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    What do you use to cover your run in the winter to prevent mud mess?

    Quote: I may try that. We have a ton of maple leaves that I could throw in there. How many inches deep are your leaves? I also like the sand idea....but that seems like a lot of back breaking work for me, since I'm the only one doing all the chicken work!
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    What do you use to cover your run in the winter to prevent mud mess?

    It has been raining like crazy in Kentucky and my coop run has become a muddy mess. What materials do you use to prevent this? Straw? Mulch? Thanks!
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    maybe an egg broken inside her? What do I do?

    Quote: Thanks, I will try it.
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    maybe an egg broken inside her? What do I do?

    My black Australorp may have an egg broken inside her. How can you tell? And if so, what do you do? She passed a bit of broken yoke in the nest around 1 p.m. There wasn't much there. I didn't see any shell.
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    hen seems sick; not eating

    My 6 month old black Australorp wouldn't get off the nest this afternoon and after I scooted her off of it I saw some egg yolk and egg white - not enough for an entire egg. I didn't see any shell. She is out with the other hens now but is just standing there and when I offered them treats she...
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    my young hen is making a habit of laying shell less eggs; help!

    Achickenwrangler#1 : Is she getting layer feed? and her fair share? It just be taking her awhile to get the cycle down, I bet she's the least dominant too...it's probably a nutritional problem...you might provide her with a separate area where she can eat well...you can try giving her...
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    building a run; do I need to put wire down into the ground and if so..

    Hi Fellow Chicken Lovers, I have decided to build a 6 ft tall run with hardware cloth. That decision was settled by other posts! I am going to have treated 2x4's along the ground and the wire will be attached to the 2x4's. What predators might dig under this? How do I prevent it? Thanks!
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    my young hen is making a habit of laying shell less eggs; help!

    My speckled sussex began laying eggs in August. She was never as regular as my other two hens and her eggs didn't get larger as quickly as my other hen's eggs. She was laying maybe 3 or 4 eggs a week for about a month. In September she stopped laying and then one morning I found two shell...
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    what kind of wire is best for a chicken run?

    Quote: Thanks! I'm not sure where to find that picture though.....
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    what kind of wire is best for a chicken run?

    Quote: Looks like a great setup. Thanks for the picture!
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    sunflower seed with shell; good for chickens?

    I recently heard a talk about sunflower seeds being good for a chicken's feathers. I notice that mine eat them whole, not like a cardinal or other bird, which cracks it and just eats the seed. I'm assuming this is ok and that it all just gets ground up in their intestinal system. Anybody know...
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    what kind of wire is best for a chicken run?

    Quote: I think I'm convinced!
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    what kind of wire is best for a chicken run?

    Quote: Thanks for the pictures! It helps!
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    what kind of wire is best for a chicken run?

    Quote: I'm not sure if it was a Tom or not, but it jumped my 6 foot fence. It was stalking one of my chickens and I scared it away. I have three hens in a small backyard in a city of 250,000 people. I have a speckled sussex, a black australorp (the biggest) and a golden comet.
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    what kind of wire is best for a chicken run?

    I am getting ready to build a new run for my 5 month old hens. My other one was temporary and since a neighbor's cat has discovered my hens I need one with a top on it. What type of wire is best? How large should it be? It will need to attach to my hen house, which is the bottom portion of a...
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    shell-less eggs; should I be concerned?

    It is great to hear that this is somewhat normal for a young hen. I'm putting oyster shell out, but maybe she isn't eating it. The other two, who are the same age, are laying very nicely. I got all three of them around April 1st, so they are 5.5 months old now. Raising chickens is really...
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    shell-less eggs; should I be concerned?

    This morning I woke up and found two shell-less egg yokes under the perch. My young hen who started laying and then stopped for 5 days must have "dropped" these during the night. Anyone else had this experience? I put out plenty of oyster shell and old egg shells; what causes this? Should I...
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    started laying then stopped (???)

    Hi, I have three chickens; one black Australorp, one specked Sussex and one Golden Comet. The Golden and Australorp started laying in early August and are now laying daily. Their eggs are full sized now. The Sussex started laying about a week after them, but still isn't laying daily and her...
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    chickens flying over my 4-5 ft. fence

    Does anyone know a good website or resource for run construction?
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    chickens flying over my 4-5 ft. fence

    Both of those are great ideas. Thanks for your input. I want to keep these gals safe! They have a secure coop at night but I'd like to be able to let them out without giving them free range of the whole yard. I do let them out in the yard daily for several hours to free range.
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