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  1. Robin K.

    Help, No EGGS

    We went on vacation for 2 weeks. We came home and all of our chickens have stopped laying. I have no idea why?
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    Muddy run

    Help! I don’t know what to do. My run is overflowing with mud. We have had so much rain my chickens are walking in about 4 inches of mud. How do I dry up the mud??
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    What can I use to worm may flock?

    I recently found a few worms on my dropping's board. I'm not sure if they are from the chickens, but I thought it would be a good idea to worm my flock. Any thoughts?
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    Chocolate Orpington enlarged crawl and throwing up

    My chocolate Orpington is very lethargic and not moving around. When I picked her up brown slime started running out of her mouth. I brought her inside and put her in a tub of warm water. She has thrown up about 1/2 cup. I am very new to being a chicken owner. Right now I have her wrapped up in...
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    What is this?

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    First Egg

    I am so excited. I found my first egg in a nesting box yesterday evening. My husband is retired and was no as excited to raise chickens as I was, but he has been checking the boxes every day for about 2 weeks. Every evening when I come home from work he tells me no eggs today. Well yesterday I...
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    Layer Feed

    I need help. I have started feeding my hens layer food. They are about 16 - 17 weeks old. Someone told me that I shouldn't feed layer food all the time it causes blood in the eggs. Is this true? Should I be feeding them something else?
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    Fermented Feed

    How do you ferment feed?
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    Adding 2 new birds to the flock.

    I ordered 4 English Chocolate Orpingtons Pullets from Papa's Poultry, they are scheduled to arrive today. We have 6 RIR hens and a RIR rooster that are 4 months old. I hope they all get along. I have wanted the Orpingtons for a long time and I have had a hard time getting them. I received an...
  10. Robin K.

    Oscar my handsome rooster.

  11. Robin K.

    Discouraged New Chicken Lover

    I am getting very discouraged. This is the second time I have incubated eggs and I have none that hatched. 7 eggs and nothing. I only had 1 hatch out of the last 6. I now have 14 eggs in the incubator that have 15 days to go. I hope I get something. Any help would be apricated.
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    Elmo

    7C50635C-E09B-4C1B-8D15-4E317720F114 by Robin K. posted Jul 25, 2018 at 7:46 AMThis is the first baby I hatched. 1 out of 6 eggs was a little disappointing. He has had to grow up alone. My baby is now 4 weeks old. It is supposed to be a Chocolate Wyandotte, but I’m beginning to wonder.
  13. Robin K.

    8 week old Road Island Reds

    I have been noticing that a couple of my hens have feathers on there backs that are standing straight up,like a Mohawk. Is this normal?
  14. Robin K.

    Obsessed with chickens

    Hello, My name is Robin. I have always loved chickens, even as a little girl. I grew up on a chicken less farm. My parents raised horses and cattle. So in May of this year I decided to buy a chicken coop. I ordered day old Road Island Red's 6 Hens and 1 Rooster (Oscar). Now I am hatching...
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