. I have a 140 sq. ft. secure run attached to my existing coop and plan to divide off half of it as a temporary run for the new chicks, which I'll move out in 3-4...
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    Winter mites... can I use Elector PSP + permethrin together?

    One of my 12 chickens has mites and I usually use Elector PSP to treat them but since it's winter I used Permethrin powder and dusted all of my chickens yesterday. I also cleaned and dusted the coop and run. It's going to be near 40 degrees today and I'm wondering if I should spray the infected...
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    Any adjustment from meal to pellet feed?

    I have always fed my chickens the meal form of feed but today was accidentally given the pellet form. I didn't realize it until I dumped the 50# bag into the storage container. While both varieties of feed are nutritionally the same, will my chickens eat the pellets? They free range most days...
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    How to treat Northern Fowl mites in winter

    I just discovered that I have mites in my coop and am not sure how to treat the chickens and coop in the winter. I live in MN and the temps are below freezing now and will remain so for a while. I have used Elector PSP in the past on the chickens and throughout the coop with great success but am...
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    Chicken laying on top of nesting boxes

    One of my newer chickens has just begun laying and is doing so on top of the nesting boxes (see photo). I have tried moving her into one of the boxes to show her where to lay but she continues to go back on top. I have 13 chickens (four have not started to lay yet) and four nesting boxes. Since...
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    Light needs for 5 week old chicks at night

    I moved my five week old chicks into the garage today and am wondering if I should leave a low wattage light on overnight rather than having it pitch dark. This hasn't been a concern of mine in the past as my old garage door had windows, however my new garage door does not. They have plenty of...
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    Chickens laying outside of coop... advise please!

    I have a small flock of six chickens and several of them have started laying outside of the coop in the flower garden under one of my windows this week. One of the chickens had been broody until about a week ago (she has not started laying yet after being broody) and I'm wondering if her...
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    Possbile broody chicken?

    One of my chickens, who has been broody that past two summers, has not laid an egg for the past week. She looks healthy with a bright red comb and eats and free ranges with the rest of the chickens. I am finding her, however, in the coop standing or sitting next to the nesting boxes but not...
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    Pullets laying outside of the coop - what to do?

    I hope someone can help me as I have not had this problem before! I have four pullets and a couple have just begun to lay over the past three days. Although they have been checking out the nesting boxes in the coop, they have started laying their first eggs outside in a corner by a tall wooden...
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    Mites... pre-spray new nesting box?

    I've been dealing with mites on and off for a couple of months now it had been going fairly well until a few days ago when I saw mites on some of the eggs again. After checking the girls I found that all of them had some mites around their vents and I found mites in the nesting boxes when I...
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    Possible Marek's and not shell-less eggs after all??

    I hope someone is able to help figure out what is going on with my 12 month old Easter Egger Olivia, who has been laying eggs with only a yolk for the past week. I posted this a few days ago in the forum relating to egg laying but am now wondering if her symptoms may be related to Marek's. I got...
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    Why has my Easter Egger started laying only yolks?

    I hope someone can help me figure out why one of my chickens (12 months old) has started to lay eggs that appear to be only yolks with no whites or shell. I first noticed what I thought was simply the remains of what had been a broken egg about a week ago so cleaned it up and didn't think much...
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    Marek's question regarding purchasing chicks vs. pullets

    I have been raising a small flock of chickens for three years and have purchased all of my chickens at 6-8 weeks of age from the same breeder who does not vaccinate for Marek's. Due to the size of my coop I keep my flock at about seven chickens but over the past three years I have had to add new...
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    pullet has stopped laying and has green poop

    I'm not sure if this is the correct forum to post my question but perhaps someone might be able to help me. My 11 month old barred rock pullet, Abby, began laying daily about 3 weeks ago but I she hasn't laid for the past four or five days. I live in Minnesota so although the days are getting...
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    Pullet has weak legs... unable to roost

    I'm hoping someone can help me with this. I began noticing three days ago that my 24 week old pullet, Nora, began exhibiting a limping/weakness in her legs. At first I thought it was just her right leg but today I noticed that it's occurring in both legs. She seems to be eating and drinking fine...
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    Can pullets stay in run with existing flock?

    I have three 12-week old pullets that I am slowly introducing to my existing flock of 5 chickens (2 are 2-1/2 years old and 3 are 1-1/2 years old). I currently have the pullets in a temporary run next to the main coop/run for the next month until I take the final steps to fully integrate them...
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    Why is my brown leghorn not laying?

    I have six mixed breed chickens and my two year old brown leghorn hasn't laid in almost two weeks (she is my only white egg layer so it's easy to know which eggs are hers). Prior to that she was laying every 2-3 days since the days have been getting longer. She had a slight limp for a couple...
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    Chickens kicking out straw of nesting boxes

    I hope someone can give me some insight into why my chickens keep removing the straw from their nesting boxes, which they have been doing for the last couple of weeks. I have three 18 month old chickens who are currently not laying (they just finished molting and we only have 9-1/2 hours of...
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    adding supplemental light at end of day

    Quick question... With the days getting shorter I'm considering adding supplemental light to my coop to help with egg laying and am wondering if it's ok to add it to the end of the day rather than the beginning. I have a heavy duty exterior timer that goes on at dusk and can stay on 2, 4, 6 or 8...
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