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    Black Australorps slowing down

    I have a flock of about 23 Black Australorps. They are about I year old. Today my egg count was a womping 10 eggs. My egg count has seemed to decline recently. Usually I get about 14 or 15 eggs. The days are beautiful and long. Many of them have been broody which I asked advice for in another...
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    Broody Black Australorps

    I have two Black Australorps who went broody about 2 weeks ago. I put them in a wire cage broody breaker. They don't seem broody anymore but I've also been waiting for them to start laying again before I return them to their sisters. They have been in the broody breaker for about 2 weeks now...
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    Black Australorps broody

    I have a flock of 22 Black Autralorp birds. They are about 9 months old. One is a known roo. I have had a large number of them go broody. so far 7 of them at once. I don't have that many broody breaker isolation cages. There goes my egg production. I also discovered a late bloomer who turned out...
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    Black Autralorp high maintainence flock

    I have a flock of 22 Black Autralorp birds. They are about 9 months old. One is a known roo. I have had a large number of them go broody. so far 7 of them at once. I don't have that many broody breaker isolation cages. There goes my egg production. I also discovered a late bloomer who turned out...
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    sick RIR hen for 3 weeks now. No better but still alive

    I really would love some feedback!! I have enclosed some pictures. These are of her pooh and the stuff stuck to her feathers. This stuff started out REALLY smelly, but that has stopped. Her pooh has been yellowish with dark green stuff in it. She has been sick for about 3 weeks. She is about 1...
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    RIR hen all fluffed up, smelly yellow pooh and drinking a lot!!

    A few days ago I noticed my RIR hen. She is all fluffed in the feathers. Some poop was tuck to her bum. It was yellowish and VERY smelly. I found her standing in one of the nest boxes sleeping in the middle of the afternoon. Her vent was ok. It looked normal, not blocked or anything. I...
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    Day 22 and no hatchlings yet. No pipping or pecking either

    Set chicken eggs 22 days ago. As of now, no sign of any activity. Should I let them go longer?? There is no pipping, no pecking, no movement. How do I check them without disturbing them?
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    Hen has been broody, now acting VERY strange...please help!

    I have a one-year-old Speckled Sussex. She went broody about 3 weeks ago. A few days ago, I noticed she is still sitting but when I open the nest box, her head is tilted all the way back as if to look straight up to the sky and she is moving erratically. I tried to move her off the nest box...
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    My birds apparently have a taste for tail feathers and blood!!!

    Of 22 birds, about four of them are looking VERY feather pecked. Their tail feathers are all but missing and tonight they were rather bloody. I've been fighting this issued for weeks. I've tried applying Blue Kote and have added Avia Charge to their water. I end up blue myself. The Blue Kote...
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    Is 36 hens too much for one roo?

    I currently have 12 laying hens with my roo. I recently purchased 24 more laying pullets to eventually add to the flock. Will 36 hens be too much for my roo to handle?? I am assuming he will choose his favorite girls and be just fine. Anyone have any input??
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    Hen with foot injury caused by an identification band dislocation

    I noticed last night my Wyandotte was favoring her foot. Upon inspection, I noticed her leg band was displaced and embedded in the sole of her claw....nasty. We removed the band, soaked her bloody claw in hydrogen peroxide, separated her from the other hens, and fed her some medicated chick...
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    To wash or NOT to wash

    Not exactly clear to me. Should I wash eggs before storage or not. Different sources have had differing opinions. "Raising Chickens for Dummies" seems to indicate to always wash eggs before storing. Another source recommended washing just before use as to not remove the natural protective...
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    To wash or NOT to wash

    Not exactly clear to me. Should I wash eggs before storage or not. Different sources have had differing opinions. "Raising Chickens for Dummies" seems to indicate to always wash eggs before storing. Another source recommended washing just before use as to not remove the natural protective...
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    Egg sizing

    What is the best way to size the eggs? Is there a gadget out there that is recommended? Currently I am "eye-balling" it. Eventually, I want to sell the eggs and would like to be fairly accurate in packing larges. Is there a diameter or a weight standard I should be aware of? This is my first...
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    Not laying yet

    My girls are about 20 weeks old. I have dim light in the hen house all night. The chickens went through a molt before they even laid a single egg at which time they were about 15 weeks old, approximately. They hatched around Labor day weekend. I head out to the cop everyday hoping for that first...
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