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    Normal Eating?

    I notice my Bared rocks are not eating as much of their feed and I am wondering if it is because it is summer. I feed them the as follows: First when out of coop, early morning, I give them 1 sardine (3 hens),for protein. Sometimes with hemp seed. They get Kalbach Special Reeserve. My hens do...
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    Barred Rock Egg Production

    I have 3 Barred Rocks that are just over 2 years old. When I received them July 4th, 2 years ago, they were coop ready, but not laying. They were laying age in mid winter, California winter. My question is this, I noticed a drop in egg production, when it refers to a 2 year egg production...
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    Low Egg Production

    I need some answers. I'm banging my head as to why my hens are not laying regularly. Excuse the long post, but I want to give a complete picture of what is and has been done. My 3 hens, barred rocks are now a little over a year old. We have been getting eggs regularly until just recently. And I...
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    Broken Egg

    I want to make sure I do not have a larger issue. One of my pullets started laying about 3 weeks ago, the second pullet 1.5 weeks ago. Im still waiting on my third. Two days ago, one of my pullets laid an egg, which by the time I got to the nest to retrieve it, it was broken. I caught one of...
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    Is it close?

    I have 3 pullets between 4.5 - 5 months. One of my pullets this morning kept going in coop, sit in nestbox, then came out cackling. I knew the egg song as soon as I heard it. I ran out, but no egg, just my decoy eggs. She did this 4 times. The last time she was in there a while and my other 2...
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    Need ideas

    I have 3 pullets, about 3.5 months old. In addition to their feed, Scratch & Peck, I have tried various fresh foods; green cabbage(hung & chopped), carrots & carrots greens (chopped & whole), lettuce (chopped & hung), Peas, green beans, turnip greens, mustard greens, blueberries, strawberries...
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    Good sound or Bad sound

    One of my pullets makes this low deep "rwuck" sound when anyone goes out to them. Not sure if this is a good sound or if this is a bad sound, like a growl. Trying to figure it out. I posted a video link that recorded the sound. I'm new to backyard chickens and am trying to figure out the...
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    Is this a Cockerel

    Hello All, I have 3 bared rock "pullets". I am wondering if one is actually a Cockerel. They were hatched in May, so they are about 3 - 3.5 months old. There has been no crowing, I actually do not know when they start. I have attached photos and 1 video. I trust the members knowledge on this...
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    Help?

    I have been told by chicken owners that I have pullets. My one pullet about 13 weeks is making a weird noise. I have a video of it. She has been thinking like this making me think she was a Cockerel. Watch the video you will see what is concerning me. She is eating and drinking normal. Not...
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    Concern?

    Ok, I'm a bit concerned. I posted about this before and was told it was probably intestinal lining. But then I was told it does not happen frequently. It seems, I have 3 pullets about 12 weeks of age, I'm seeing this at least weekly. Not every poop and mostly in the coop once in a while, first...
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    Help with sex please

    I am not allowed a rooster where I live. When I purchased these 3 pullets I was told they were hens. And because they were barred rock were easily sexted. One makes a honking noise, but no crowing. I have researched online and looked at a week by week, progression and they look like hens to me...
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    Poop Question

    I see some poops with red in them. I read this is normal and could be intestinal tissue. Most poops are normal looking. But I find 1 - 3 of these every day. My pullets are around 12 weeks old. Are not free range. See photo attached. Sorry for the gross factor. I just want to make sure I'm not...
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    Poop Question

    I'm new to chickens. I have a poop question. I clean up the run every night since I cannot free range. I want to keep my girls house healthy. Anyways, I am finding the regular poop, from images I have seen online. There is this other poop that is like tar. When it sits it looks black. I think...
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    Newbie to Backyard Chickens

    Good morning from sunny CA, specifically Ventura. I just acquired, 3 weeks ago, my first 3 pullets. They are all hens and are Barred Rock. They are about 8-10 weeks old, hatched in May. I can tell you this has been an adventure. This was not a spur of the moment Purchase. I have been wanting...
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