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    pecking?

    Hi folks, I haven't been around in a while but now I think I have a problem. My hens are happy enough as far as I can see. I feed them layers pelletts and leftovers from the table once a day. They seem to be pecking each others feathers, so much so that around the bottom some of them are red and...
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    Double yolk eggs

    Hi folks, still getting 6 out of 6 and some of them quite big and the bigger ones mostly have double yolks. Has anyone else experienced this? and can you explain why? Thanks Pat
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    6 of the best

    Hi folks, finally had my 6th hen lay today. It's now two month and a day since they arrived and today is the first day I've had 6out of 6 hens lay. I'm delighted with it and thought I'd share. I did think that the last one was a dudd as it was taking her so long to lay. After all they were 20...
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    Not eating pellets

    Hi everybody. When I got my hens first, all I gave them was the layers pellets. Then I started to give them some table leftovers. They were running to the door of their run as soon as they saw me and looking for food. I then gave them bread mixed with milk and mashed up, so now they don't seem...
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    First egg

    Well 2 weeks and four days later, one of my hens has laid it's first egg... waahey!!!! I was out this morning and when I came home some of the hens were on their roosts in the coop... unusual for this time of day I said, but had a hunch there was something going on. I checked the nest box about...
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    Feeding

    Hi folks, I have my pullets 2 weeks tomorrow. I feed them layer pellets as per norm. In the last week I have given them some table leftovers ie; potatoes, peas, porridge (no sugar) the usual leftovers from dinner. Now everytime they see me they run to whatever part of the run I am, and when I...
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    More pics of my hens

    Could anyone tell me why some of my hens have a shorter upper beak than othere??? see photos. Some of my friends are like this also. The ones that have it are RIR strain. Thanks. Pat
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    My new coop/pen and hens

    My new hens
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    Feed and water in coop

    Just wondered what I should do? My hens have gone to roost just now, should I put feed and water in the coop overnight? 4 are roosting high up and two are in nest boxes. These are 'point of lay pulletts' only 19-20 weeks old and I only have them 3 days. Pat
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    What surface cover to use

    I think I'm in the right section here, if not adm please feel free to move the topic. I have an 12 ft x 7ft run with no roof and the ground is bare with no grass. When it rains it gets muddy. I had thought of covering it with wood-chip, however I saw someone had sand on theirs and thought that...
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    Newbee here

    Hi folks, this is my first post. My name is Pat and I have just gotten into BYC. In fact I put them (6) in the coop at 4.20pm on Wednesday this week. They're a mixture of Rhode Island and I have two Leghorns. I spent at least a week making the coop and pen and generally preparing for them. I am...
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