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    My broody hen hatched two eggs, what’s next.

    My Buff Orpington was sitting on four eggs in an elevated nest box. I was able to move her to a metal dog crate before two hatched yesterday. There are two more she is sitting on. The only spot I could put the crate is on a shelf in the run. I’m unsure what to do not. She will need to come...
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    Hen broke her top beak!

    My RIR appears to have broke off her top beak at the lip. Her lower beak is intact and she tries to eat and drink. I feed my chickens pellets from two feeders. I switched one to have crumbles available for her. Don’t know what else can be done right now except to monitor her. Will she grow back...
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    A little help here please - pullets molting!

    I have six 40 week old pullets that appear to be molting. This is my first time raising chickens. I didn't think pullets this young would go thru a molt but three have lost their tail feathers and some of their downy butt fluff. I’m more concerned with my SLW who is now losing feathers around...
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    Cold coop makes for cold eggs

    Now that winter cold is approaching the fresh layer eggs don’t stay warm in the coop for long. Once collected I normally keep the eggs on my counter. This morning the temperature in the coop was 36 degrees and in the house it was 74. Since they are already cold should they be stored in the...
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    Cold weather chicken bath ideas

    My ladies do enjoy their dustbath. Michigan winter means frozen ground though. Any advice or ideas that a new chicken mom can use? My ladies are 8 months old. Do pullets need a dust bath in winter? Thanks
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    Switching food from crumbles to pellets not going well

    My 8 month old pullets have been eating crumbles until now but I’d like to switch them to pellets. There seems to be a lot of powder with crumbles when they eat. The girls don’t seem to like the change in texture. I have two feeders in their run, one was filled with crumbles and the other with...
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    What do I have?

    This 28 week pulley was in a bin containing about six breeds of chicks. Thought I was getting a Brown Leghorn but now I’m not sure. I realize pullets lay when they are ready but she has not started yet. I thought Leghorns started around 18-20 weeks. She would be my only white egg layer in my...
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    Messy oyster shell/grit

    Looking for ideas on how to keep oyster shells and grit in the girls run. They step in the containers, fill them with dirt when scraping in the run and poop in them when they slid them around. What do you use to keep them off the ground and creating a mess? Not totally bad now but when winter...
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    Leghorn pullet not laying yet

    My 24 week old Brown Leghorn has only a small pale ribbon like comb and no waddle. She shows no sign of laying eggs yet. Ruthie is one of 6 hens in my flock and the only Leghorn. The others (RIR, BO, SLW and Sapphire Blue) are all laying. She is on the bottom of the pecking order but she is...
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    Finally have eggs but super soft shells

    New to raising chickens so forgive me if this is normal. On Friday my 17 week old ladies dropped two eggs. I was super excited. It looks like the hens were on their roost and just let them go, poor things. They dropped about 15 inches to the poop board. The shells were super soft and when...
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    Hello, so glad to be here!I’ve learned a lot

    My chicken adventure started about a year ago working on convincing my husband that raising a small flock of chickens would be something to keep me busy after retiring. It took until February to wear him down. I started with 4 Cornish Cross chicks in a brooder he built. Michigan winter being...
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