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    No eggs for almost three months!

    I had 4 chickens and the Texas summer killed two of them. My other two started molting soon after. They are finished molting and it's been almost three months with no eggs!!! Is this normal? Are they broken? They are two years old. We have seen a couple of mice around the coop. There is no...
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    chickens dropping dead in Central TX

    I am down half my flock! I only started with 4, but still. They are just dead in the coop, both times. I live in Austin, over 100 degrees every day for a couple months now and not a drop of rain since April. Is the heat killing my girls or could it be something else?? Since the first one died...
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    chickens pecking each other!

    One of my chickens, a gold laced wyandotte, started pecking two others. She has pecked bald spots onto their backs just above their tail feathers! Now one of those chickens is also pecking the other. My beautiful Americauna is really getting picked on now! I have 4 chickens total. There is no...
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    predator? or do chickens move eggs themselves?!

    i! I have 4 chickens about 7mths old. My chickens don't use any of their roosts and they don't lay in their nest box so I know they're kind of weird. Well the other day we saw an egg in the run. It was sort of hard to get to so we closed the chickens up in the coop and thought to get the egg...
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    do chickens MOVE eggs??

    Hi! I have 4 chickens about 7mths old. My chickens don't use any of their roosts and they don't lay in their nest box so I know they're kind of weird. Well the other day we saw an egg in the run. It was sort of hard to get to so we closed the chickens up in the coop and thought to get the egg...
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    eggs not in boxes

    My chickens have just started laying and I think only 2 of the 4 are so far. We are finding the eggs in the middle of their run area, and today I found one in the coop by their waterer. We have an cheap litter box that was bought new for the next box and its got wood chips in it. Any reason...
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    what is Clotile?!

    We got her from a farmer, thinking she was a silver laced wyandotte. Well she's clearly not that but - what is she?! Also, is that lump on her neck normal for her breed? Thanks!
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    swollen "throat"

    My chicken has a lump in her neck, like around her throat. She has had it for about 4 of her 6 months so I thought it was a breed thing. A farmer friend gave her to me and I have no idea what breed she is, but I thought it was normal for her. The last 3 days it seems much bigger and she...
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    6 month old chicks, no eggs yet!

    I have four chickens, they are all 22-24 weeks, and no eggs yet! I'm worried that because the days will be getting shorter I will not see any eggs until next summer! The weather has been gorgeous, we had a pretty mild summer, they've been on layer food for a month now, they have a 8 x 10 coop...
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    how can I find out what's lurking by my coop?

    My coop is about 50 feet away from my house. Late at night when I let my dog (a black lab) out to potty, lately she runs over there and barks hardcore and runs around the coop. She is very familiar with the chickens, and this behavior just started, so I am positive she's not barking at the...
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    chick always has mouth open and panting - is it sick?

    Hi I am new to this and have a question if my chicken is sick! She is a 6 week old, supposed to be a silver laced wyandotte but now she is looking more like some sort of black and gray speckled bird (got her from a lady at a farm so can't be sure exactly) For about a week now, she ALWAYS has...
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    adding one chick to a flock of 3

    Hi! OK I've got three 6week old chickens, and just got another one today - a 4 week old. I figured better to add one now while they're young. Do you think that, at these ages, there will be many problems?? I planned on sticking the new one in there tonight but after reading these boards now Im...
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    chicken w/ mouth always open - worm in throat?!?!

    Hi I am new to this and have a question if my chicken is sick! She is a 6 week old, supposed to be a silver laced wyandotte but now she is looking more like some sort of black and gray speckled bird (got her from a lady at a farm so can't be sure exactly) For about a week now, she ALWAYS has...
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    don't chickens eat flies??

    Hi! Just moved my 7week old girls outside today - tomorrow will be their first day in their coop but today I just put their cage (a 3x4 dog pen) under a tree. Their pen now has flies are swarming around, on the small amount of poop that was on the cage bottom. My girls are just pecking at the...
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    what are those circular metal attachy things called?

    I need your help! I need to get something that will help me connect two overlapping pieces of hardware cloth in my run. I tried using bits of cut wire but it doesn't seem secure. I have seen many times that people use these metal attachy things. They are small circular bits of heavy gauge wire...
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    DE question -do they eat it? Is garden grade the same as chicken grade

    Hi, my chicks are 6wks old and still just on starter feed. But I read so much about DE, I have a few questions. Do the chickens EAT this stuff? Or is it just for pest control/drying out their poops? I use in my garden, from Home Depot: Safer Brand Diatomaceous Earth, Ant and Crawling Insect...
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    Need coop advice please! (pics)

    Hello! I need advice on coop design. It just doesnt look right. My coop is an old shed that we cut windows into, and currently working on finishing the run. This is looking into my coop from the door. The top roost is about 4ft high and 10" from the back wall and takes advantage of one of...
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    I love this board!

    I have never used a message board as much as I use this one. I don't even have to google things anymore, I just search here. It's great, all the tips and advice are so invaluable. I love the detailed answers from people who looooove talking about chickens! I love it! Two clucks to you all!
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    size of sandbox?

    I'll put a sandbox at the end of my run if that'll make my girls happy.... question is, how big should it be? If you could give me an idea of what dimensions it should be I'll appreciate that! My run is 3 feet wide. Thanks!
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    coop litter methods?

    I read that people choose to use the deep litter method - but what does this mean, and what other methods are there? My coop has a plywood floor. I put a scrap piece of wood under the roosts that I can take out and hose down. About 1" of pine shavings in the coop that is swept out monthly and...
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