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    24 weeks old, no eggs, no squatting yet that I've observed either...why?

    So...have 2 Silver-laced Wyandottes, 1 New Hampshire Red, and 14 Barred Rock hens that were hatched June 8. Been feeding them oyster shell on the side (have a NHR roo too) and Purina Flock Raiser 20% protein. Added supplemental light to their coop on timer set for 15 hours a day light (turns on...
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    What do you do when an old hen is just not integrating well with a new flock?

    This one unfortunately happens to be my eight year old daughter's favorite chicken to boot, but she's bullying the others and possibly feather-picking their tail feathers. Two got to blood and we sprayed Blue Kote on everyone who had bare spots on their butts by their tails, and it was about...
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    20.5 week old Barred Rocks and Silver-laced Wyandottes and one New Hampshire Red not laying?

    I'm sure this sounds impatient, but I am wondering...this flock has had some behavior issues with feather-picking (due to boredom I think, and the chickens are, well, too chicken to go out in the snow which puts 19 birds into a 96 sq foot shed/coop. Door open all day, til we can cut out a little...
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    When to integrate flocks?

    I have 14 barred rock pullets, 3 silver-laced wyandotte pullets (had six sadly one went missing and two died not sure if it was from heat or BR pullets they do seem to bully the SLW and the two dead ones had definitely been pecked at and were bloody-I got really sick and hubby had forgotten to...
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    At what age should my chicks and hens integrate?

    Hello all! When can I integrate hens and chicks? I have 9 two year old RIRs and 19 nine-week old chicks (barred rock, silver-laced wyandotte, and two new hampshire red cockerels). We are having issues trying to take care of the two separate flocks, since I got thrown from a horse last week...
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    Mice in chicken coop- help?

    Hello all! Well, dang it! I'm dealing with mice in the chicken coop! It's a 12x8 lofted barn shed, and since we don't have a chicken door cut in it (it's not going to be a permanent coop- we're working on a new one soon) the big door is open during the day. Problem is, we have mice droppings...
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    Why do my almost 5 week old chicks go berserk every time I reach into the brooder?

    A little background: We're using a Little Tikes playhouse with windows and door holes taped shut (save one for light and ventilation) as our brooder outside right now. We handled the chicks a LOT while they were tiny, and still give feed, water, etc daily. And yet, they go completely berserk...
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    Baby chick barely responsive help!

    Found him in the brooder others were walking on him and he barely woke up. made homemade electrolyte solution and have him on a heating pad with towel he drank a little but still hardly chirping. Help please!Edit-hishead is also very twitchy. Had marek's vaccine hatched June 8 at hatchery
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    Day-old chicks just arrived this morning and one tried to eat paper towel and nearly choked on it-help?

    She's fine, which is why I didn't post in emergency thread, but... I kept seeing posts on putting paper towels in the brooder for a couple of days, but now I'm not so sure...will they be ok if I take the paper towels out and just let them be on the sand I put in there instead? I had planned on...
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    Waiting for chicks to arrive

    They're currently listed as "in transit" from Meyer Hatchery in Polk, OH to Kootenai County, ID. The tracking said that they're scheduled to arrive on Thursday by 8 pm, but they hatched yesterday. Isn't that pushing the 72 hour window awfully close? Any tips on what to do to ensure their...
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    At what age do my chicks no longer need the heat lamp?

    They're hatching June 8, and we're heading into summer (current long term NOAA forecast says hot hot summer here in Idaho this year), and they will be in a metal shed until we can get a larger coop built (current one is too small as it only has 9 hens in it, but we're getting 23 new chicks, 3...
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    How many mason jar feeders for 23 chicks?

    Hello all! Last time we got chicks, we ordered 10 and got 12, so only used one of the mason jar feeders and one mason jar waterer for them. Now, we're getting 23 chicks (ordered, not sure if they'll send more or not), and I'm wondering how many feeders and waterers do I need for all of them...
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    Do hens hatch chicks in the fall?

    Hello all! So I ordered a new flock hatching June 8 with roosters this time because we now live on 5 acres in the country! I couldn't find any sexlinks available in the hatcheries, so I did the next best thing- I ordered the breed combos that hatch sexlinks (New Hampshire Red roosters...
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    Chicken walking in constant squat-help!

    If you've ever seen a dog crawling across the floor, that would be what my 16 month old RIR hen is doing. They're molting something fierce, due to the season I'm sure, but opened the door this morning and she's literally army crawling across the floor with her legs nearly horizontal and moving a...
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    Soft shell, but there's oyster shell mixed into feed-help?

    So...for those that have been following, I found a soft shell egg this morning. So I don't have an egg-eater (YAY!) but I have a soft shell layer. It's very baffling as to WHY though? My chickens were 1 year old on May 8th, and I've NEVER dealt with soft shells before. They've always been as...
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    Egg-eating? Internal Laying???

    I just went to gather eggs, and for those of you who saw my feather-picking post, I caught two or three of them peck her bare patch right in front of me, so had to put her back in the kennel (I temporarily put her back in with them just because she soaked her bedding in there-I'll pick up...
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    Feather picking-what to do?

    Hello all! First flock, chickens were 1 year old on May 8. We went to check on the chickens this morning and one of them has patches of white (RIR hens, so shouldn't be any white). Upon further inspection, it would appear that someone is feather picking her. She had some broken shafts that were...
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    What do chickens do when they grieve?

    We unexpectedly lost a chicken yesterday to unknown causes (no signs of injury, however I can't afford a necropsy right now nor do I have the confidence to do one myself). Daughter found her deceased in the run yesterday morning. I am not sure why, but since the others were dust bathing, I...
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    Daughter found chicken dead in run this morning

    Hey. My 9 year old found one of our hens dead in the run this morning. There are no obvious signs of injury that I can see. We have been cleaning out the run as we're selling our house and had put them in a temporary pen to eat dandelions and such, and one of them got out the other day (all same...
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    Moving, and they asked me to clean out the run-help???

    Ok, so long story short, we're finally getting acreage-YAY! But the inspection came back on my suburban house in a city neighborhood, and while I expected that they would have me clean all chicken poop out of the shed (no surprise, I had planned to) they are ALSO having me completely clean all...
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