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It was a sad day on the homestead today, I woke to find 14 of my 6 week old chicks dead near the corner of their coop :( .
6 weeks ago I purchased 300 day old chicks, I had hoped to help a community group by donating eggs, in exchange for donations towards the upkeep and feed for the...
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I raised 20 Isa Browns from day old chicks, they are about 9 months old now.
In the past month I noticed the feathers on the necks and backs of the Isa Browns are looking straggly, fraying, some of the ends of the smaller feathers have broken off.
I have checked for mites and can't find...
One of my 17-week-old Cornish Cross Hens (I think they are Ross 500s) laid her first egg. A tiny 30g egg! I’m quite excited haha :D.
I bought a batch of Isa-Brown day-old chicks and the hatchery had a special on excess meat birds so I bought 10 (ended up with 11, one spare). I didn’t have a good...
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I am a new chicken keeper from Western Australia. Reading the great advice on here really helped me prepare for my chickens.
I just purchased 10 Hyline Hens and hope to also get some Rhode Island Reds, perhaps as fertilised eggs in due course!
Look forward to being part of the community!
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I am a new chicken keeper and last week I purchased 10 ex-commercial free range 17 month old Hyline Hens, it's been so exciting but I am a little concerned about their egg laying.
On the first day, the hens produced 9 eggs which was amazing but since then egg production has...