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    Sour Crop Cured - But No More Eggs?

    Our White Plymouth Rock (MarilHen Monroe) had a bout with sour crop over a week ago. We treated it and she recovered quickly and is almost entirely back to normal; however, in the ensuing days she has not laid a single egg. She's happy, eating, pooping, her crop is emptying and she's her...
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    DO NOT BUY FROM DARE2DREAM FARMS!!!

    I am broken-hearted. Today we lost Rosie. The last of my 5 OG hens from Dare2Dream Farms. In the short time that I have had them, (less than a year and a half), every one has succumbed to maladies ranging from strokes, to paralysis, to tumors, and my dear Becky simply dropped dead one night...
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    Dare2Dream

    Has anyone had issues with chickens they've gotten from Dare2Dream Farms? We have other chickens we've gotten from elsewhere and haven't had any issues but 4 out of 5 we got from there have passed. Two had developmental issues, one had some unexplainable malady and died in a week (vet said it...
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    Integration & Feed

    Hey there, We have 4 hens (all laying) in the backyard right now. They are eating Scratch and Peck organic 16% layer feed. We have 2 young pullets (approx 6 weeks old) that we are in the process of integrating with the flock. Currently they have their own separate area in the backyard where...
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    Breed Help

    Hey there, Looking for guidance in determining this (hopefully) girl's breed. Someone on another forum said she looked like a "meat bird" (uh... thanks, very helpful)... The first photo was take at about 2 1/2 weeks old. The second is at about 3 1/2 weeks old. Much obliged.
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    Sex & Breed (Help!)

    Well, some idiot on our street is giving out baby chicks for easter and we’ve rescued two of them. They were in an excrement ridden amazon box with no fresh water and they had fed them pita bread (which is awful for chicks). We got them in the brooder (which we had to dust off) and I ran to...
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    Sooo.... The girls are eating the stucco / paint off of our house

    And I can't figure out how to stop it. They free range in our backyard and I really don't want to put up a fence, plus I've discovered they're eating the chipping paint off of our fence as well! Lordy!! They have plenty of grit and a ton of oyster shell and I'm paying a ton of money on premium...
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    FINALLY!!!! Our First Egg!!!!

    8 loooooooong months later, our eldest hen, Becky, has given us our first egg. I'm so proud of my big girl!!! Here's hoping the other girls follow suit....
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    32 weeks today and no eggs...

    Our eldest girl, Becky, (a Buff Orpington) turned 32 weeks today and has yet to lay an egg. She doesn't even look like she's anywhere near laying... Sigh. Our next oldest girl, is 25 weeks (another BO) and looks about the same as our older girl. No squatting or anything like that from either of...
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    Sunlight v Aerial Protection

    After losing our lil Lizzie (8 weeks) to a hawk in the spring, we put up shade sails over the entire backyard to ensure that never happened again. The sails are slightly transparent so I know they're getting light, but they're not getting direct sunlight (especially now that it's almost winter...
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    Severely constipated chicken

    Susie, our 23 week old Buff Orpington has been acting strangely for a few days - lethargic, barely eating, not foraging or interacting with her sisters, and most importantly, NOT pooping. We took her to the vet and she is not egg bound, nor is there a blockage that would stop her from...
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    Broody before laying?

    Hey everyone, We have two 22 week old Buff Orpingtons who were previously inseparable. Susie, the more developed of the two (much larger and redder wattles and comb) has, in the last day or so, been acting very strangely. She hasn't been leaving the coop, is being completely solitary and has...
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    First round of Corid treatment today

    We have two 14 week old chicks and two 7 week old chicks all - now, finally - living happily together. This morning I noticed blood in some of our younger chick's poops. I suspect cocci and I'm dosing all of the girls just to be safe. I didn't have to run out or lose my mind with worry thanks...
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    How soon is too soon to put chicks on grower?

    Hey there, So we're currently working on integrating our 5 week old BOs in with our 12 week old BOs. Currently they are separated in two different coops during the day with the older girls free-ranging around the younger girls (look but don't touch method) and it's slow but steady. We are THIS...
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    Brokenhearted

    A hawk just killed my poor baby, Lizzie. She was my sweetest and smallest girl and now she's gone and I can't stop crying. My husband and I buried her in the backyard. I am usually out there with them all day but we went inside to grab dinner and bring it out back. My two other girls are...
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    Hello!

    Pleased to be here and so enormously grateful for the knowledge I have gleaned from this site in the last few months. 1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? My mom's best friend had a farm when I was growing up so I spent quite a lot of time around chickens (and other...
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    Really sleepy lil girl

    Hi all, Long time, first time. We have three 5 1/2 week old baby buffs. They've been in the coop for about a week now (we're in SoCal and it's warm here). Since they've gone outside, our littlest girl, Lizzie, has been sleeping a ton. Her sisters run around pretty much constantly and when...
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