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    Best way to introduce... Welsummer to new sisters

    I'm considering getting 3 started pullets-6 weeks as sisters/"babies" for her to train. She was Orphaned over 3 months when one sister had a heart attack and the other had a triple yolk egg on her first lay and pulled the uterine "cap" attached to the egg. My Heritage Dutch Welsummer is even...
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    Need Heritage Welsummers

    My Heritage Welsummer recently lost her sister. I need recommendations on where to order started Welsummer pullets. She needs a sister.
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    30 week (on Wed) Chocolate Orpington not laying

    Need help. (Chocolate Orpingtons are a rare reverse sex-linked gene and develop more slowly than regular Orpingtons.) My Chocolate Orpington is 30 weeks on Wednesday and still hasn't played an egg. Is this normal? When should I expect her to lay?
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    Nightly pecking for hours on coop wall 7 week pullet

    I have had my new Crested Cream Legbar for only 3 days and she is separated from my other pullets whom are 20 weeks. There are 3. Since she arrived 3 days ago she has pecked her coop excessively for hours mainly the afternoon and all night. I go out and call her name until she stops. Then, she...
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    How many weeks for pullet deworming?!

    At how many weeks old should new pullets be dewormed? Thx
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    LIFE Expectancy: Age of Laying hens when they pass

    I recently had a 4.5 year hen pass and FWC of Florida indicated that a 4.5 year old hen is like a 100 year old human with roughly 5 different old age chicken diseases. This website has a Google link that shows very long lifespans for chickens.. chickensandmore.com Article "how long do chickens...
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    After Deworming what to use to clear ground/bad feces from coop run?

    Recently just dewormed a large hen. What is the best way to kill any remaining worms that were pooped into the grass of the coop run?
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