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    Hen laying eggs that are not round.

    1 of my Barred Rocks started laying eggs that are somewhat flat, it is like if you dropped a dough ball its still roundish but flattened. I noticed those eggs being very thin shelled. I was feeding All-flock but since the thin shells on those eggs I feed 50/50 layer and all-flock and always have...
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    Price of chicks.

    I noticed the cost for chicks seem higher this year, anybody else notice this?
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    Coop on fire.

    Just seen on the scanner of a chicken coop on fire 20' from the house. With these cold temps we are having be careful with the heat lamps/ heaters. :thumbsup
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    Hawk harassing my hens.

    Wednesday I was wondering why my girls were hanging out in the coop since during the day they are out in the run usually. Yesterday I get in from my morning deer hunt and still no chickens out in the run, so I go and check on them and see 5 chickens in 3 nesting boxes and 2 on the roost. When I...
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    No rooster but broody hen.

    1 of my Barred Rocks is broody I believe, I never see her out in the run eating or drinking, the coop does have food and water. Since I have a roll out nest box she only ever has 1 egg under her and when she gets up that one rolls out. My ? is should I do anything or just let her be?
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    Back up at the nesting box's.

    I have 3 nesting boxes and 7 hens, this morning one hen just having a melt down (very vocal), I went to investigate and 2 boxes had 2 hens and the 3rd had one and she was so upset she was being mean to the 7th hen that was just a by-stander. Funny times. :cool:
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    Egg carton won't close.

    Easter egger laid another huge egg, she has reproductive problems and I only get a egg from her about every 2 weeks but it's always huge. The other eggs are from Barred Rocks and green from a easter egger.
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    All donations going to the Trumpeter Swan Foundation.

    I posted some time ago how my dad helped in getting the Trumpeters re-introduced in the wild by raising them and sending them to many states around the country. Well Mom passed 2 weeks ago and she loved working with the swans as much as dad did taking care of the little ones during the day while...
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    Calcium Citrate + D3

    I have been giving my easter egger (poor girl) a tablet for the past 7 days and today she laid another really big egg. She seemed to handle it better this time but I think she is still having some discharge, not sure if it is lash egg stuff or what, the other girls are finding something and...
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    Poor girl laid this today.

    My 10 month old easter egger has had laying issues since the 1st egg. The 1st 2 were double yolkier and then laid a few shell less eggs, and from there it went to real big eggs. I always knew when she was about to lay or did lay because she would walk funny. She has not laid for a couple months...
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    Glad I don't free range.

    My wife called me up from the basement a bit ago because a young eagle sitting in a tree watching the chickens in the run. The girls did hide under the coop and then the eagle flew away. :clap
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    My automatic door failed.

    I went down to give the girls some water this morning and my door was not open but it is -13F. My door is home made with solar panel, solar controller, timer and actuator with an RV battery for power. This is the coldest day since using it and it's 1st failure. My ? is does your door work in...
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    Caught a couple predators last night. (graphic)

    I trap a few coyotes every year to keep them from killing fawns in the spring and now that I have chickens it's nice to thin them out some. This was a pair caught in cable restraints behind my house last night.
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    Careful with your heat lamps.

    There has been 3 chicken coop fires in our area the past couple weeks with one taking a barn also.
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    Wheel of Fortune had a chicken keeper on last night.

    Watching the wheel last night and there was a woman from Texas (I think) on that said she had a pot belly pig , a couple turkeys and 13 chickens, wondering if she is a BYC member. She must love her pig and birds to mention them on a game show.:clap
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    Feeding treats.

    I give my hens (7) a single serving size yogurt container of scratch in the late afternoon since I here corn creates heat in them for these long cold winter nights. Now I have 2 that must be going through a soft molt since the 2 lost feathers on the back of there neck and tail feathers ( i see...
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    Put the trailcam on the coop.

    Feeding the girls this afternoon I noticed either fox or fisher cat tracks in the mud. If I get some pictures and its fox I will set a trap for it, I already have snares out for coyote but try avoid catching fox until they stalk my girls :). We cant trap fisher here, and I have only seen tracks...
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    Head cabbage

    I gave my 7 girls a head of cabbage around 9.30 this morning and its almost 3pm now and looks like only the stem left. It was smaller than a volleyball but bigger than a softball but did not expect them to eat the whole thing in a few hours.
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    Feather loss.

    One of my bared rocks has been loosing feathers, I see she lost some tail feathers and a bunch on the back of her neck. She is just over 8 months old. I do see new feathers coming in on the back of her neck. I noticed her comb is a little pale compared to her flock mates, is that normal when a...
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    Hen taking over Roosters job?

    I have 2 easter eggers and 5 bared rocks that are about 7 months old, about 2 months ago I culled my cockerel. Lately I have noticed the largest bared rock acting different when I give them some scratch before nightfall, she does not start eating right away and seems to keep her head up watching...
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