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    Australorp and Barred Rocks stopped laying completely? Also, eating eggs question.

    I have a ~3 year old Australorp and two 2 year old barred rocks. Two of the best egg layers in the world. Normally we get so many eggs I'm desperately giving them away. They slowed down in winter but still enough that we could fill a carton in 4 to 5 days. Then a couple things happened. First...
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    Malek and new chicks

    So I have three hens as backyard chickens. I'm pretty sure one is down with Malek and unfortunately did not have the means to separate her until today. She's been going downhill since about a week and a half. I think it is pretty impossible the other two will be carrying it now. It's not my...
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    Wanting to add another hen but fear for it and the others

    I had four lovely hens. 1 barred rock and 3 australorps. The barred rock was my favorite and she suddenly passed away. I'm not sure what she died of, but both of her sisters passed at about 9 months old two years ago mysteriously. I had both the 3 barred rocks as pullets about 3 months old. I'm...
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    How much pumpkin?

    We were carving and gave the 4 girls we have the left overs. They wouldn't touch it til I hand fed them. Now they're losing their minds over it. So, can there be too much of it at once? Can I store it and give them a bit daily? There is rine, guts, and some seeds that we didn't pick out for...
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    Buying Pullets online?

    I bought 3 this spring from Murray. I want to buy 3 more now and it is more expensive there. I found buy 3 of the same is cheaper on Cackle Hatchery, but I'm confused about when they will ship. It says chicks until sept. but I want the adult ones (15-20 weeks). However I can't see anywhere that...
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    Please help! I believe a bacterial infection is killing my girls!

    Sorry for the chapter book I'm about to write. I'm heartbroken. I only have 3 girls and now 2 are gone. I'm so upset, I did everything I could right. I tried to do everything by the books and speak to people here and I knew about raising chickens, and then one died suddenly two weeks ago. I had...
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    FINALLY happy with my setup (first time chickener's coop and run)

    I'm still new to all this! I've been rearranging a lot of things and still have some other ideas to expand or add, but for now, I'm pretty happy with this and my 3 barred rocks (Henocide, Hennessy, and Murder Parade) seem to be happy, healthy girls. It's a 16 sq ft coop and 132 sq ft run. The...
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    What is happening to my eggs?

    Hi again. I'm still new to chickens. I have 3. Hennessy, Henocide, and Murder Parade. They're all laying now. Ok in go the issues... buckle up I tend to ramble. Hennessy started laying first and didnt lay in the nesting box until I was able to catch her about to lay and put her in the box...
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    Sigh... back again

    I've made 2 different posts asking the gender of my barred rocks. I paid a lot for 15 to 20 week old guaranteed pullets. Both times everyone unanimously said they were all girls. Well the last one has yet to lay but I still thought she was a girl but now my aunt is insisting it is a Male. The...
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    Finally! (And egg questons)

    Our first ever egg! Despite being a complete newbie I actually was able to predict our Hennessy was about to lay. She was acting strangely that morning. Then that afternoon, egg! Question: we're aren't planing on having more chickens, so I was wanting some advice on storage. Some ppl have...
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    I guess what I've heard is true...

    First time chicken mom and I'm hooked. I keep getting excited over little things. Like when they started hopping around on their perches and using the sand bath for the first time. Already thinking about expanding somehow in the future.... Chicken match I guess lol. It is too bad I didn't get...
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    The new GIRLS are getting big

    At least they better be girls. After getting burned 4 out of 4 roosters from a local farm (previous thread) I spent a lot of money online to get guaranteed barred rock pullets.... so girls... please be girls. They look like girls. They all look mostly alike. No eggs yet but no crowing either...
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    Straw in the run now or wait?

    New to chickening (if you haven't seen any of my previous threads). I have 3 barred rocks in 132 sq feet. They've been pecking and scratching happily about the grass, yet it hasn't started to die out yet. I bought a few bays of straw to lay out in the run, but I didn't know if I should just wait...
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    Spent my birthday finishing the new setup.

    Spent my 27th birthday finishing up painting to roof we added to the protected run. I had another thread on how I should go about expanding my space. Added a 10x10 area to the 32 sq ft run attached to the coop. Used a heavy duty dog kennel and covered the top with chicken wire to protect from...
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    Keeping 'em warm in the wintertime questions.

    My girls haven't arrived yet, getting 3 barred rocks that are already old enough to know FOR SURE they are girls (have had really bad luck with getting roosters out of 'hens'). BUT anyway, I had some questions about keeping them warm in the winter... Heat lamps worry me, it even worried me...
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    Is my run large enough for 3 barred rocks?

    I've heard the run should be about 8 to 10 sq ft per bird, but still looks smallish to me. Then again, I'm a complete newbie to this. The coop is 4 ft × 4ft and the attached run is 4 ft × 8 ft. With half of it under the coop. Pretty low to the ground but they'll be able to get under it. Were...
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    Best place to buy starter pullets online? Meyer Hatchery?

    As I stated in a previous post on gender questions, (https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/i-really-hope-these-barred-rocks-are-girls.1305681) I've been having reeeeally bad luck trying to get female barred rocks. Many have suggested ordering starter pullets so their sex can be pretty much...
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    I really hope these barred rocks are girls

    New here and new to chickens. I introduced myself in the other thread ;) So I'm worried we might have some gender problems with the 3 barred rocks I got that were supposed to be all female. The two older ones are between 6-7 weeks and about to move outside today or tomorrow. However, I'm...
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    New here and new to chickens :)

    Although I am experienced with and have many other pets, chickens are new to my wife and I. My name is Rikki (also a girl if that matters lol) We've been doing our research and setting up what we believe is a great environment for them in the back yard. Thought it would be good to get my foot...
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