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Any recommended hatcheries in Western PA, Eastern OH, or Northern WV? I live right on the border of all three states and am interested in acquiring some chicks/chickens in the near future.
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Each weekend, I take my eggs to a farmers market to sell them, share in the education and benefits of our backyard chicken lifestyle, and spread the healthiness and beauty of what our girls lay for us each and every day.
I currently have a flock of 24 laying hens. Although...
Earlier this week, I found that two of my chickens are egg bound. I had adopted them, and I believe that the rehoming caused them to be stressed which caused the egg bound. Through treatment (calcium boot + epsom salt bath), one of the chickens passed her egg. However, after a calcium boost + 3...
I have a sapphire olive egger hen that laid her first egg on Memorial Day (4 days ago). Since then, she has not laid another egg. Is this normal for the breed/young layers to not lay for this many consecutive days?
I also noticed 2 days ago that she went into her usual nesting box and was in...
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I have five, 4-week old chickens that I am hoping to integrate into my existing flock of chickens within the next week or two. Of the other chickens that I already have outside in the coop, the ages range from 5 months to 2 years old, so they are larger than the young ones...