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    Help I don't know whats happening

    I have 7 month old pullets, I posted a couple weeks ago about one. I lost one Oct3,Another one Oct 24.And now I have one thats bad again. This one I just found at the bottom of the ramp going in the chicken house. There has been very little sign of them being sick. Right now she moves like a...
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    Lost Another One Yesterday

    I posted yesterday about a sick chicken. I lost her. I have 13 chickens left. Lost one 3 Weeks ago too. They are 6 1/2 months old. The two that died do not have feathers on their butts. I looked a pictures of internal layers that look like they do. But the first one I looked inside and could not...
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    hen of 6 months sick help

    I lost one hen about 3 weeks ago, now today I have another one sick. Yellow runny poo, she is laying on the coop floor and when I try to make her stand up she is unbalanced. I got the shot for Markes when I bought them as babies in March. All seemed fine yesterday. They are not free ranging...
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    putting all together

    I have 9 - 14 month old chickens and then I have 20 - 11 week olds. They have been in seperate coops and runs with wire and a gate inside and outside. So they see each other trough the wire. I want to open the outside gate and see if they mingle together. Is it best to do this late in the...
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    Am I a rooster or pullet

    I am an EE but still can't tell if its a rooster or pullet? It's 9 weeks old and other than tail up and a little larger comb than other EE's the same age No signs of crowing. Help me decide.
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    Letting Chicks Outside

    Okay I am new to chickens, I have had 10 layers I bought as Pullets so they were easy. We added another 8 x 8 coop to our exsiting 8 x 8 coop so I have two or can open gate and have one big coop. Same with the outside runs. They are totally seperate now. My babies are a month old today. I just...
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    how soon for shavings?

    I received my chicks Mon, they were hatched 3-11. I have had the shavings in the brooder covered with old sheets, Can I remove the sheets now and just used the shavings? Also I have a 7 ft by 3 ft box and I have it divided in half right now with the light at one end, how soon should I remove the...
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    New Brooder ready

    I have my brooder already. Just have to add water,food, and turn on light. Have shavings on bottom and an old sheet over them plus a couple extra sheet for first 3 days. Have food, baby grit, Sav-a-chcik to mix in water, 2 nipple waters, and trough feeder. My chicks are suppose to ship and...
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    Large Egg

    I posted a couple days ago about my chicken in emergencys area. Alas I had to cull her. This was the egg she had been trying to lay. It weighted 1/2 lb. I will post another picture Sat moring for any of you who want to take a guess as to how many yolk ro what inside.
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    runny white and yellow poop

    I read several other post on this but, my hen seems to be eating and drinking , not sure if she is laying. Runny poop stuck to her feathers and froze there as we re 0 today and they do not have heat in their coop. 1. She is and EE That Is 10 month old. 2. Runny white and yellow poop stuck to her...
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    soft huge egg

    Last night I had a EE get off the roost and layed a huge soft shelled egg. I was able to pick ie up with my scoop. I wanted to get apicture but lo, with with trying to get out the door of the coop holding it, 4 other eggs and a flshlight I broke the shell. When I got in the house with it the...
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    Egg Laying in Wrong Place

    I have 10 Chickens, 4 cinnamon Queens and 6 EE's. I bought 4 ciinamon queens and 2 EEs and then 2 weeks later 4 more EEs from the same place. So all are right at 7 months old now. I know the first 6 are all laying. But of the 4 only one is laying every other day under the coop. My coop is 30...
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    feathers one side of neck missing

    I have cinnamon queen hen that when I got her a month ago was missing some feathers on her neck, just on one side from the under her waddle to part way up the side of her neck. It does not seem like she has lost anymore but now when I go out at night to close up coop she shakes her head. I...
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    What am I EE or Ameracuna?

    I believe I am a EE but ower said I was an Ameracuna. I have got so far is green eggs.
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    pecking order

    These 6 hen were rasied together, but the cinnimon Queens are contantly picking on the 2 amercaunas. They were free range but now have a 64 sq ft coop and a 155 sq ft run. When I moved them they all seemed to settle in except one amercanuna, that seems to pace around alot. I have been going in...
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    New Coop

    Have new coop done. I will cover lower part of windows with cardboard so chickens don't try to fly through windows. Later add a roof to the run. I will be adding 3 ameraucanas and 3 cinnimon queens this evening. My first experience with layers. They are 7 months old and just started laying. I...
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    Room for layers and Meaties

    I have a 9 X 7 coop and a 7 X 13 run. I want to raise 10 layers and 10 meaties. I can also put my coop up 16 inches and fence it in will this be enough room for 8 weeks? Then it will just be the 10 layers until it comes fall and I will cut back the layers to the best six for the winter. I will...
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