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    Weak shells, Broken eggs

    I have an Easter Egger 3+ years old who's eggs have had thin shells for the last year or so. Some broke every now and then. About 6 weeks or so ago there were a couple of her broken eggs in the nest box in a week. Then she quit laying altogether. I did 7 days of the Calcium Citrate +D3. A...
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    Frozen poop, redness at vent

    My BO has refused to get up on the roosts since October. She always sleeps just squatting on the floor. She would sleep in the nests until I blocked those off at night. It was in the single digits last night, but has warmed up to the mid-30s by now. I noticed rear end was all brown, so I...
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    Do I need to replace wood chips in run?

    I've seen wildly varying threads on this, so... I used to have a dirt floor on my covered run. Every week or so I would rake out the poop from the dry ground. But a couple of years ago we had so much rain it flowed into the run and it turned into a muddy, poopy, smelly, un-rake-able mess...
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    BO is lethargic, has pale comb, wattle

    One of my 2 year old BOs, in a mixed flock of five, has been acting strangely for several months. It started our by her just sitting around all day. She went through a minor molt about a month after I noticed that. After her bald spots got pecked on by a bully, she grew her feathers back in...
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    Aggression or molting or both?

    Backstory: About 10 weeks ago one of my BOs began just sitting around instead of the usual standing and walking (In the run and free ranging). It was hot so I didn't think much about it. Then about two weeks ago she started to lose feathers on her rear end, lower back, sides, and some on her...
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    Unusual behavior - sitting around and not roosting

    About two months ago, one of by BOs started just sitting around most of the day instead of walking around. It's been a hot summer so I didn't think much of it. She's still doing it even though its cooled considerably. Now, for the third night in a row she decided to sleep in the nest box...
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    Broody and HOT outside

    I have a B Orpington that goes broody every 4-5 weeks. She takes 4 days to break in her isolation cage. Are there any special considerations now that I'm going to have to isolate her in the jail AND it's 95 degrees F out for the next 3-4 days?
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    Placement of broody-breaking cage

    When breaking a broody using a wire cage, is leaving the cage in the run the ideal place to do this? How about on a cold, windy day, cold windy night?
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    Sentinel coop modifications

    I've had five hens in a TS Sentinel coop for almost two years now. I also attached an additional 40 SF covered run to it. They only go inside to roost at night and to lay eggs. That seemed like an OK setup all this time. Now I've noticed some feather pecking going on and I was advised that's...
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    Bare spots near tail, frayed feathers

    Looking for cause/treatment/other for the following condition I noticed on two of my five hens. The Partridge Rock has frayed feathers near the tail (whiteish instead of the normal brown/black) the Barred Rock's feathers are not frayed. They both have bare spots in the same areas near the...
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    Dolomitic Lime usage

    Does anyone have any guidance regarding lime usage to control run odor? We have had so much rain here in the last 6 weeks, that my dirt run has turned to mud a few times recently. With my hens pooping in the mud and walking around in it all day, they have turned it into a muddy poopy muck...
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    Is chainsawing dangerous in a free range area?

    I just chainsawed some dead branches in the same yard where my hens free range. It dawned on me that during the normal operation of the saw, chain oil tends to get sprayed on the ground and gets on the sawdust as well. Has anyone here ever used a chainsaw in a yard, then let the hens free...
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    Head feathers have no vanes

    Here's a picture of my Easter Egger. For the last couple of weeks, I've noticed that the head feathers are losing their vanes. Four months ago I introduced a couple of Buff Orpingtons at which time the BOs would pick on the EE. I haven't seen this behavior recently, but sometimes I see the EE...
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    What is this?

    This is my new Buff Orpington, which started laying about 3 weeks ago, about 8-9 months old. Comb and waddle are still growing in. A couple of weeks ago, for one night, it got into the single digits outside. Shortly after that cold night, I noticed a black spot in the middle of the waddle...
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    New pullets won't use roost, sleep in nesting box

    Last month I introduced two 16 weeks old B Orpingtons into a coop that already had one Green Queen and one Easter Egger. They have all since gotten used to each other. The two BOs do not use the roost at night, but either sleep on the poop tray or in a nesting box. I've read many threads on...
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    New chicken owner

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes/Feb 2022 (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Four (3) What breeds do you have? Easter Egger, Green Queen, 2 B Orpingtons (4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens? None so far (5) What are...
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