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    Contagious broodiness?

    So this is my 6th year with chickens. Second flock with 17 hens and ample space. Have dealt with broody hens before. Most i ever had was 2. A few times I’ve had one it worked itself out. Other times I’ve done solitary for 3 days. Well, I got lazy here recently with two with fingers...
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    Keeping chickens out of vegetable garden... pics of current set up included

    So, I built these about five years ago, and they were elevated on 4x4s so that the top of soil was about waste heigh. Chickens never flew up there. Well, some things started to rot, a lot of 1 year old mushroom compost was in there, and I figured the easiest thing to do was to just remove the...
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    How long too long in nesting boxes….

    We sometimes have a hard time coordinating whose job it is to get eggs. I checked this pm and it looks like they went unchecked three days in a row. When I checked just now, two had hens on them… I’m guessing broody, which is new. N Florida. Past few nights down to 50-60s. Warm during day...
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    First time butchering…

    Well… That wasn’t much fun. Couldn’t find anybody to take these two and it was getting loud in the mornings. Took care of it Saturday morning. I know they need to rest in fridge for a while. How long? Then brine they before cooking? They were 12 weeks old, so I know I let them go a little...
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    Barred Rock vs….. ?

    So, we’re at 8 weeks with this flock of 25. Last time I had a couple barred rocks that were identical amd really pretty. This go round I have like 8 black and white pullets, but all have less definition between black and white, and leg colors run the gamut…. Dark, yellow, white, and cream...
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    New flock won’t hit waterer nipples

    So I just have some 8 week olds full time access to run. My last flock took to the horizontal waterer nipples immediately. They were also brand new and bright red. They are now very faded. These new birds have yet to figure it out. I gave them access to run on Saturday. I have caught a...
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    2.5 week ID on this one?

    Black copper maran? That would be awesome. Got 17 multi colored egg layers online. Then picked up 8 more in town. Of those 8, two were barred rocks and 4 were speckled Sussex. Looks like only. 1 of the 4 speckled is a boy. Nice! Wound up with like 8 barred rocks. The two I have now...
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    Mixing same age chicks from different sources

    Picked up 17 chicks today. I can handle 21-22 total. Last time they sent 7 extras, this time only two. As such, I’d like to pick up 4-5 more locally. All will be 2-4 days old. All the ones from this morning are super healthy and drinking / eating well. Any disease risk in adding the...
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    Keeping water warm for day old chicks…

    Took delivery of 21 chicks a little over three years ago and don’t remember how I handled this. I have new ones coming tomorrow so last night I got heat source set up and tested everything out. Directly under heat source hits 100 degrees, and there’s plenty of space to spread out and cool...
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    Constant moderately loud noise while raising…

    Have new chicks coming in a couple weeks. Three years ago I raised 21 in my garage before moving them outside. Since then I have gotten into rock tumbling and have three tumblers, with 2/3 running most of time. One of them (vibratory) is pretty loud. The noise is constant. No sudden...
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    Big egg!

    Last night I got this 99 gram (3.5 oz) egg. Biggest yet from this flock of 21, but not by much. Have yet to see a double yolk in any of the jumbo + eggs.
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    Okay, so…. Random feather loss + molting…???

    Probably 6-7 (maybe more) months ago about half my chickens began losing feathers right above the origin of tail feathers. Typically a patch about the size of a deck of cards. I cleaned the coop. I sprayed the coop. I sprayed the birds. Feathers never grew back. I witness no attempts to...
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    Cheapest quality egg cartons…

    Any recommendations? Prices online vary widely. plastic would be great, but if foam cheaper that’s fine too. Like to avoid pulp.
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    Term for the type of wood chips in outdoor run...

    I'm a little over a year in and have started to face a little bit of a mud issue. Soil drains pretty well and the grade is perfect, but still pretty muddy. Nothing has been put down yet, but I'd like to. It will also keep the dust down a little bit... the dust that likes to wind up on my...
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    Mites / lice, or molting.., what say you?

    My chickens will be one year old tomorrow. Actually, it might be today. Just now noticed these bare and thinning spots just ventral and anterior of tail. On 4 or 5 of 21 total Quick Google indicates that molting occurs around 18 months and begins at head and neck. Facts: - 4 or 5 out of 21...
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    Molting or bullying or parasite?

    My chickens will be one year old tomorrow. Actually, it might be today. Just now noticed these bare and thinning spots just ventral and anterior of tail. Quick Google indicates that molting occurs around 18 months and begins at head and neck. Facts: - 4 or 5 out of 21 exhibit this -...
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    Mice issue...

    So, my neighbors (wife's parents) have never had a mouse issue and they've been in their current house for at least 10 years. Recently they have been seeing / killing a few. I also noticed a dead one on our back patio last week. This morning I noticed a dead one in the driveway on front of...
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    Time change and decrease in egg production...

    Did anybody else notice a decrease in egg production with the time change this past Sunday? I guess it messes them up, too!
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    First year chickens and egg production taper...

    So my chickens all hatched at the very end of March, which puts them at about 9 months old. I have 21 total, and the most eggs I've seen in a day has been 19 and they were probably averaging 16 or 17. I'm in NW Florida, and was wondering when I should expect to see them taper production a...
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    Broody hen... Have done a little research already, but...

    Read through this... https://www.thehappychickencoop.com/6-ways-to-break-a-broody-hen/ Some of the remedies aren't really an option. I have 5 boxes and 21 hens. So far, all have been laying in the nesting boxes. I've had zero bullying. They have 24 hour access to 500 foot run. 32 feet of...
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