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    Organic Free Range Layer Hens PLUS Everything You Need to Start Your Own Backyard Flock

    EVERYTHING you need to get started and have your own little backyard flock! LOCAL Pick Up ONLY. Four established layers, fed all organic/soy free/non GMO layer feed from hatching to current, free range...very healthy layers that will give you the highest quality fresh eggs for your family...
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    My BJG just keeled over!

    I have 5 hens, all about 2 years old. Penny, my Black Jersey Giant, was laying in the yard with my GLW. My PR is Broody, so I was letting her out to get some water and food. I heard a flutter of wings. I looked and my Penny was on her side, convulsing, she flipped over onto her back...
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    Yard Professionally Sprayed!!! Now what do I do???

    Fleas arrived and our cats were suffering fiercely. After bathing them at three different intervals, and the fleas keep coming back, we decided to spray the yard. We have never had a flea problem because my husband always sprays the yard...but now that we have chickens he hasn't sprayed in a...
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    New to Broody Behavior

    Okay, after nearly 2 weeks of keeping our PR out of the nesting boxes so that everyone else can lay and not be freaking out, we finally made a broody cage (that will double as a hospital cage if needed). She has lost many of her feathers on her underside, is this common when going broody??? We...
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    Nail Bleed Stopped BUT "WHY" was it bleeding???

    My EE's nail was bleeding today, we got it to stop, but my question is "Why was it bleeding?" There is a small tear at the tip, but we also noticed that the nail is small than the rest. Did she get a new nail? Is there an inner and outer nail and she lost the outer? I tried to find chicken...
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    Why has my BJG lost her neck feathers???

    Can you help me figure out "why" my girl has lost these neck feathers??? Thank you!
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    Help us get Organic Soy-FREE Feed in OC CA

    Hey Y'all, We are a Co-op in Orange County, CA. We currently have Countryside Organics Soy-Free Layer feed delivered to one of our co-op members homes, BUT there is a great possibility that Feed Barn in Costa Mesa will have a 50 bag pallet shipped to their site for us. Currently we have 8...
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    Organic Feed Co-op in So.Cal. Orange County

    Hey there! There is a small group of us that have started a co-op here in Orange County, CA. We purchase soy-free organic feed about every 2 months. If anyone is interested in joining our co-op, please shoot me an email for more information. We just placed an order this week, so we will not...
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    Another blurry pic, but BEAUTIFUL to share...

    Here is another pic my 10 year old son shot on the same day as the other one I posted. This is Illaine our Americauna. Again, this would have been an awesome picture if it were clear, but it is still very nice. I give my son credit for trying, and it is worthy to print anyways.
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    Pic too blurry to submit, but BEAUTIFUL!

    Here is a picture of my BJG that my 10 year old shot. The composition, coloring in her feathers and the leaves on the ground, and the position of her head made this such a sweet picture. I just wish it would have come out clear. I am still going to print it and put it in a frame though. I...
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    When will the rest lay?

    My girls are 28 and 29 weeks. Our BR laid her first egg last week and has been laying since then. No one else is laying. Our PR is the same age as her and she hasn't laid. The other 3 (Americauna, GLW, and BJG) nothing. Any idea when the rest of our girls will lay? We are in Southern CA...
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    Change of feed, will they adapt?

    My girls were eating an organic soy-free whole grain feed, nice and hearty. It is expensive to have it shipped to my neck of the woods, so I switched to an organic soy-free layer pellet feed. My girls looked at me like, "Yeah? You expect us to eat THAT?!" I am wondering if they will adjust...
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    Bird of Prey Attack...Chicks Stressed OR What?

    We went out today and I forgot to put our girls away. We always put them back in the run/coop area when we leave the house. We returned an hour later and I heard a noise. Didn't know if it was the girls or the little dog next door. My youngest son went out to check on them, came back...
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    9 Week Old Newbie in CA

    Hello Everyone! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Okay, so here we are, 9 weeks into the game. We obtained our peeps on May 14, 2011. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have 6 peeps. I lost 2 of my original little flock and replaced them. (3)...
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    EE Roo?

    Here is my daughter's EE, "Illaine". I am afraid "she" is a "he". Your thoughts??? Looks like an eagle to me. Thank you.
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    Seeking Confirmation on Sexes (kinda long, quite a few pics)

    Hi Y'all and thanks for the comments, and confirmation, on my Light Brahma. I am so new at this that I thought to post the rest of our little clan to get your thoughts and opinions. Here is our "Katherine with a K", Partridge Rock, 7 weeks old. She? has a great disposition with us, BUT she is...
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    Light Brahma, he/she???

    Here is my Light Brahma, "Peep". I am suspicious that she is a he. The delay in feathering and now we have a very pronounced comb and wattles are seen. Peep will be 6 weeks old in 2 days. The Americauna pictured is the same age, and the Barred Rock is 2 weeks older. Behavior: rises up on...
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    HELP! Chick Swollen, Hard lump under left leg

    I am new to being a "Mother Hen". My Black Jersey Giant Peep is 2 1/2 weeks old. We just got her last Saturday and I noticed that her underside has become increasingly swollen over the course of the week. I picked her up last night and the swelling felt mushy, and the skin is red under her...
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