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ok so as long as the hens aren't on antibiotics and i wait a while after they get off the meds for it to get out of the system can i still eat the eggs? reason i ask is i really don't want to cull them out but i need more hens and if i get more yall are saying that they will get it as well so if...

Ok well my wife works for a small animal vet so i may see about getting her to pull blood and find out where to send it to get it checked cause i really don't want to infect others and i don't really want to cull them out either but with the few hens i have left thats not really enough so one of...

So i have then on some meds that i hope will work. after this is over with if i have any left alive should i bring in others cause half my flock is gone now. I don't want to get more and have them get sick too. will i need to give them the antibiotics on some what of a regular basis like every...

I posted i lost 6 hens but i only lost 4 not sure why i put 6 in the topic...

Ok so i picked up 5 hens from one place and 3 hens 1 rooster and a duck from another. well it started about 3 days ago. we came home and 2 reds were dead, yesterday one of the Americanas died and today i got home from work this morning and another red was dead... i picked up some dust for them...

Ok so i just finished building my coop about week ago and picked up 5 production reds that are about a year and a half old.. now i get out of them five hens a total of one egg every 2 to 3 days so i am trying to figure out if its just the heat which has been 100+ for a very long time. if so is...

Quote: I'm not sure either but it sounds good... thats kinda what i was thinking.

Coop is done with a nice size run attached... I got 5 red production hens that were right at a year old so I could start getting eggs now.. Finished everything yesterday got the hens last night.. Wife got an egg this morning... I will post pics tomorrow morning when I get off shift. Will be...

Eric, from Liberty Hill finishing up the coop and runs today plan to have at least 5 hens in it by end of day. Gonna get a combination of red/black sex links and reds...

Ok called a lady today about some production reds that are about 75 weeks old price is right and they are already laying so no waiting... lol i don't like waiting... any ways she told me that they have never been vaccinated, should i worry about that or buy them and give them vaccine now? or are...

Welcome... Where from northwest of Austin??? i'm up in liberty hill....

well its been over 100 for about 4 months down here so far so if i get them at least every day i will be good?

When do you go out and collect eggs? morning, night? or anytime of day? also how long can eggs lay out before they are no longer good to eat, in case i go out of town and can't find someone to collect for me. Thanks, Eric

Also when do chickens stop laying? is there a time a year like winter when they stop laying or do they lay year round? Thanks,

Thanks for all the help, also how old are they when they start laying?

Flighty Bears That's really the only two, does flighty mean scared? If so then how can some birds be friendly and scared? Also why does comb type matter? And what does broodiness mean? Thanks

ok i'm looking to start a little chicken coop to have my own eggs... i am looking for a breed that will handle the Texas Heat and give me a ton of eggs... i plan on having about 10 would like to have both brown and white eggs would like them to be large eggs. i have been looking at the breeds...

Also how old are they when they start laying?

so you don't have any food or water in the coop at night. they are fine to go the night with no water?

Quote: Thanks for the info, not much shade at our house yet only been here two years and didn't have many trees so i will be making shade for the run and the coop will be shaded from about 4pm on but it has a few good size windows and i will be putting in a fan for that they will have plenty...