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    twisted neck buff...

    Anyone know what could cause this buff to have a twisted neck? She is one of 60 hens and the only one having this issue. I don't see anything on the surface that could cause it...maybe I need to look in her ears>>? She has access to plenty of fresh water like the others...otherwise seems...
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    winter time for layers

    Last year my hens stopped laying, all 150, from Oct through April. I thought it was because of several stress factors, molt, lice, and cold....We are in SE North Carolina and it isn't really cold here usually. But I have several ppl tell me that hens stop laying if they are allowed to walk on...
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    winter time for layers

    Last year my hens stopped laying, all 150, from Oct through April. I thought it was because of several stress factors, molt, lice, and cold....We are in SE North Carolina and it isn't really cold here usually. But I have several ppl tell me that hens stop laying if they are allowed to walk on...
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    broody hen questions ya'll!

    I have a broody hen that has been in that state for four days so we immediately put some girls with the boys and now have 16 fertilized eggs under Miss Broody. 1. How many is too many and 2. Should I move her and the eggs out of the laying boxes in the henhouse where another 80 hens deposit...
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    swollen wattles and turning dark??

    Okay, I looked for others posts like mine before I posted, I guess I don't know how to search for it well....so here I am with pictures if any has a guess as to why my leghorn girl has such angry looking wattles.....She is almost two years old and never had any problems. I have not seen this...
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    desparate for help_ egg production went almost to nothing!

    New at posting. I have 110 Plymouth barred rock layers. 12 months old. They have sharply dropped the egg production in just a few day to only a few eggs a day! They haven't been as ambitious to eat I have noticed in the last week or so too. I noticed it all happening at the same time when...
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    how much to feed 100 biddies?

    I am considering buying 1oo biddies to raise to sell eggs at the local market. They won't lay good till about six months I'm told. If I buy hens that are ready to lay, the cost is huge. So I'm trying to figure what it will cost to feed 11 newbies till they are ready to lay... Any ideas...
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    From SE NC, it's me and my little flock.

    Well, Just so you'll know where all the ignorant questions come from, they would be from Me, the homeschooling mom of five sons (ages 2.5-17) and flock of 20 layers, who aren't yet. We bought these gals in April as chicks and are waiting for a few eggs, soon I hope. We were hoping by now, but...
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